Thank you so much to netgalley and the publisher for accepting my reqest to read and review an early copy of this book!

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries was an utterly charming and unique story filled with so much faerie goodness, hilarious characters, intrguing side-plots and small-town vibes.

Em is, as I understand, alluded to be on the Autism spectrum and struggles with understanding and relating with people: which by no means holds her back from being a brilliant protagonsit. And her interactions and budding feelings for Wendell were charming and lovely. Shadow also stole my heart.

This book definitely would suite fans of The Cruel Prince, and Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series. It is whimsical and fun and fast, gets right to the point and sucks you in with its beautiful descriptions.

I do have a couple complaints to address: one of which is that there was a bit of a lack of 'plot direction'. We are, a few times in the book, left without a goal or destination or motivation from Emily. It seems like the big events that transpire are sort of coincidental. But I do get that the world of fae is willed with bizarre events and such.

I don't want to go over this too much but I feel like there was maybe a lack of talk about the harms of this kind of "categorisation" and deep research into other communities. Emily is there to create this grand list of the fae with categorisations and stories to try and understand them better. We arent really told what kind of use this research has and I am not positive that, since this is set on earth, I can believe they will be ... totally moral. This book is set on earth. I gather during industral times. If the same British exploreres and leaders who 'scientifically examined' indigneous communties and wrote horrificaly racist and derogatory descriptions of indignous people, and then stealing their resources exist in this book: then this information Emily is collecting IN MY OPINION will probably be used for more pillaging and stealing of resources and general consequences for the fae. Remember that none of the knowledge Emily acquires is consenaully given.

All's to say: I know the fae in this book were often tricksy and spiteful, but some such as Poe are kind and do not deserve the world trying to trick them and steal their magic for gain.

Maybe I am pulling this all out of my ass but I think I would have liked more of an explanation of how the rest of the world treat the fae. Are they too scared to go near them? Would they take advantage of Emily's very specific information and try trading with the fae for items or knowldege for power? Would they try steal their enchanted items, try invade thier lands? Who knows.

All that aside, I did really enjoy reading this book and I have more good to say than bad. Would definitely read more from this author and would highly reccomend this book. I have no doudt there will be more books in this 'series' that will cover some of my qestions and will likely read them.

1900s Scandinavia? Winter? Female academic? Whimsical characters? A bit of a love story? Yes, please!

I was surprised how much I loved "Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries" by Heather Fawcett! I went into it thinking it'd be a good read based off of the book description, but ended up loving it much more. The worlds created were thoughtful, atmospheric, and well-written. The characters were believable and dimensional. I know I won't be the only one who eventually ends up adoring Bambleby and his never-skip-a-beat wit and adorable penchant for mending! Shadow will also charm you as all furry sidekicks are wont to do.

My main criticism is that I had to set aside quite a few eye twitch reactions to anachronistic and American origin phrases (e.g., "firing on all cylinders," "an item," "restroom") that really stilted the flow. It didn't read as a 1909 research diary by an Englishwoman. I'm an American who now lives in England, and I felt this was North American in tone all the way... which I don't mind (and also later learned that the author is Canadian so it made sense), but I had expectations going into it that it was more historical fiction versus an older YA with a modernized vibe. I was expecting a smattering of shorthand, scribbles, and more with an early 20th century writing voice. It didn't have any of that with exception to some detailed footnotes. I don't feel the research diary format is the right choice for this story especially as Emily grows and starts sharing more emotion-driven remarks -- it would have a better flow just as a standard first-person narrator format! 

Despite all that, I did really enjoy reading this story and the mythical-realistic world Fawcett created. If you're looking for a light smart cozy read with fae flair, global folklore, and some chuckles, this is a must read! I saw somewhere that this won't be the last of Emily Wilde, so I'll definitely be looking out for the sequel. Please more of Bambleby's nesting habits!

Thank you so much to Netgalley and Little, Brown Book Group for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!

I loved this book so much! This was a great read to start the year with. Overall, this is a really enjoyable light academia meets faerie crossover set in a magical environment. The first quarter or so of the book which followed the begining of the standoffish and independent Emily's fieldtrip was slightly slow paced but still a nice read. It sets up the story well though, as you get to see Emily become familiar with the villagers, who become a great help along the way. However, this all changes when you meet Wendell Bambleby, Emily's sassy and quite flamboyant work colleague/rival. The relationship between Emily and Wendell added a nice element to the story, however I would have loved to have seen this developed a little more, although I'm sure this is something that will be built upon in the future.

Throughout the book, we follow Emily's academic journey through her journal which I think worked really well with the plot. As the reader we learn all about the Hidden Ones along with Emily as well as having her educate us with ideas surrounding Dryadology through the use of footnotes throughout the journal - an enjoyable companion to the format of the story which really does make it feel more academic in style.

*with thanks to the publisher for an e-arc copy in exchange for an honest review.

Only ten days into the new year and I think I've found my favourite book of the year already. I honestly think it's going to be difficult for anything to come close to how much I loved this book from the first page to the very last line.

Emily Wilde is a professor of Dryadology, and has been obsessively compiling her encyclopaedia for the last few years. For her final chapter, she travels to the Scandinavian island of Ljosland with her faithful dog, Shadow. Emily is eventually joined by Wendell Bambleby, her rather attractive, lazy and annoying academic rival who charms all and sundry whilst Emily seems to irritate them. Local girls start to go missing and Emily finds herself involved in the mystery of why the Fae are taking more and more of inhabitants of the little island.

This is such a whimsical and unique take on the faerie world. The only way I can describe it is a cross between Jane Austen, Eleanor Oliphant and Holly Black. I just adored Emily from the moment we meet her. She's nuanced and I laughed out loud on several occasions at her take on the world.

I loved the fairy tale feel to the book, dark just like a Grimm tale but sprinkled with the humour of Emily (and of course Wendell). This is definitely a novel I'm going to buy so it can grace my bookcase for eternity and I cannot wait to dive into the second book.

Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publishers for providing me with an arc in return for an honest review. Buy it, read it, you will not be disappointed!!

It took all of one page to know that I would love this!
Told in the form of diary-like entries in a field journal, we follow Emily Wilde as she travels north to Ljosland – a Scandinavian island- where she hopes to complete the final section of her encyclopaedia by studying the little known faeries of that region.
The style works well, we are able to get an insight into Emily’s thoughts at the same time as learning more about the faerie folk. Emily is an interesting character, awkward with most people, and I liked that she retains that awkwardness even as she becomes more comfortable with certain people.
The other main character, and occasional narrator, is Emily’s only friend Wendell, an Irish academic in the same field and the polar opposite in terms of personality. Their relationship is great fun, full of frustration and banter.
The setting was perfect, an isolated village, snow-bound village and the wintry wilds beyond. The faeries were interesting, sometimes unsettling, and felt like they really belonged to the landscape.
This isn't a fast-paced read but it is beautifully written and atmospheric, as well as entertaining and fun.

This book was an absolute delight for me. I loved every page. Well... I can't resist the lure of the Faeries. I loved the diary format of the book, as well as Wendell's entries in Emily's diary. Overall their relationship had me ensnared because they know each other so well. Their dialogues were soo well written.

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries is about a Cambridge professor who went to the north to search for the Hidden Ones and finish her research about faeries. Academia books are hit or miss for me. This book was such a lovely surprise. I was not expecting to like this book this much. It was a whimsical and adventurous story to read. I loved the characters. Emily and Wendell were opposite each other. They were rivals but their relationship was so much fun to read. Wendell was the definition of sunshine. The book is written a diary/research format. Maybe that is not for everyone but I really enjoyed reading it. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries is definitely a comfort read for me and I can't wait to read the next installment.

This book was such a delight to read! Can't resist all books Fae-related, and this was so unexpectedly fresh I fell in love with the Fae even more. Couldn't get enough of Wendell / Em's dialogue, and Wendell's diary entry was absolutely HILARIOUS.

Will check out more of Heather Fawcett's work for sure!!!

Thank you NetGalley and Little, Brown Book for the ARC!

Emily Wilde is a Cambridge professor visiting the north to study the elusive Hidden Ones, faerie folk, as part of her concise encyclopaedia on faerie folklore. Emily is a genius when it comes to her research but she’s not the greatest around people and finds it difficult settling into the community. Then Wendell Bambleby, her academic rival from Cambridge, arrives to assist (or hinder) her research.

Wendell is well meaning, he’s dashing, charming, intimidating and frustrating to Emily in that he’s so different to her and her ways, while she is quiet he is loud, while she is elusive, he commands a room. The interactions between the 2 characters can be funny and charming, Wendell has a real habit of brushing Emily up the wrong way even though he doesn’t mean to, he’s like a puppy bounding around, a menace to Emily’s order but you can’t help but love him, at least I couldn’t. But the chaos Wendell brings with him slowly defrosts Emily and her tightly wound order and she comes to be accepted by the people in the community once she embraces their ways with his help. I enjoyed reading Emily and Wendell bringing out the best in each other, they’re so opposite in ways that they compliment each other well, her giving structure, him giving freedom.
Emily, for me, isn’t always easy to know, as she writes the majority of the entries and is quite a contained, restrained character, but it’s always refreshing to have an academic female character not with her head in the clouds or influenced by love. That’s said, for an intelligent woman, Emily makes some incredibly stupid, reckless decisions, one in particular is so impulsive in her pursuit to gain knowledge that I didn’t really understand the thought process behind it. Emily is independent and quite stubborn which doesn’t always make her the wisest character. Wendell is more mysterious but as the book progresses we get to understand who he really is.

The format of the story very much follows the format of Emily writing her entries for her encyclopaedia and studying faeries, which may not be writing style for everyone but is easy to follow.
I enjoyed the world building, a lot of thought has been out into describing the hidden ones ways, the communities traditions and customs, and faeries in general. I felt like I was brought that village and I really enjoyed my stay.

This is an easy read and a comforting one to curl up with, with a straight forward plot and charming characters to get to know.

Thank you NetGalley for the copy in exchange for an honest review.

Firstly let me enlighten you on two key aspects of this colourful Encyclopaedia I was not aware of before opening its pages:

Firstly, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries is set in an alternative version of history in the early 1900s where faerie is an established truth. There is a thinly veiled description of faerie at one point being disbelieved with priests trying to convert them and the original myth and legends. Otherwise, they are real-life beings ingrained with people’s everyday lives with established communities intent on studying all manner of faeries and faerie folklore. In comes Cambridge professor Emily Wilde, a genius scholar writing the world's first encyclopaedia of faerie lore. Not just another peer-reviewed academic paper to rival her colleague Wendell but a whole Encyclopaedia.

Secondly, this is not an enemies-to-lovers. Wendell may be Emily’s academic rival but this novel leans more firmly into the sort of friends-to-lovers grumpy-sunshine trope with Wendall being that big ball of sunshine that just bustles into Emily’s life at any opportunity. We also have the pleasure of having the forced proximity trope and ‘who did this to you’, so whilst there were no enemies-to-lovers, this all hit the spot quite nicely.

Honestly, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries took me a little by surprise.

I wished we’d been grounded into this alternative history a bit more, the book is written like a series of research entries, written in the past tense. The format does work, it just could have used some more development to utilise the style and ground the setting. I want to know more about how Faeries just became excepted, I want to know more about female equality just seems to be a thing and how queerness is kind of accepted? However, I do acknowledge its haphazard field entry messy aspect is of significance to the purpose as well.

And despite all that, I fell in love with Emily and Wendell more and more after every chapter/diary entry. This was at its heart a cosy academic romance that meets faeries and magic and adventure in the middle of the Scandinavian wilderness in the best way. It has a loyal dog and alternative heroine and academic setting to most faerie tales you’ll see on the shelves these days. It was laugh out loud at times and edge of your seat during others. The folklore was captivating and well thought out and although it works so well as a standalone, I kind of want a sequel. I could easily sit down and read all of their adventures after devouring this book within 24 hours, I’d love to see what Fawcett comes up with next.

Thank you, NetGalley and Orbit for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review!

This was such a delightful read, full of Faeries from folk lore, who are mischievous and malevolent. I enjoyed the fact this was written as journal entries which allowed me to live the experiences as they had happened. I really loved the relationship between Emily and Wendell and found their interactions amusing and realistic. I was fascinated by all the different faeries and folk lore surrounding them. Overall a very enjoyable book and I can't wait to see what happens next

We are only a couple of weeks into the new year and I can already say with certainty that this book will be on my favorites of the year list and possibly favorites of all time list.

This book follows Emily, a Cambridge professor who has spent her life studying the fae and is conducting research on the “Hidden Ones” to include in her encyclopedia of faeries. This story is told through diary entries which works really well for the story, it is slow paced and has a focus on the academic side of the fae. It reminded me a lot of A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan which is another favourite of mine.

Emily was a great character to read from and honestly she kind of reminded me of myself a little. She isn’t the most sociable of characters preferring her own company and isn’t great at picking up social cues which causes some trouble with the locals in the village she is conducting her research in. She is also very single minded and most of her interest in the world around her comes from an academic lens.

Wendell on the other hand is very sociable, charismatic and chaotic. Honestly he gave me Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle vibes and I loved him from the start, he adds a sense of fun to the story.

I absolutely loved the romance subplot in this even though it only takes up a very small portion of the book. Emily and Wendell are complete opposites, she views him as her academic rival and he seems to be clueless to this fact. The dynamic this brings to the table is just brilliant.

Overall, this was another faerie book that I have completely fallen in love with (no surprise there honestly) and I can’t wait to pick up the rest of the series. I gave this 5 out if 5 stars.

Questo è un libro particolare, che deve essere letto essendo consci che non sarà una lettura come tante altre. Partiamo subito dal presupposto che è scritto come un diario, o più precisamente come un quaderno di appunti di ricerca. Questo diario appartiene a Emily Wilde, che è partita da Londra per affrontare alcuni mesi in questa landa sperduta del nord per esaminare le creature e le leggende del luogo e inserirle nel progetto della sua Enciclopedia delle Fate.
Anche Emily è decisamente particolare. Non le piace socializzare e pensa di potercela fare da sola in ogni cosa, non si preoccupa minimamente dell'ambiente abitativo in cui passerà le settimane di studio sul campo ed è decisamente impulsiva. Fortunatamente arriverà ad aiutarla Wendell Bambleby, un suo collega dell'università, che invaderà il piccolo cottage dove era stata sistema Emily, rimettendolo in ordine (si è un maniaco della pulizia e dell'ordine) e rendendolo anche carino e confortevole. Questa sua irruzione però non sarà ben accetta da Emily, che sebbene lo consideri un amico e provi per lui una qualche strana forma di affetto, troverà ogni conversazione motivo di battibecco tra di loro. Wendell infatti, sebbene sia maniaco per la pulizia e sia un sarto fantastico, non ha altre capacità. Non sa accendere un fuoco, cucinare, tagliare la legna e figuriamoci fare altri lavori pesanti. Le loro escursioni saranno sempre motivo di frustazione e fastidio per Wendell.

Per quanto mi riguarda ho trovato questo libro noioso per la quasi totalità della storia.
Verso circa la metà le cose si mettono in moto e finalmente inizia ad accadere qualcosa, ma le avventure di Emily sembrano tutte messe li a caso, alla rinfusa, senza un intreccio preciso della storia. Forse è dovuto al formato in cui il libro è scritto, che salta da un evento all'altro lasciando buchi nella storia di continuo e senza una spiegazione. Forse perchè si voleva finalmente mostrare delle creature, che erano praticamente inesistenti fino a metà libro. E' solo grazie a Wendell che il libro inizia a diventare interessante, perchè il suo personaggio ha quel lato fastidioso e comico che rende il tono pomposo da studioso utilizzato da Emily per scrivere il libro, un po' più leggero e divertente. Senza di lui sarebbe stata una lettura veramente tediosa.
Forse mi aspettavo più una lettura simile ai libri di Holly Black, in cui i protagonisti e i fae hanno la totalità della storia intrecciata tra di loro. Qui accade solo nella parte finale e la protagonista è praticamente passiva a quello che succede.
Eppure sebbene mi abbia in gran parte annoiata, vorrei sapere cosa succederà nel secondo libro. Voglio leggere ancora di Wendell. E' lui il personaggio interessante.
Quindi in qualche modo strampalato questo libro è riuscito a intrigarmi. Forse c'è un pizzico di magia anche tra queste pagine!

Grazie Netgalley per avermi permesso di leggerlo in anteprima!

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This is a particular book, which must be read being aware that it will not be a reading like many others.
Let's start immediately from the assumption that it is written like a diary, or more precisely like a research notebook. This diary belongs to Emily Wilde, who has left London to face a few months in the northern wilderness to examine the creatures and legends of the place and insert them in her Fairy Encyclopedia project.
Emily is also really peculiar. She doesn't like socializing and she thinks she can do everything by herself, she doesn't care in the least about the cottage in which she will spend the weeks of field study and is decidedly impulsive. Fortunately, Wendell Bambleby, a colleague of hers from the university, will come to help her, by invading the small cottage where Emily had been placed, putting it back in order (she is a freak of cleanliness and order) and also making it nice and comfortable. This irruption, however, will not be well accepted by Emily, who although she considers him a friend and feels for him some strange form of affection, she will find every conversation a reason for bickering between them. Wendell in fact, although he is a maniac for cleanliness and is a fantastic tailor, has no other skills. He can't make a fire, cook, chop wood, let alone do any other heavy work. Their excursions will always be a source of frustration and annoyance for Wendell.

As for me, I found this book boring for almost all of the story.
About halfway through, things get going and finally something starts to happen, but Emily's adventures seem all thrown at random, in bulk, without a precise story plot. Maybe it's due to the format in which the book is written, which jumps from one event to another leaving holes in the story over and over again and without explanation. Perhaps because the author wanted to finally show creatures, which were practically non-existent until the middle of the book. It's only thanks to Wendell that the book starts to get interesting, because his character has that annoyingly comedic edge that makes the pompous scholarly tone Emily used to write the book a little more lighthearted and fun. Without him it would have been a very tedious reading.
Perhaps I was expecting more a reading similar to Holly Black's books, where the protagonists and the fae have the entirety of the story intertwined with each other. Here it happens only in the final part and the protagonist is practically passive to what happens.
Yet although it has mostly bored me, I would like to know what will happen in the second book. I want to read more about Wendell. He's the only interesting character.
So in some bizarre way this book managed to intrigue me. Maybe there's a touch of magic even among these pages!

Thanks Netgalley for letting me read the preview of the book!

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries is a fun and whimsical fantasy filled with lore, academics and adventure. It's only January and I'm afraid nothing will top this book for 2023. It's such a fun ride!

We follow Emily to a cold corner of the world, researching the hidden faerie folk of Hrafnsvik. She's joined by her academic 'rival' and friend Wendell Blambleby, who is very much the charismatic sunshine to Emily's grumpy, introverted self. Only things don't go exactly as she had planned... The town isn't very open to Emily asking questions about the faeries and it only gets worse when girls start to go missing, showing they are more tricky as thought.

The format of the book is delightful. A research diary of the events from Emily's point of view, complete with footnotes and background. While it's the first in a series, it wraps up neatly without any cliffhangers. Just some questions for the books to come.

I loved this book!
I was looking for an engaging read and in this historical fantasy romances I found just what I was looking for!

Set in the early 1920s, the story follows Emily in her quest to write an encyclopedia of all fairies. This takes her to Norway, in early winter, to find out more about the Hidden Ones.

Between fairies, adventures, enchantments and a pinch of romance, reading is absolutely smooth and engaging.
I really enjoyed the light academia vibes, as well as the relationship that is created between Emily and Wendell.
The dialogues between the two are full of humor, which makes reading even more enjoyable!

First book in a series and I honestly can't wait to read the next one!

I wanted to enjoy this book, since the writing was great and it had an interesting setting. The lore and tales sprinkled throughout the story was highly enjoyable. But I just couldn’t really get into it, whenever something pulled into the story properly - something else popped me back out of it a few chapters later. I think the main problem was the characters. So while I had nothing against Emily and found a handful of townspeople charming, I had a hard time bonding with Bambleby. Not a good thing when he is like the second protagonist, and the love interest. Then there also was so much crammed into the story, that it got overwhelming and sometimes it felt like it didn’t really know what it wanted.
So unfortunately this wasn’t a book for me. But I can definitely see it becoming a new favourite for someone who loves stories about fae, slow burn romance and supernatural historical fantasy.

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries starts Emily Wilde series of historical fantasy romances. The book is set in the early twentieth century and it follows Emily, a Cambridge scholar of faeries. She’s determined to write the definitive encyclopaedia of them and for that, she’s come to a remote island somewhere off the coast of Norway, right as the winter is starting.

Emily isn’t exactly a peoples’ person, so first thing, she manages to offend most people in the village. And her troubles only worsen when a fellow scholar Wendell Bambleby shows up and decides to take part in her research. Sharing a cottage with the boisterous man is straining for her, no matter that he smooths things over with the villagers, but then truth about him comes out, changing everything.

The winter is cold and full of adventures that put Emily and Wendell in danger time after time. But it’s all in the name of research and a paper they plan to present together at a conference of faery studies. If they can get out of the clutches of a faery king, that is.

The book is written in the form of a research diary, complete with footnotes. Everything is told after the fact, though in a very readable first-person account. A couple of times, the point of view changes to Wendell’s, when he gets his hands on her research notes. The story gets a moment to get going, but then it’s a delightful fantasy with a bit of romance between a single-minded protagonist and her suitor who is amazingly patient with her.

This is the first book in the series, but the story is complete without cliffhangers. There are enough open questions though, mostly about Wendell, for many books to come. Looking forward to reading more.

This is the light academic book I didn't know I needed. My first book of 2023 and the easiest 5 stars I've given in a while. So full of whimsy and surprising humour. I found myself cackling with delight throughout this book. So glad it isn't the last story in this series because I know I'm going to need more.

Set in 1909, Emily Wilde goes to a small (fictional) Norwegian island called Ljosland to research the Folk there - more precisely The Hidden Ones. While she's there, struggling to get closer to the villagers in the village she lives in, girls start to go missing. As a result, her and her academic rival, Wendell Bambleby, partner up to put a stop to the disappearances.

The book is written as a journal, so every entry has a new date. At times I liked this and thought it was original, but Emily also has a tendency to go on long rants, which I didn't enjoy. Aside from that the writing was nicely done, not hard to read and overall pleasant - just also very "smart sounding" (aka very much unlike how this review is written).

This is listed as a romance, but it's a small part of it, and I have to admit that personally I didn't enjoy the romance in the book. That is probably mostly due to the fact that I'm not a big fan of the male lead and his mannerisms. I think his character is fun, but at some point it's obvious you're supposed to find him charming and funny, I just couldn't look past his narcissism 😅
That said, their friendly banter was great, I liked that part of their chemistry and relationship. The romance part of it just felt out of the blue - that is, of course, unless Emily is an unreliable narrator and has left stuff out of her journal, which to be honest she very well may have.

And also just as a small thing... if the book takes place in 1909 Norway, why are the names of all the villagers Icelandic? Maybe I'm just being nitpicky here, but that consistently annoyed me throughout. Perhaps there's something I've missed, maybe the island they're on is actually supposed to be an alternate version of Iceland, but then why is it named something Norwegian?
It's just funny that for a book that focuses so much on research, and that seemingly also has a lot of research on the Folk included, why aren't the names done right? But maybe I've missed something.

Excuse the rant - I actually thought the book overall was cozy and cute! Definitely more character-driven than plot-driven. A perfect January read where you can cozy up with some hot chocolate and a blanket while reading (<i>don't let the spring-like cover fool you, it's filled with snow and ice</i>).

So overall a 3.7/5⭐

Thanks to NetGallery for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries is a truly whimsical tale. Full of magical moments, joyous adventure and much more devilry than I expected. There was never a dull moment despite the strong academia tone.

I found it an absolute treat to temporarily step into the imagination of Heather Fawcett. Entering the realm of her Fae set against the backdrop of our mortal world was an enchanting experience, thanks to her rich descriptions, strong plot full of clever ideas and her utterly charming characters - and boy, what a colourful cast they were!

I loved our two main protagonists, academic rivals, Emily and Wendell who provide the story with a delightful grumpy/sunshine romance. Their contrasting personalities, flirtatious banter and complete trust in each other made for the cutest read against the story's darker moments.

Enter the Fae, pivotal to the story and the success of Emily's encyclopedia they bring the drama, trickery and moments of darkness not to mention all the razzle dazzle! I loved reading anything and everything to do with their magic and mayhem - my personal favourites were little Poe and The King of the Tree. Fawcett puts so much into these guys that by the end of the book, she'll have you believing Fairies are real!

Fast paced, cosy yet exciting and with a plot of pure magic, I couldn't have LOVED this book more! 🍄🧚🏻‍♀️💫