A review by graco
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

2.75

Nice concept and I enjoyed the atmosphere and exploration of myth, storytelling and lengend but overall it was pretty sloppilty done. There were a ton implausible plot points to further the story and the climatic resolution/conflict was so non-climatic it was laughable. Lots of things weren't explained well or given extensive backstories (characters, magic system, reasons for the geopolitical conflict, history). The main character, Effy was also just causually nationalistic and xenophobic and I thought maybe there would be a learning moment but she but she seemed to just get over it because she was in love.
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