Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

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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 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, get in the middle of 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.

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4.2/5 · 745 readers · 325 pages · ≈ 6 h 01 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries?

About ≈ 6 h 01 m — 325 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries~6 h 01 m

How many pages is Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries?

325 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries325

What genre is Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries?

It sits on the Romance, Fantasy, Fiction shelves.

Is Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries?

Heather Fawcett.