iknma 's review for:

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Well I'm a bit conflicted about this book, I can't say I hated it entirely neither loved it wholly. With that being said I had high hopes for this since a lot of people seems to love it and the author, although I wasn't a big fan of the wolf and the woodsman I still gave it a try. I liked the atmosphere, the prose, I sympathised with effy and liked her character growth at the end but other than that the book fell flat for me, I wanted more from the plot, some aspects of the time frame of when the book was set left me confused, I didn't know where to place the events as in what time period. Also the plot felt at times slow and I was literally pushing myself to finish it and be done with it. I know now that there's a sequel so maybe some of my questions will be answered but I'm not going to read it, if I gave Ava Reid another chance it will be with Juniper and thorn.