Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

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Thank you to Netgalley and Del Ray Books for providing an ARC copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely adored the first novel in this series, Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries, and I was extremely hopeful that Heather Fawcett would be able to keep up the quality for the sequel. I'm more than happy to announce that – she totally did. Map of the Otherlands is just as fascinating, entertaining, and easy to read as Encyclopedia of Faeries. We see familiar beloved faces, and of course, meet some brand new ones. While I think I enjoyed Encyclopedia of Faeries a little bit more, I still really, thoroughly enjoyed Map of the Otherlands.

We see Emily and Wendell's relationship evolve – though there really isn't that much romance in this book, either. Neither of these books qualify for a fantasy-romance genre, and that's TOTALLY fine. These work so well for what they are, no one should be upset at the lack of on-page romance. Emily herself carries these books entirely on her own – Wendell is fascinating and rather funny, but he doesn't move the plot the same way that Emily does.

Plus Emily's just infinitely cooler. She's still no nonsense, eager to further her education and research on faeries as a whole. She does, however, admit that she has a huge soft spot for Wendell. (Which....obviously.) ANYWAY, sheesh this review is rambly. The plot of Map of the Otherlands is Emily and Wendell looking for the door to his kingdom. I won't go further into detail than that, because it's worth discovering as you read the book!

TO SUM UP – Map of the Otherlands is absolutely worth the read. If you loved Encyclopedia of Faeries, you'll adore the sequel, no questions asked.