Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries -- Heather Fawcett, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - 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.

"So endlessly enchanting, so rich and complete and wise that you'll walk away half ensorcelled."--Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Wood

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, 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.

Author: Heather Fawcett
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Published: 01/10/2023
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593500132

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2022 pg. 122
Publishers Weekly 09/19/2022
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2022
Booklist 01/01/2023 pg. 44
Shelf Awareness 02/17/2023