Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather FawcettMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett follows Emily in the last stages of collecting material for her Encyclopedia, but soon gets drawn into the local people's and Faeries' lives more than her academic dispassionate self would like.
I liked the premise - the academic study of Faerie species, habits and worlds, supported by the world-building. The writing, last century Cambridge English also helped set vibes.
The characters however seemed two-dimensional and detracted from the book for me. Emily and Wendell were colleagues and friends before the story began. There were two or three revelations about Wendell, both personal and academic, that were nearly plot twists, if Emily hadn't already known or guessed them. So her reactions, her thoughts, the whole book even felt a bit flat to me.
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The rating is 2 1/2 stars, rounded up to 3 as I'm interested in the series.
[Half a star for the premise and the whole book; Half a star for the characters; Half a star for the story arc; Half a star for the writing; Half a star for the world-building - 2 1/2 stars in total].
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