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Pre-ordered the book on Amazon. Does someone know what the publication date?
Here on GR it says January 2023.
Just getting started 9% of the way in. So far, interesting writing style. MC is an academic and its written in her voice…so a different tone than typical.
I’m now 30% of the way in…curious if anyone else has started (I know I’m early) and any early impressions?
Carol, I will only be starting it after 7 October to be able to use it for a reading challenge in a different group.
I love the cover, but I am wondering if the content will live up to it. :)
I decided to go for the audiobook version.
I have updated the first post with some general questions, but feel free to post some more, just please use spoiler tags where necessary. :)
I'm About half way through and I'm loving it!
Taja wrote: "I'm About half way through and I'm loving it!"Glad you are, Taja. :)
I’ve finished. I think this is probably a case of the wrong reader for the book. Just wasn’t my cup of tea; found myself skimming a lot and the voice/tone which was more academic and not emotional. The relationships at the end of the book between some of the characters didn’t seem realistic to me. Again, I think this is a “me” thing - the book has a lot of great reviews!
I started the book today. Curious to see how I'll like it.
I'm at 15% and really enjoying it so far. I have had no expectations with this book, but still it is a pleasant surprise.
As mentioned in my previous post, I went into reading this book blindfold, so to speak, apart from checking the cover blurb. I wanted to avoid being suspicious or biased, because the fae/faerie/elf books I have come across so far were mostly YA and I am not a fan of the trope "hot faes competing on who can be the greater d*ck to MC".
So far this has been refreshingly unlike any of those and at 30% I am still enjoying this story very much.
I really like Emily, although I find the name "Wendell Bumbleby" ridiculous.
It sounds a bit like "Bunbury" from Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest and the character has quite some resemblance to Algernon. I am wondering if that was a conscious choice of the author's or if it is just a coincidence.
I have finished the book last week and enjoyed it from beginning to end. My rating is 4 stars and I will read book 2 when it is out. :)
I think I’ll give this book a try. I’m going in blind. I won’t be afraid to DNF since I’m trying to get 3 books complete by December for my reading challenge and I do want ones that really suck me in
I have finished the book and have to say that I was throughout delighted and did not expect to like it that much! 5 star book for me this fall/ winter. I found it very interesting as it did not go as I expected it - I found it refreshing that *spoiler* it was not overwhelmingly “romantic” or too much of a YA book but instead a very nice interesting writing of different characters and situations with very lovely descriptions of nature.
I am glad you enjoyed it so much. :)
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!!NO-SPOILERS-THREAD!!
Please discuss here and remember to use spoiler tags as needed, as everyone reads at different speeds and may start at different times.
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 this heartwarming and enchanting fantasy.
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, 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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Questions:
- What do you think about the way the fair folk are depicted? Is there something that stands out to you, maybe also compared to their depictions in other books?
- Do you have a favorite part, scene or quote (so far)?
- Do you have a favorite character? What makes them special?
- What do you think of Emily Wilde as a person, judging from her interactions with other people? Is it different to how you perceive her from her own telling?