Emily Wilde´s Map of the Otherworld

Series: Emily Wilde (#2)

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Published: January 9, 2024 by Orbit

Fantasy/own

I liked book 1 more, that one was cozy and just had the right feel. This one, it felt a little book 2 syndrome for me. I just could not get lost in it like I did with book 1. It was still good, but lacked some magic.

Emily goes to Austria to find a door to Wendell´s fairy kingdom. Her new romantic interest. Who happens to be Fae, and whose kingdom was stolen from him.

In a small Alpine village they encounter dangerous fairies, meet friendly locals and search for two missing professors.

It was good, fun, but some sort of magic from book 1 was lost for me. i hope I find it again in book 3.

When mysterious faeries from other realms appear at her university, curmudgeonly professor Emily Wilde must uncover their secrets before it’s too late in this heartwarming, enchanting second installment of the Emily Wilde series.

 

Emily Wilde is a genius scholar of faerie folklore—she just wrote the world’s first comprehensive of encylopaedia of faeries. She’s learned many of the secrets of the Hidden Folk on her adventures . . . and also from her fellow scholar and former rival, Wendell Bambleby.

 

Because Bambleby is more than infuriatingly charming. He’s an exiled faerie king on the run from his murderous mother, and in search of a door back to his realm. So despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby, she’s not ready to accept his proposal of Loving one of the Fair Folk comes with secrets and danger.

 

And she also has a new project to focus a map of the realms of faerie. While she is preparing her research, Bambleby lands her in trouble yet again, when assassins sent by Bambleby’s mother invade Cambridge. Now Bambleby and Emily are on another adventure, this time to the picturesque Austrian Alps, where Emily believes they may find the door to Bambley’s realm, and the key to freeing him from his family’s dark plans.

 

But with new relationships for the prickly Emily to navigate and dangerous Folk lurking in every forest and hollow, Emily must unravel the mysterious workings of faerie doors, and of her own heart.

Best of November

 

Here are the best of the bests for November!!!! 

Best Book of the Month:

Blodeuedd - Lake Silence by Anne Bishop

"You know, yes I will choose my re-listen! Best book!"

Carole -  A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong

"This was so unexpectedly good. I loved it! Def the best book!"

Best Movie of the Month:

Carole -  Nuremberg (2025)

"Blew my mind. So good."

Blodeuedd - Various Xmas movies

"No time for any other movies than Hallmark Xmas movies. It is the season. So these are not the ones I have watched. I just watch them all"

Best TV show of the Month:

Blodeuedd - Haunted Hotel (s1)

"I watched this one...I am sure there is another one I am forgetting too."

Carole - The Rookie (s7)

"I honestly forgot about this gem. We got back into s7. Nearly done...just a couple episodes left but it was the best of the month."

Best Cover of the Month:

Blodeuedd's pick

 

Carole's pick

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Carole´s Monday: Dime store Magic

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Title: Dime Store Magic

Series: Otherworld #3

Genre: Paranormal Romance, UF, Fantasy

Format: ebook

Pages: 448

Published: February 10, 2004

Where I got It: Library

Summary: 

Paige Winterbourne was always either too young or too rebellious to succeed her mother as leader of one of the world's most powerful elite organizations- the American Coven of Witches. Now that she is twenty-three and her mother is dead, the Elders can no longer deny her. But even Paige's wildest antics can't hold a candle to those of her new charge- an orphan who is all too willing to use her budding powers for evil... and evil is all too willing to claim her. For this girl is being pursued by a dark faction of the supernatural underworld. They are a vicious group who will do anything to woo the young, malleable, and extremely powerful neophyte, including commit murder- and frame Paige for the crime. It's an initiation into adulthood, womanhood, and the brutal side of magic that Paige will have to do everything within her power to make sure they both survive.

Review:

I put this series on hold yeeeaaaaaarrrrsss ago. I can't remember the precise reason, but I do remember being cautious because the series switched from our clan of werewolves to this witch lady. I get nervous when series do that. 

But yes, we are back in the Otherworld. We follow Paige who no one thinks is good enough to replace her mother one day as the leader of the American Coven of Witches. That one day has arrived and the Elders can no longer deny her. However, things will take a nose-dive when her new charge is presented. This orphan is all too willing to use her budding powers for evil and she is being pursued by a dark faction. Will Paige be able to save her charge and bring her back to the light? Or will darkness consume her. 

Overall, I did enjoy this for what it was. It was nice coming back to this world but I didn't recognize any from the first two books. I mean...it has been years and maybe there was an old face I didn't recall. But I missed our wolves. Witches are fun, but I do prefer wolves and vamps. 

Paige was kinda meh to me. Boring and predictable. I've seen her kind a million times. By the end I was amused with her, but still....meh. 

Savannah was annoying. I get it. She had a tough life and the darkness seems like an easy way. I wanted to smack her. 

Cortez was meh. Boring as well. I couldn't even remember his name. I had to look at another review to remind myself. 

The drama and fights were fun....I will say that. 

In the end, this was just okay. Not my favorite group of heroes. I miss the old crew. 3 stars. 

 Challenge(s):

- Library Love #31