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Cover for the book A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

An Atmospheric Gothic Fantasy Novel That Tackles Trauma Deftly

A Study In Drowning by Ava Reid

February 4, 2024 by Kit Moonstar Leave a Comment

CW: Stalking Effy Sayre has always found escape in the works of Emrys Myrddin.  It’s been one of the few things that’s kept the architecture student going.  So when the family of the recently deceased Myrddin announces a contest to redesign the author’s family estate, Effy can’t help but enter.  And when her design is picked it seems like fate.  Once she arrives at Hiraeth Manor, she finds a crumbling disaster as well as an unwelcome companion in a literature student invited there by Myrddin’s […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: Ava Reid, dark academia, Gothic Fantasy

Kit Moonstar's CBR16 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: Ava Reid, dark academia, Gothic Fantasy ·
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“A romance is a belief in the impossible: that anything ends happily.”

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

December 22, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was really good but I can’t give it a full five stars for one reason. More on that reason below. But first! I enjoyed this so much! I said this in a status update while reading, but it was such a relief to have a YA book tackle what this book is trying to tackle* and have it SUCCEED instead of falling down on its face. Ava Reid, like her or not, is really talented. There are of course going to be people that […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, A Study in Drowning, Ava Reid, dark academia, fairies, gothic, narfna, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult

narfna's CBR15 Review No:152 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, A Study in Drowning, Ava Reid, dark academia, fairies, gothic, narfna, YA, ya fantasy, Young Adult ·
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