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Right off the bat, the art is fantastic. All of the pieces are thematically appropriate and range over a variety of styles so that there will be something for everyone to love in the art. I would buy the book just to look at some of the truely gorgeous paintings.
Now for the meat.
This book isn't a list of stats like a lot of supplements wind up being. There are two stat blocks in the entire thing (that I remember), one for each of the two most notable individuals in fey lore, the Queen of Summer, Titannia, and the Queen of Air and Darkness, Mahb. But stats aren't what this is about. this book hashes out the various lore surrounding the fey and offers a guide on how to build the feywild, the well-known places that are most commonly included, and how the courts are set up - if they exist at all.
Beyond that, the supplement also notes an impressive range of fey creature, touches on the fey ancestory for sorcerers origin, and offers a smattering of playable races and the racial adjustments necessary. Several other, less notorious fey individuals are listed also and information is given on thier behaviour, the notable items they carry - such as Oberron's Crown of Antlers, and thier percieved abilities and purposes, of course it's the feywild so take everything with a grain of salt - appearances can be deceiving.
At the end the book includes the much loved "Appendix N" which list a large variety of media from which DMs can take inspiration ranging from movies, TV, and video games to books and other tabletop roleplaying games.
To sum up, this book is a timeless addition to your shelf because the lore will never grow old. As long as dice are being rolled and brave (or foolish) adventures are journeying into the feywild, this book will come in handy.
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