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Emily Wildes Enzyklopädie der Feen by Heather Fawcett

7 reviews

relin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

5.0

I was charmed by the world building and the way Emily interacts with the world. I also enjoyed Wallace as well. The two of them together are such a silly adventure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Torture, and Death of parent

Mind altering Farie magic

crystalisreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

csoyars's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was simply marvelous. An incrediblely loveable cast of characters, witty banter, and a compelling story line that took a couple surprising turns. I found myself smiling and laughing throughout the book. I would read anything with Emily Wilde & Wendell Bambleby’s snarkiness and banter.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood and Medical content

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, and Murder

jessiereads98's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. The autistic representation in the main character, Emily Wilde, is really well done. It does not feel clunky or heavy handed or like a caricature. The character is also more than just her autistic traits. I also thought the world building in this book was really well done. The fae and their magic system were compelling while feeling familiar. The exposition fit into the story naturally. Wendell Bambleby is more Emily’s academic nuisance than academic rival. There were things brought up like

his fraudulent research

which seemed like a big deal, but weren’t really explored beyond being mentioned. Although, I suspect those things may be explored more in future books. Overall, this story weaves together romance, community, adventure, and folklore in a way that is fun and interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol

nelldiaz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence and Medical content

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (hence Emily) was pretty much a delight from start to finish.

Set in the early years of the twentieth century, it follows the titular Emily, one of the foremost scholars in the study of faeries, rivalled only by her colleague, the infuriatingly handsome and charming Wendell Bambleby, who for all of his charisma Emily finds just the slightest bit uncanny.

Emily has just arrived in the tiny village of Hrafnsvik on the island of Ljosland (a fictional place which from the descriptions of the landscape and character names seems to be based on Iceland) from her native England, where she intends to research the lives of the island's faerie-folk for the world-first faerie encyclopedia, which is very near to completion.

She is also not a people person, preferring to spend her time either buried in paperwork or trampling through the countryside, making a study of the beings that look set to be her life's work. The village folk of Hrafnsvik do not know what to make of her and her - to them - odd behaviour.

Emily thinks her trip to Hrafnsvik will be like all the other field trips she has made - uneventful and productive. But she is soon to be proved wrong in the most spectacular, infuriating and heartwarming of ways.

Is it obvious how much I enjoyed this? Freya Marske, the author of A Marvellous Light, describes Emily thus:

...winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued and footnoted academia, full of field trips and grumpy romance.

I wholeheartedly agree with Marske that Emily is all of these things - and so much more. It's a grumpy romance between two opposite-minded but somehow compatible individuals (no, I won't tell you who, that would spoil), it's a well-thought-out fantasy of what faerie scholarship would look like if faeries actually existed and were studied, and most of all, it's the story of a young woman learning to accept love and friendship into her life.  Although it's never stated explicitly in the book - it would be an anachronism given the time period in which the novel is set - I, like others, believe Emily's behaviour and characteristics to be neurodivergent, though specifics are unclear.

What is clear is that reading about Emily's adventures was a great deal of fun for me, and I can't wait to see what she and Bambleby get up to in the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing and War

Some of the faerie folk act in ways that are cruel. Humans can be abducted/possessed/left as empty vessels, or a combination of the three.

Towards the end of the novel, Emily frees an ancient fairy king from a tree where he has been imprisoned, and he abducts and traps her (via magical enchantments) in his kingdom where he intends to take her as his bride, which he sees a "reward" to Emily for freeing him. His enchantments also affect Emily's perception of time and she experiences bouts of amnesia. She is eventually rescued by Bambleby and some of the Hrafnsvik villagers.