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title: "A Study in Drowning Hardcover – 19 Sept. 2023"
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# A Study in Drowning Hardcover – 19 Sept. 2023

**Brand:** ava reid
**Price:** RM215
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- **What is this?** A Study in Drowning Hardcover – 19 Sept. 2023 by ava reid
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Book of the year so far for me
  

*by A***K on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2024*

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid is gorgeous, lush, dark fantasy that deals with academic rivals, Welsh mythology, mental illness and hallucination, female hysteria and period misogyny, all combined in the beautiful metaphor of the sea. This one gets 5⭐️ from me and is my best read of 2024 so far.Effy Sayre is struggling. She longs to study literature, but women aren’t allowed at the literature college – so instead she’s the only woman in the architecture college, and after sexual assault by a professor and the subsequent treatment by her peers she’s at the point of giving up. But when her design wins a competition to design the new manor house for the estate of the late Emrys Myrdden, national treasure and Effy’s favourite author, it’s a chance both to escape the university and immerse herself in the birthplace of her favourite literature. But when she arrives, her longtime controlled mental illness seems to be rearing its head, as she’s seeing things that aren’t real – and there’s a foreign student there from the literature college, trying to prove that Myrrdin’s works weren’t all his own…Genuinely I absolutely adored this book. Best thing I’ve read in 2024 so far. It has everything – fantasy, academia (including some gorgeous literary discussion), a creepy forgotten end of the world, the power of the sea, Effy’s declining grasp on reality, menace from every angle, old school portrayal of misogyny and female hysteria, and a really tender romance. I absolutely adored it.Effy is a fantastic character. Strong enough to be the only woman in the architecture college and certain in her love and literary appreciation of Myrddin’s works, but with a realistic response to a power dynamic sexual assault, and so little trust in her own perception of reality. She’s flawed: jealous of Preston; scared by her own attractiveness rather than confident in it; completely upended by the challenge to her favourite author whose work has been a rock for her in hard times. But how she develops as a character is just beautiful to watch and feels very raw, tender and emotional.I can’t say strongly enough how much I love the way fantasy is dealt with in this book. I don’t want to spoil anything, but the edge between reality and unreality and trust in your own perception of that edge is a major theme of the book, and the fantastical is part of that and handled incredibly well.The relationships Effy has are beautifully juxtaposed – the professor who assaulted her, Iantro and the spectre of the Fairy King on one side, who view her as a beautiful thing to possess, versus Preston, who I genuinely adore and think might need to be added to my list of book boyfriends. Again, like Effy, he’s not perfect – but he is so genuine and full of wonder of her, and provides strength when she needs it but also stands back and lets her shine. He’s just wonderful, and not your typical hunky brooding powerful male lead which I love.This is sweeping, gothic, dark, touched with madness and the beauty and far reaching effect of words on a page – and I loved every minute of it.This book is for you if you like academic rivals-to-lovers like Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross, gothic romance like One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, sweeping fantasy like The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White, the Welsh influence of The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones, or dark portrayals of madness like House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A Craig or Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    WANTON
  

*by D***C on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 December 2023*

Of both mythical power and mortal licentiousness, this is a wanton tale of deceit, letchery, abuse, and victimisation. These are juxtaposed by hope, perseverance, endurance, and faith, of both the human spirit and a survival instinctAll qualities are bound together in an intriguing and beguiling tale of mysticism and fable, folklore and prose, the end result of which is something thoroughly absorbingI loved the characters - all of them, and found that whilst the story cracks on apace at times, there is enough thought and time given to each of them, that their development builds in line with the story, and enhances the sense of intrigue as you readThe setting is perfect, even if its world is a little underdeveloped, and whilst there’s not quite the depth to the magic and mysticism, I did find myself entering the same headspace I have when reading Frances Hardinge

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Beautiful passages
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2023*

Although an enjoyable read I found the story rather disjointed and there was a distinct lack of chemistry between Effy and Preston.  The time period was confusing, both gothic and modern at the same time and therefore failing to give a truly atmospheric experience.  Effy was irritatingly pathetic and only came to life in the last few pages.  There were many beautiful passages especially those quoted from Angharad, in fact I enjoyed the 'story within a story' far more than the complete book.

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