Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Ratings29
Average rating3.8
It’s okay. I do think this is one of the better books in this particular series.
"I am bored most of the time. Bored of politics and adventure and feasting and quarrelling. Of vengeange and loyalty. I have learned there is one thing a person never tires of, no matter how long they live. And that is being in love. All else is ash and ember."
What do you mean, this is the final book?? This series needs at least two more. Please, Heather, reconsider for our sakes.
Emily and Wendell's third adventure into faerie is exactly as expected. New faeries, old friends, and a great journey. Unlike the first two books, Emily spends more time in faerie than the mortal realm, as she has to learn how to be Queen of what is considered the most savage realm - and how to make sure Wendell doesn't repeat the same mistakes that drove his ancestors mad.
I am giving it four out of five stars mostly because it's very slow. I don't mind it overall, but if you're like me and you have the attention span of a fruit fly, you'll find that this book is anything but a page-turner. It took me a month finish, where I read the first two books in about 3-4 days. I think it mostly has to do with the fact that the human characters really carried the story in the first two books (all the Ljoslanders in book 1 and Ariadne and Farris in book 2). This story is mostly just Emily and Wendell and a lot of unnamed or uninteresting characters (Taran excluded).
I still really enjoyed it! And I really hope this isn't the end and that we get more Emily Wilde in the future.
The third and final instalment in the Emily Wilde trilogy is not quite as light-hearted and fun as its predecessors, but does contain a new and exciting glimpse into strange fairy worlds and the mythology that shapes them.
While this book is guaranteed to be a good time, it falls short of the standard the first two books set. It takes a while for the main story to start with the first 100 pages or so feeling like a set-up - which is hardly needed or ideal in your third book - and only really gets going afterwards.