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Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
RECOMMENDED: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett is $1.99! Apologies if this is a leftover KDD from the weekend. We had a guest squee review of this one:
Chilling, packed with lore, and a slow burn, Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett is the type of book I’ve been looking for. Their adventure from faerie field research to two professors running like hell from a faerie nightmare kept me on the edge of my seat.
A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love in the start of a heartwarming and enchanting new fantasy series.
Cambridge professor 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 encyclopaedia of faerie lore. But Emily Wilde is not good at people. She could never make small talk at a party–or even get invited to one. And she prefers the company of her books, her dog, Shadow, and the Fair Folk to other 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, who manages to charm the townsfolk, get in the middle of Emily’s research, and utterly confound and frustrate her.
But as Emily gets closer and closer to uncovering the secrets of the Hidden Ones–the most elusive of all faeries–lurking in the shadowy forest outside the town, 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.
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Mexican Gothic
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is $2.99! I think Moreno-Garcia is an extremely talented writer and this one blends historical settings and horror. Have you read it? We also recommended it in our Horror Romance Rec League.
From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes a reimagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico — and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets.
He is trying to poison me. You must come for me, Noemí. You have to save me.
After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find — her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region.
Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she’s also tough, smart, and has an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin’s new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemí; and not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi’s dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this inhospitable abode is the family’s youngest son. Shy and gentle, he seems to want to help Noemí, but might also be hiding dark knowledge of his family’s past. For there are many secrets behind the walls of High Place. The family’s once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemí digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness.
And Noemí, mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.
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Hello Stranger
Hello Stranger by Katherine Center is $2.99! We mentioned this one on a previous Hide Your Wallet and I believe early readers of the book had good things to say. The heroine is an artist with face blindness.
Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition—the next, she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporary” condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. Imagine trying to read a book upside down and in another language. This is Sadie’s new reality with every face she sees.
But, as she struggles to cope, hang on to her artistic dream, work through major family issues, and take care of her beloved dog, Peanut, she falls into—love? Lust? A temporary obsession to distract from the real problems in her life?—with not one man but two very different ones. The timing couldn’t be worse.
If only her life were a little more in focus, Sadie might be able to find her way. But perceiving anything clearly right now seems impossible. Even though there are things we can only find when we aren’t looking. And there are people who show up when we least expect them. And there are always, always other ways of seeing.
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Devolution
Devolution by Max Brooks is $1.99! Carrie was reading this one on a previous Whatcha Reading. It’s a mix of monster horror and thriller, told through epistolary storytelling. Definitely curious about this one!
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Of the above, I’ve read Emily Wilde and Mexican Gothic and enjoyed them both; EW more for the snark and MG more for the atmosphere and slow revealings.
In the UK, KING ME by Lucy Lennox has dropped to free on Kindle – I haven’t read but it was rec’d in the thefts rec league here 🙂
SPLINTER by Jasper Hyde has also dropped to free on Kobo/Kindle – another I haven’t read, that’s on my tracker due to ace-spec rep.
Ten m/m romances—
https://hearteyespress.com/free-mm-books-today
I’ve read both Mexican Gothic and Hello Stranger. Both were fantastic. I freaking love Mexican Gothic’s cover.
Mexican Gothic was too creepy for me, as gothic often is, but my friends with a higher tolerance, indeed any tolerance, for such things, all loved it so much I had to give it a try, especially since not all her stuff is scary, and it’s all very good. Oh well, my loss.
I really liked Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries, although it’s first person, which I tend to struggle with. The narrator spends a lot of time belaboring how grumpy and abrasive and poorly socialized she is, but just skim over the clunky self-involved passages. Once the story gets going, it’s fascinating. I’m so glad I didn’t give up on it. Great characters and world building.
I was disappointed by a different Katherine Center book, and I have face blindness myself so I gave up on this one very early. I would absolutely give her another try, especially if she branches out from rom coms. She’s a good writer.
So yeah, all my problems here are very much me problems, all three books are objectively good. My pick is EWEoF just because of my genre fussiness.
@flchen1: thank you for the link. I just loaded up my kindle with a number of books that I’ve been waiting to read. Now to find the time to do just that, lol.
You’re so welcome, @DiscoDollyDeb–I snapped up a bunch myself… if only we had more hours to read every day, LOL!
$.99:
– Make Me Shiver: A Sexy British Spy Enemies-to-Lovers Romance (The Royal Agents of MI6 Book 1) by Heather Slade
– Perfect Imperfections by Mariah Ankenman
– Love In The Air: An Aerials Novella by Mariah Ankenman
$1.99:
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– The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living: A Novel by Louise Miller
– Written In Red (A Novel of the Others Book 1) by Anne Bishop
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– Demon from the Dark (Immortals After Dark Book 10) by Kresley Cole
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– Love from A to Z by S. K. Ali
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– How You Get the Girl (Nashville Love Book 3) by Anita Kelly
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– Naomi: Alien Surrogate Agency #4 by Tasha Black
– His Southern Comfort (Firefly Island: Southern Comfort 1) by Melanie Shawn
– The Oscar Escape: a Friends-to-Lovers Romance (Love Match Legacy 3) by Krista Sandor
HOW YOU GET THE GIRL by Anita Kelly is $3.99 on Amazon. I’m not sure when the deal ends.
Oh, I started reading MEXICAN GOTHIC just the other day! I’ve owned it for a while (probably got it during a prior sale). I’m only on chapter 2 but so far, so good.
Woohoo! Finally snagged the Emily book. I listened to it through the library system and liked it enough to put it on my wishlist. Looks like the third book is up for pre-order.
While picking up the Emily book, I noticed that another one of my wishlist items is on sale. The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller is $1.99. It was reviewed or mentioned here often enough that I borrowed it from the library.
Devolution was so good. I thought I’d hate it, but it was a book club read, so I grudgingly started it, and got completely hooked. The horror builds slowly, and hits when you really don’t expect it to.
I liked MEXICAN GOTHIC, but it probably bothered me more than it should that the aristocratic English family has a bog-standard Irish name. Doyles aren’t English. Doyles stick it to the English.