Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries

This is another great book in the cosy fantasy, low stakes trend.

Emily is a Cambridge professor, working on gathering data about fairies, to compile an encyclopedia on the subject. Her studies brought her to the northern Norway, where she hopes to find evidence on the illusive Hidden Ones.

The story is told through her thorough and extensive journal notes, in a tone aligned with the 1909 setting.

The book is slow paced and it took me a bit to warm up to Emily character, and the writing style. After Wendell enters the story, things start to warm up, and Emily experiences several interesting and magical encounters that made me start enjoying the book.

I appreciate how hard working and dedicated Emily is, and how perfectly her personality is complemented by Wendell's.
I wish we had more of Wendell's POV as it should help readers warm their hearts to his character, and fully believe his character ARC. He reminded me a bit of Howl, so I would definitely recommend this book to Howl's fans.

I loved that the book interspersed Emily adventures with some fair folk stories, showing the parallelism of what was happening with some traditional fair folk lore.

Although I never visited Norway (it's on my bucket listo though), Heather's writing made me feel there. I could easily picture the setting and it brought me wonderful memories of Iceland.

This is a book written to slow us down. Recommend for fantasy and cosy fantasy readers, with a cup of a hot beverage of your preference.

I would like to thanks Little, Brown Book Group UK, Orbit and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

P.S: I would also like to thanks my wallet, and Amazon delivery system to my kindle, as I forgot I already owned the book when I requested the ARC. I guess this proves I really wanted to read this book