Can’t Wait Wednesday: Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to share upcoming book releases that we’re excited about! This meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, which was created and hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

Imagine my  delight when I saw a cover reveal for the third book in the Emily Wilde series! Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales will take place mostly in Faerie based on the synopsis and Emily will be taking on a whole new challenge – being Queen. This cover definitely has more sinister design elements (creepy eyes, spindly reaching hands) which will probably fit the tone of the story. This will be released February 11, 2025!

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The third installment in the heartwarming and enchanting Emily Wilde series, about a curmudgeonly scholar of folklore and the fae prince she loves.

Emily Wilde has spent her life studying faeries. A renowned dryadologist, she has documented hundreds of species of Folk in her Encyclopaedia of Faeries. Now she is about to embark on her most dangerous academic project studying the inner workings of a faerie realm—as its queen.

Along with her former academic rival—now fiancé—the dashing and mercurial Wendell Bambleby, Emily is immediately thrust into the deadly intrigues of Faerie as the two of them seize the throne of Wendell’s long-lost kingdom, which Emily finds a beautiful nightmare filled with scholarly treasures.

Emily has been obsessed with faerie stories her entire life, but at first she feels as ill-suited to Faerie as she did to the mortal How can an unassuming scholar such as herself pass for a queen? Yet there is little time to settle in, for Wendell’s murderous stepmother has placed a deadly curse upon the land before vanishing without a trace. It will take all of Wendell’s magic—and Emily’s knowledge of stories—to unravel the mystery before they lose everything they hold dear.

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Today is also the start of Wyrd & Wonder, a celebration of all things fantasy that lasts the entire month of May! To read more about this or to sign up to participate, check out the introduction post. I’ll be doing some themed posts this month, so keep an eye out!