#Emily Wilde’s compendium of lost tales

[nzbookwyrm]

11 February 2025

[babblinbook]

I don’t think any man has love my wife disease like Wendell Bambleby has love my wife disease

[pipperoni32-blog]

“Em,” he said, taking my hand. “You will not have to ride Red Wind if you do not wish it. In fact, once I have retaken my throne, you will not have to do anything if you do not wish it. If you desire to sit in some corner of the castle hunched over your books and notepaper, bestirring yourself only to demand a tour of some brownie market or bottle den, then it will be done.”

I let out a trembling breath. “And what sort of queen would that make me?”

He looked perfectly earnest as he leaned in to kiss my cheek. “Mine.”

— Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales

Insanely honored to have gotten an ARC for this. I love these two, and am so excited to see Wendell’s kingdom and everything that lays in store for them!

[siliconewhale]

[theliterarymess]

That’s now three different books coming out on my birthday

[thereadingchallengechallenge]

If you liked Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries, try A Letter to the Luminous Deep

They both include:

scholarly characters studying magical worlds

stories told in epistolary form

romance between characters with lots of personality

[checkoutmybookshelf]

WE HAVE A RELEASE DATE AND COVER!!!! I'm so excited to see what's next for Emily and Wendell!!!

[ultimate-queen-of-fandoms2]

Not me casually ordering and reading Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales only to find out after finishing it that for some reason it's released a month early in Sweden and now I can't talk about it with anyone bc spoilers xD

It's so good btw I love this series so much

[quillandqueer]

Cover Reveals Spotted This Week

Oathbound - Book 3 of 4? of the Legendborn cycle, publishing March 2025

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales - UK Cover, the third book in the series, publishing in February 2025

The Order of Masks - the first novel in a new fantasy duology publishing December 2024: Join two ambitious young women as they navigate deadly court politics, in a bid to improve their lives - no matter the sacrifice

The Witch Who Trades In Death -  new romantic fantasy where a young witch seeks her freedom by forging a deal with Death, publishing March 2025

The Rainfall Market - A magical market you can only enter with an invitation, and there's a cat. Publishing October 2024

[jessread-s]

Thanks to the NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review

✩🧚‍♂️🪡Review:

Fawcett saves the best for last with this thrilling conclusion to her Emily Wilde series!

Picking up where book two left off, “Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales” follows Emily Wilde and Wendell Bambleby as they seize the throne to Wendell’s long-lost kingdom and free it from its curse.

I absolutely adored watching Emily flourish in this final installment! With pressure mounting at the thought of becoming Faerie’s first mortal queen in centuries and a deadly curse threatening the realm, Emily, being the brilliant scholar she is, rises to the challenge and uses her skill-set to her advantage. I loved further immersing myself in Faerie and its lore through the tales Emily includes in her journal alongside her musings and research. As she draws upon faerie storybooks to find a solution (this time with the help of new friends and old), Emily makes one of her greatest discoveries yet—there is power in embracing yourself fully. 

I was captivated by the story and the way it calls back to previous books in the series. Fawcett masterfully raises the stakes, thereby quickening the pace, all while maintaining the cozy atmosphere readers know and love. To my delight, she also ups the romance in this one! I cannot get over how perfect Emily and Wendell are as a couple! I seriously am head over heels for them. Even when the two were separated, they still managed to fuss over each other, Wendell doing so via letter correspondence. I adored reading his messages, as they are filled with heartfelt yearning. Their good-natured banter, black cat / golden retriever dynamic, and their deep understanding of one another remain a highlight for me.

I am thoroughly satisfied with how this series wraps up, but also leaves the door open for more adventures! I sincerely hope more books set in Faerie are on the horizon, because I don’t want to say goodbye just yet!

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[nzbookwyrm]

February 2025

[babblinbook]

It will still be here. You can still return, whether it be in one month or many.

Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales may have finally broken my own curse- in which every single trilogy I’ve loved has ended with a deeply disappointing final book. Compendium of Lost Tales was everything I could have asked for in this series, lovely and enjoyable. Profoundly comforting in a way I find hard to explain, except that it’s the same warmth I’ve felt for series like The Ancient Magus’ Bride and Howl’s Moving Castle. A deep sense of satisfaction and quiet joy when you finally find the place you were always meant to be after skirting the edges of where you’ve always been for so long, never quite fitting in.

I believe this is the first completed series to 5 star sweep for me- every book has been just lovely, just exactly what I wanted. No notes, no complaints. I love this series and I will miss Emily and Wendell like nothing else- but at the same time, they will always be there to return to, whether it be in one month or many.

[pipperoni32-blog]

He laughed, and the forest around us seemed to brighten.

— Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales

I love how nature responds to him. Not that nature responding/growing stronger with its monarch is a new idea to faerie worlds, but it just fits his character so well. Wendell is so bright and lovely, I adore him!

[literarybrainrot]

Emily Wilde-ers we are SO BACK

[heir-of-the-founders]

Contractually, im not allowed to say anything specific. But dear god emily wilde #3 has me foaming at the mouth

[ash-and-books]

Rating: 5/5

Book Blurb:

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.

Book Three of the Emily Wilde Series Don’t miss any of Heather Fawcett’s charming Emily Wilde series: EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES • EMILY WILDE’S MAP OF THE OTHERLANDS • EMILY WILDE’S COMPENDIUM OF LOST TALES

Review:

The final journey in the trilogy featuring a professor of faeries and her former academic rival turned fiancee, a prince getting ready to take his fae throne. Emily Wilde and Wendell Brambleby have finally found the door to Wendell's kingdom. With his stepmother's curse to break and the fae kingdom dying from it... the only solution to the curse is Wendell's death but Emily will do anything to stop it and save him. As Emily adjust to the fae land and becoming the new Fae queen.... things only get more complicated as there are murder attempts on Wendell's life and its up to Emily to solve the puzzle of how to break the curse and save the man she's in love with. I loved how this entire series wrapped up. The romance and relationship between Emily and Wendell was a soft slow burn that felt adorable to watch. I love how sweet and caring they are to one another. Wendell and Emily just get each other. This series has been a wonderful cozy fantasy romance that has just felt so special to read. It's one I will absolutely be recommending to future readers! I can't wait to see where Heather Fawcett goes next with her books and what fantastic stories she comes up with. This series ends on a kind of open door ending and I hope that Heather comes back to this series one day because I could honestly read 10 more books of Wendell and Emily's cozy magical adventures.

Release Date: February 11, 2025

Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine | Del Rey for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*