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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
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.
Book One of the Emily Wilde Series
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
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.
Book One of the Emily Wilde Series
Heather Fawcett is the author of the middle-grade novels Ember and the Ice Dragons, The Language of Ghosts, and The School Between Winter and Fairyland, as well as the young adult series Even the Darkest Stars. She has a master’s degree in English literature and has worked as an archaeologist, photographer, technical writer, and backstage assistant for a Shakespearean theater festival. She lives on Vancouver Island.
“An incredibly fun journey through fae lands and dark
magic”—NPR
“A heartwarming spin on fantasy lore”—POPSUGAR
“The world-building here is exquisite . . . and the characters are
just as textured and richly drawn. This is the kind of
forlorn, folkloric fantasy that remembers the old, blood-ribboned
source material about sacrifices and stolen children, but adds
a modern gloss.”—“Sizzling Hot Books for Cold Winter Days,” The New
York Times Book Review
“Emily herself is delightful, brilliant but flawed, and often
darkly funny. Her frustration with her feckless but charming
colleague Wendell Bambleby is the perfect spark, and the romance is
light but hits surprisingly hard when it chooses to.”—The New York
Times (Editors’ Choice)
“A book so vividly, endlessly enchanting . . . It pushed the real
world aside in the way of all truly great fantasy novels, and I'm
jealous of everyone who gets to read it for the first
time.”—Melissa Albert, The New York Times bestselling author of the
Hazel Wood series
“Forget dark academia: Give me instead this kind of
winter-sunshined, sharp-tongued, and footnoted academia, full of
field trips and grumpy romance and malevolent faeries. Emily Wilde
is a narrator I won’t forget in a hurry, and this book was an
invigorating balm for my heart and mind.”—Freya Marske, author of A
Marvellous Light
“A whimsical and enchanting romp that had me quite literally
laughing out loud on every page. I enjoyed every word of this
gorgeously written fairy tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an
utterly charming love interest who constantly surprised me. A new
favorite!”—Isabel Ibañez, author of Woven in Moonlight
“Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries charmed me more than
any faerie king ever could . . . This book is an absolute
delight.”—Megan Bannen, author of The Undertaking of Hart and
Mercy
“Enchanting in every sense of the word, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia
of Faeries is a delight of snow-laden forests and changelings,
folklore and faerie kings, meticulous footnotes and academic
rivalry and adventure. This book is real magic.”—H. G. Parry,
author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep
“Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries is a
charmingly whimsical delight, saturated with faerie magic and
the equally wonderful magic of humanity. This is going to be one of
my regular rereads. Five dazzling, gladdening stars.”—India Holton,
author of The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
“Fawcett grabs readers’ attention by drawing them into the folklore
as well as the surrounding world. A great read for fans of Sarah J.
Maas and Erin Morgenstern.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“The full cast of characters, well-developed faerie lore, and
pervasive sense of cold add depth to the
delightful proceedings, which include scholarship, yes, but
also danger and a hint of romance.”—Booklist (starred review)
“Follow the lights into the woods and dance with the fae under
Emily’s careful guidance—just be sure not to get carried
away.”—BookPage
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