Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

I appreciate the traditional depiction of the fae and the tales referenced throughout the journal. Unfortunately the rest didn't work for me. Emily goes to a northern island village just before winter and everything is terrible. The cottage, the food, the locals, the sheep, the pre-winter snows. I set the book aside for two weeks because the sheep were such jerks! Her coworker Bambleby showing up fixes some of those things and she can dedicate her energy toward complaining about him.

Emily ends up in peril and requiring rescue a lot. Her knowledge of fae stories helps resolve many conflicts but her overconfidence lands her in even more peril.