Loved itThis is such a charming novel and wider series. I love the world-building. I love the idea of dryadology as a subject.
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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (2023)
Others: Mostly positive A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love in the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series. Cambridge professor Emily Wilde is good at many things: She is the foremost 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, and the Fair Folk. 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, get in the middle of 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.
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Loved itEmily Wild and The Ornithologist Field Guide to Love are perfect examples and some of my favorite books.
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Loved itThe fae are actually scary and mean, but somehow Heather Fawcett writes it in such a way that it never is scary, but it always feels cozy and just a little strange.
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Not a fanShe also wrote Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies. I tried reading that and I didn't love it.
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Loved itThis was a 4.75 out of five stars. I loved this. I think like there's a something I read a while ago now, but I'm pretty sure that there was something about like the pacing at the very end from what I remember that made it not quite be a five, but so very close and I do plan on continuing with this series.
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Mixedhonestly, I liked it, but I was a little bit bored. I was like, this isn't like for me. It's cozy slow fantasy. I think I'm going to give it like a 2.753 stars.
Loved itthen she also is the author of the Encyclopedia of Emily Wild's Encyclopedia of Fairies or whatever it's called. And I did really enjoy that one.
Loved itIt's such an atmospheric, cozy exploration of the fay and academia. I almost feel like I enjoyed it more the second time around.
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Loved itagain lots of Fay mystery and Magic a really sweet and endearing romance too easy reading and just a good time
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Loved itI found it quite cozy I really enjoyed the romance and this one just really kind of swept me away into the world
Loved itI really loved this first book when I first read it and I yes still have not read the second book
MixedI gave this like a three stars and I was a little bit disappointed by this one... I'm actually actively rereading it right now... I just have such a newfound love and respect for these characters and the world and the whimsy of everything and I just really enjoyed this.
Loved itI absolutely loved it. What a book.
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Loved itI think this is also worth your time. Especially if you've been liking the cozy fantasy realm if you like, kind of a different type of mixed media Jason sort of thing. I think it's great for winter.
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