Month: August 2023

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries | Heather Fawcett

Posted 08/31/2023 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries | Heather FawcettEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Star Rating: 4 Stars
Spice Level: 1 Flames
Series: Emily Wilde #1
Also in this series: Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands
Published by Del Rey on 01/10/2023
Genres: Fiction, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance, Romantasy
Format: Kindle (317 pages)
Source: Purchased
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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.


Written review coming soon…


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The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy | Megan Bannen

Posted 08/17/2023 by Hilarye in Book Reviews / 0 Comments
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy | Megan Bannen
Star Rating: 5 Stars
Spice Level: 3 Flames
All-Time Favorite
Series: Hart and Mercy #1
Published by Orbit on 08/23/2022
Format: Kindle (448 pages)
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This book. THIS BOOK!!!!! 15/10, highly recommend. The best book I’ve read in 2023. It’s ‘Six Feet Under’ meets ‘You’ve Got Mail’, set in a unique and immersive fantasy world. If you take one part zombie movie, one part enemies-to-lovers romance, one part mystery novel, one part fantasy, and a pinch of a western; shake them all up, and you’ll get the magic that is ‘The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy’. This book ripped my heart out, smashed it into a million pieces, and then put it back together again (better than before) in one fell swoop. All […]