A review by aprilthelibrarian
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries, by Heather Fawcett
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Libro.FM for allowing me to review an ARC copy of this book.
First off, let me say this is now a new favorite. I loved everything about this book from the two seemly very different main characters Emily and her best friend Wendall Bambleby, to the village community, to the fey they interact with. There is a light romance in the story, which is slow burning, and I feel like we might get more of as the series goes one.
If feel like this book is a hit for people who love the Lady Trent series, Veronica Speedwell, and/or the fairytale books by Naomi Novik. I feel like fans of Holly Black's works who are looking for more books about the fey with more grown up characters (all these characters have their Ph.Ds. from Cambridge) would enjoy this series.
I read both the book and audiobook, and the audio readers really set the mood with the accents and character voices. It's mainly from Emily's POV, but we get a few chapters from Bambleby, too. The male Irish narrator really adds to the story.
First off, let me say this is now a new favorite. I loved everything about this book from the two seemly very different main characters Emily and her best friend Wendall Bambleby, to the village community, to the fey they interact with. There is a light romance in the story, which is slow burning, and I feel like we might get more of as the series goes one.
If feel like this book is a hit for people who love the Lady Trent series, Veronica Speedwell, and/or the fairytale books by Naomi Novik. I feel like fans of Holly Black's works who are looking for more books about the fey with more grown up characters (all these characters have their Ph.Ds. from Cambridge) would enjoy this series.
I read both the book and audiobook, and the audio readers really set the mood with the accents and character voices. It's mainly from Emily's POV, but we get a few chapters from Bambleby, too. The male Irish narrator really adds to the story.