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Review: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

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Today I would like to share with you my opinion of one of my favourite books: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Fairies. What worked for me was the mix of ingredients that I could relate to because of the similarities in my life. Emily is a researcher with a genuine interest in what she studies, like me, she is accompanied by a dog, like me, she does fieldwork, like me. 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. 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, and the Fair Folk. So when ...