Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

"Emily Wilde – an anti-social, curmudgeonly Cambridge professor – is an expert in the study of faeries. This book is her journal, complete with faerie-lore-filled footnotes, on her northern research journey to study the fae. Her observation takes a turn when she gets far too involved in the world of the fae and begins chronicling her increasingly dangerous adventures, not just her research. Throw in a handsome, and mysterious, academic rival, Wendell Bambleby, who shows up uninvited to join the expedition, and you get an incredibly fun journey through fae lands and dark magic."