Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
by Heather Fawcett
I enjoyed this follow up to Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries. In Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands, prickly Emily is continuing to learn how to let other people in and form meaningful relationships as she further studies fairy anthropology. In this novel she is exploring an area in the Alps during the fall months and encounters a new vulpine fairy which manages to be both horrifying and adorable as much of faerie is. Heather Fawcett does a great job of making faerie seem both fantastic and the place of your dreams but so imbedded into the society of the book at times it feels mundane. When someone Emily cares for deeply life is threatened, it is up to her to save him. The story ends in a nearly happily ever after that will have readers excited for the next story in the series. I highly recommend checking this novel and the first in the series out.
Too Many Fairy Princes
by Alex Beecroft
This short novella packs a lot of action. Joel Wilson is a sweet artist and art gallery worker who has been conned out of his savings by both his ex as well as his boss. When Kjartan, a beautiful fairy prince trying to escape from his murderous brother is transported into Joel’s world his life becomes even more complicated. The book is set between the two world’s which sets up an interesting contrast between our more mundane world of Urban Fantasy and Kjartan’s world of magical High Fantasy. Like Map of the Otherlands, this novel does a great job of balancing the whimsy of fairy tales with the darker and crueler side of fairy myths. I liked that the story had Joel be a long term practitioner of martial arts so it is realistic that he would be able to help Kjartan fight against his enemies. Also Queen Elizabeth makes a few fun appearances in the story. Several other romances of Beecroft’s are also available to borrow, if you enjoy reading this story
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