Synopses & Reviews
The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily
Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae
prince she loves
Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her
Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most
dangerous academic project yet: studying the inner workings of a faerie
realm--as its queen.
Along with her former academic rival--now fiancé--the dashing and
mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly
intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell's
long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare filled with
scholarly treasures.
Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but
at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal
world: How can an unassuming scholar such as herself pass for a queen?
Yet there is little time to settle in, for Wendell's murderous
stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing
without a trace. It will take all of Wendell's magic--and Emily's
knowledge of stories--to unravel the mystery before they lose everything
they hold dear.
Review
“Like all good fairy tales, this book is enchantingly charming, with hints of razor-sharp teeth. My only complaint is that it ends; I want to live in Emily’s Otherlands forever.”—Kiersten White, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mister Magic
“Readers will be pleased that curmudgeonly Emily hasn’t lost too much of her edge, but she’s still susceptible to unexpected bonds of friendship.”—Booklist, starred review
“Upping the danger and the darkness while still retaining all the beauty of the prose, this takes Emily’s story to new heights.”—Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Heather Fawcett is the author of the Emily Wilde series, as well as a number of books for children and young adults, including
Ember and the Ice Dragons and
The Grace of Wild Thing, and the series Even the Darkest Stars.
She has a master's degree in English literature and a bachelor's in
archaeology. She lives on Vancouver Island.