Everything about this book just hit so right with me. The surly protagonist whose main comforts lies in academia and study and balks at any kind of social interaction. The entitled brat boy love interest that's also a bit of a neat freak with a secret. The depiction of faeries as morally ambiguous with a penchant for messing around with humans to deadly results. All up my avenue. 

There are times when the more thrilling moments don't really land, mostly more towards the climax where a lot of the action is more referenced than shown, but there are others that keep their intended intensity. 

Though written in a more academic voice, the tone never got too dense or overly jargony. If you have some knowledge of fae tropes and lore you'll pick everything up real easy. I will say on ebook the footnotes can be a bit of a pain as you constantly have to find your way back to your place in the chapter after reading them at the end, but that may just be my settings. 

Bambleby has my entire heart and it only irks me a bit that that's exactly what he would want, but I love the match up he has with Emily as their personalities compliment each other well. Can't wait to see more of them in future installments!