A perfectly whimsical conclusion to the light academia series about a scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves. Emily Wilde has spent her entire life studying fairies but now she must embark on her most dangerous academic project yet: studying the inner workings of the faerie realm as its queen. Along with her former academic rival now finance she is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigue of the courts.

Here she finds a beautiful nightmare filled with scholarly treasures with which to document and avoid for survival. Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life but she feels just as out of place here as she did in the mortal world. With a deadly curse placed upon the land it will take all her fiancé’s magic and her knowledge of stories to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.

It would seem our awkward professor feels just as out of touch in the faerie lands as she does the mortal world which is equally endearing as it is understanding. If one were to find themselves whisked away to become a fair queen it would be a dream come true and a waking nightmare attempting to navigate court politics and faerie tricks.

A book so endlessly enchanting and vividly descriptive that you’ll walk away half ensorcelled as if you truly had walked unknowingly through a faerie door. If only there was a way to stay there without the story ending but even so it was a perfectly enchanting ending.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 (𝐎𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞'𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐰𝐜𝐞𝐭𝐭

A nice addition to this series. Always well written and fun with interesting characters, plot and setting. I always enjoy the notes in the books and love the whimsy
I found this better than book two and would read other things from this author

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc

I’m so sad this series is over😩 I love these characters and this world so much, I’m gonna need a few days to recover.

A fantastic ending to this trilogy, we got the return of some old favourite characters and a delightful plot of Wendell reclaiming his kingdom.

I’m so glad Shadow didn’t die because I did think this would happen, phew! 😮‍💨

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
4.5

This was my favourite book of the trilogy! It got into the plot straight away and it moved quickly. There was banter and affection between Emily and Wendell, more than I felt in the previous two books, even when they were apart because of the letters that Wendell sends.

I liked the plot and how it explored stories in the Fae world, and it played perfectly into Emily's skillset. It was good to see her continue her work as a scholar and embrace who she is. Everything wrapped up nicely and it was a fitting conclusion to the series.

Disclaimer: I received an Advance Reader Copy from NetGalley but this is my voluntary and honest review.