By: Emily J. Taylor
Genre: YA Fantasy/Suspense
Release Date: February 25, 2025
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
A Good Morning America YA Book Club Pick!
The New York Times bestselling author of Hotel Magnifique returns with this stunning dark academic fantasy full of deadly magic and dangerous secrets, perfect for fans of Divine Rivals and A Study in Drowning.
Seven years ago, Maeve Abenthy lost everything: her world, her father, even her name. Desperate to escape the stain of her father’s crimes, she lives under a fake name, never staying in one place long enough to put down roots.
Then she receives a mysterious letter with four impossible words: Your father was innocent.
To uncover the truth, she poses as an apprentice for the Otherwhere Post, where she’ll be trained in the art of scriptomancy—the dangerous magic that allows couriers to enchant letters and deliver them to other worlds. But looking into her father’s past draws more attention than she’d planned.
Her secretive, infuriatingly handsome mentor knows she’s lying about her identity, and time is running out to convince him to trust her. Worse, she begins to receive threatening letters, warning her to drop her investigation—or else. For Maeve to unravel the mystery of what happened seven years ago, she may have to forfeit her life.
“If you could reverse the worst thing that’s ever happened to you, wouldn’t you risk everything to try?”
Seven years ago, Inverly, one of the three identical connected known worlds was destroyed in a matter of minutes by Aldervine. In order to save the other worlds (Barrow and Leyland) from the same fate, the Written Doors, which connected the worlds and made travel between the three possible, were burned and destroyed. People were stranded wherever they were when the doors burned, thus separating families.
During all the chaos, scriptomancer Jonathan Abenthy perished. It was also believed that his twelve-year-old daughter, Maeve perished. When in fact, a stranger found her and pushed her through the Written Door to Leyland, where Maeve found herself in an orphanage. An investigation determined that Jonathan was solely responsible for the release of the Aldervine. At the orphanage, Maeve was bullied, abused, and told to never tell anyone who she was. After a short stay, she ran away and managed to obtain a fake name and paperwork.
Now eighteen, Maeve is barely surviving and still living under an assumed name. She doesn’t live in one place for long or allow herself to get close to anyone, lest they figure out who she really is. Maeve’s life once again changes when she receives a lost anonymous letter via an Otherwhere courier. The letter, from seven years ago, states that it’s from a friend of her father, who says her father was innocent and wants to meet. Maeve sets out on a quest to find the anonymous letter writer and prove her father’s innocence.
Emily J. Taylor’s The Otherwhere Post puts letter writing, or more specifically scribing, front and center. This young adult story combines a little romance with magic, mystery, suspense, and a few thriller-like moments. Maeve has built a wall around herself and doesn’t trust easily. Lying for her is second nature. But she has a good heart. The banter between her and Tristan, the boy appointed to be her mentor, provides a little break from some of the heaviness of the book. The Otherwhere Post focuses on the themes of friendship, found family, betrayal, greed, and absolute power. This was an intriguing, thought-provoking page-turner, with no dull moments.
~ Favorite Quotes ~
“When you discover what it is you love, you must clutch on to it with your whole heart and never let it go.”
“You’ll never get over your fears unless you face them.”
**Received a copy of the book from the publisher and voluntarily reviewed it.**
Rating: 5
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