Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

A slow start, slower than Howl's Moving Castle, which is the book I'd say is most similar/comparable. Our narrator isn't very friendly or really have much to recommend her, except for her passion for studying faerie. As with Howl's, the story picks up with Wendell's appearance, and it is their dynamic that compells you to devour the rest of the book. By the end, I felt like I read a satisfying sibling of Howl's Moving Castle, and given I'm obsessed with the book and movie editions, please take that as a compliment! Definitely a slow burn, as well, we will have to wait for the second book to get anything past a kiss on the hand or cheek. I really hope we'll get something a bit more, that Emily will thaw and allow herself to feel her feelings rather than deliberately shove them away. It's almost as if she's under a spell of her own making, that.