Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A curmudgeonly professor
journeys to a small town in the far north in this “incredibly fun
journey through fae lands and dark magic” (NPR), the start of
a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series.
“A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic.”—Sangu Mandanna, author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
LOCUS AWARD FINALIST • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, PopSugar, Polygon, The Globe and Mail, She Reads
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.