Amanda
An academic writing an encyclopedia about faeries travels to northern Europe to investigate a previously unstudied type of faerie.
I really enjoyed the story and think Fawcett did a good job of including different types of lore without making the book seem like a dry academic text.
I think the book's weakest point is the characters. Emily is supposed to be an expert in her field and an experienced field researcher, but she often makes amateurish mistakes, and is only shown to be competent when it's convenient to the story.
The journal format didn't really work for me. The story is written as a pretty straightforward first person point of view narrative, so pretending it's a journal and including a few unnecessary footnotes comes off as a pointless affectation.
I did have fun reading even though I don't think the writing is great, and I wouldn't mind reading the next book in the series.
Received via NetGalley.
An academic writing an encyclopedia about faeries travels to northern Europe to investigate a previously unstudied type of faerie.
I really enjoyed the story and think Fawcett did a good job of including different types of lore without making the book seem like a dry academic text.
I think the book's weakest point is the characters. Emily is supposed to be an expert in her field and an experienced field researcher, but she often makes amateurish mistakes, and is only shown to be competent when it's convenient to the story.
The journal format didn't really work for me. The story is written as a pretty straightforward first person point of view narrative, so pretending it's a journal and including a few unnecessary footnotes comes off as a pointless affectation.
I did have fun reading even though I don't think the writing is great, and I wouldn't mind reading the next book in the series.
Received via NetGalley.