Book: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Fairies
Author: Heather Fawcett
Pages: 336
This is my 134th read for the year
Feeling lazy today so here is what Amazon said about this book:
Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the moremost expert on the study of faeries. She is a genius scholar and a meticulous researcher who is writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party - or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, Shadow, and the Fair Folk to other people.
So when she arrives in the hardscrabble village of Hrafnsvik, Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk. Nor does she care to spend time with another new arrival: her dashing and insufferably handsome academic rival Wendell Bambleby, who manages to charm the townsfolk, muddle Emily's research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.
But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones - the most elusive of all faeries - lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, she also finds herself on the trail of another mystery: Who is Wendell Bambleby, and what does he really want? To find the answer, she'll have to unlock the greatest mystery of all - her own heart.
This book was fine. I had a hard time getting into it. It is extremely wordy. I usually like a good world building book, but this one fell flat to me. So many things missing. I really didn't like the Emily character. The love story went from 0-100 really quickly. It is a cozy atmospher - some of the description the author did do made me picture a cozy place, which was nice. But overall - just eh. I won't be continuing the series.
Stars: 3
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