A darkly gorgeous fantasy that sparkles with snow and magic this book wholly enchanted me'
Sangu Mandanna author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches Enter the world of the
hidden folk - and discover the most whimsical enchanting and heart-warming tale you'll read
this year featuring the intrepid Emily Wilde. . . 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 encylopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not
good at 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 But as Emily
gets closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones - the most elusive of all faeries -
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. 'Forget dark academia: give me instead this kind of winter-sunshined sharp-tongued and
footnoted academia full of field trips and grumpy romance' Freya Marske author of A
Marvellous Light 'Enchanting in every sense of the word. . . This book is real magic' H. G.
Parry author of The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep 'A book so vividly endlessly enchanting
so crisply assured so rich and complete and wise and far-reaching in its worldbuilding that
you'll walk away half ensorcelled sure Fawcett found Emily Wilde's journal in some sea-stained
trunk' Melissa Albert 'The ideal book to curl up with on a chilly winter's evening. . . this
book is an absolute delight.' Megan Bannen author of The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy 'A
charmingly whimsical delight. . . Five dazzling gladdening stars' India Holton author of The
Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels 'I enjoyed every word of this gorgeously written fairy
tale featuring a grumpy heroine and an utterly charming love interest' Isabel Ibañez author of
Woven In Moonlight
