Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

Continuing from the events of the last book, Emily and Wendell are on a Greek coast, looking for a door into Silva Lupi. The door has been lost to Wendell for a decade, and they’ve arrived at its possible location after much research. Emily and Wendell finally chance upon the door, and along with Wendell’s temperamental magical cat, Orga (also known as the beast of the Elderwood) and Emily’s loyal old dog, Shadow, they step into a sunny day in Silva Lupi. Shadow is a Grim—a kind of faerie that can sense death—made to resemble a large dog through magic. Long ago, Emily rescued Shadow from a shape-shifting boggart, and the aging Grim has not left her side since. Soon, they are joined by Wendell’s guardians—protector spirits, chief of which is the owl-like, six-limbed Razkarden—and a bunch of trolls, tree fauns, and fuchzswerge or fox-fairies. Wendell playfully asks Emily if she is ready to take back their realm, but Emily worries that neither she nor Wendell know anything about seizing or ruling a kingdom. Reassuring Emily that she and her books will find a way, Wendell leads the group up a long, winding path to his castle.