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A review by eeva
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
5.0
It was so refreshing reading about a character with some decent common sense, and the author not making them do stupid things just to move the plot forward. Like, at the start, when she dips her hand in a spring and thinks about bathing in it, but writes, "Yet it was dismissed quickly; I was not about to go frolicking about an unfamiliar country in a state of undress." And then when she chops her own finger off to break the king's enchantment? Okay, that last one isn't really common sense but it was still hard-core.
Emily and Wendell's interactions were so good. Their witty banter but the way they trust each other so much?Like, when Emily says she'll help Wendell find a back door to his realm and, when he's confused as to why she would help him, she asks if he knows anybody else with as much an understanding of the Folk as she does, and he says no.
And then! And then Emily knows that Wendell's part of the Folk even though he couldn't tell her, and then Wendell knew Emily was under an enchantment even though she couldn't tell him! The parallels.
Really loved the section where Wendell took over writing in Emily's journal, and he wrote, "I shook you awake, and you said, 'Wendell!' in a way that I quite liked, nothing at all like your usual tone."
Emily and Wendell's interactions were so good. Their witty banter but the way they trust each other so much?
And then! And then Emily knows that Wendell's part of the Folk even though he couldn't tell her, and then Wendell knew Emily was under an enchantment even though she couldn't tell him! The parallels.
Really loved the section where Wendell took over writing in Emily's journal, and he wrote, "I shook you awake, and you said, 'Wendell!' in a way that I quite liked, nothing at all like your usual tone."