oh i adore this series with all my heart. it really feeds the child in me that loved pixie hollow, flower fairy pop up books and spiderwick chronicles too. i really love emily wilde as a main character, how she's a scholar first, heroine second.

she still has those anxieties about being in faerie, not because of her knowledge but also because of her nature that she percieves as unfriendly. no emily you are so loved! the relationships she has with her human and faerie companions are so heartwarming, and it's really beautiful to watch her accept that they are in her life because they want to be. especially wendell, oh my god. that man is so adorably obsessed with emily, their dynamic is so sweet to read. you can really feel the depth of both their feelings for each other; emily is so determined to save wendell's lands and keep him safe, and wendell's enthusiasm to show emily his world not because he wants to but because he knows she'll enjoy it. they know each other so well now! 

i love how the plotline is so centered to the main character being a scholar; there are footnotes and conversations on drydalogy, as well using faerie tales as research points. i really don't want to leave this world, but i'm hopeful that there will be a novella or a spinoff series following ariadne.