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A review by julietbridges
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
5.0
*I received an advanced copy of this book for review. This is my own opinion.*
This book is presented as the diary of a dryadologist Emily Wilde who, in the previous book, was compiling research for an encyclopedia of faeries. In EWMOTO, Emily has decided to test her theories that the faerie lands are connected and endeavors to create a mapbook of them all. I love the diary format and Emily's voice throughout, and honestly I think reading this series has improved my vocabulary, using tons of SAT words without bashing us over the head with the language. (By that I mean it's easy to read while still using ten-dollar words.)
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands picks up several months after EWEOF, with Emily and Wendell searching for a door to get Wendell home. When they're attacked by faerie assassins, their plans are upended and they have to take a grumpy professor and an overeager assistant along for the ride.
I think I might have enjoyed Map more than Encyclopedia. We see more of Emily's appreciation of Wendell, and we meet her niece, Ariadne, whose become her assistant. Something I think is really important in Map vs. Encylopedia is how much Emily grows away from her entirely self-reliant nature to realizing that she actually enjoys having Ariadne, who is essentially a golden retriever in the form of a nineteen year old girl, as her assistant, and that she might have a few things left to learn from her department head as well. She also learns that maybe her first impressions aren't what they seem.
I really love this series and I can't wait to see how it progresses. Huge thanks to Netgalley, Random House, and Heather Fawcett for the ARC.
This book is presented as the diary of a dryadologist Emily Wilde who, in the previous book, was compiling research for an encyclopedia of faeries. In EWMOTO, Emily has decided to test her theories that the faerie lands are connected and endeavors to create a mapbook of them all. I love the diary format and Emily's voice throughout, and honestly I think reading this series has improved my vocabulary, using tons of SAT words without bashing us over the head with the language. (By that I mean it's easy to read while still using ten-dollar words.)
Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands picks up several months after EWEOF, with Emily and Wendell searching for a door to get Wendell home. When they're attacked by faerie assassins, their plans are upended and they have to take a grumpy professor and an overeager assistant along for the ride.
I think I might have enjoyed Map more than Encyclopedia. We see more of Emily's appreciation of Wendell, and we meet her niece, Ariadne, whose become her assistant. Something I think is really important in Map vs. Encylopedia is how much Emily grows away from her entirely self-reliant nature to realizing that she actually enjoys having Ariadne, who is essentially a golden retriever in the form of a nineteen year old girl, as her assistant, and that she might have a few things left to learn from her department head as well. She also learns that maybe her first impressions aren't what they seem.
I really love this series and I can't wait to see how it progresses. Huge thanks to Netgalley, Random House, and Heather Fawcett for the ARC.