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A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
????/5 ⭐️
I don’t know how to rate this book. I loved so so much of it but there were a few things that bothered me. So, while this is five stars it’s also not?
Ava Reid always, always creates an amazing atmosphere. The crumbling house on cliff, the dark academia tones, the unknowing of what’s reality and what’s not is just incredible. My skin had goosebumps so many times because Reid’s writing just sucked me into the story. Effy is an ode to those whose homes are stories. Whose life surrounds them and it was written amazingly. Effy is a complex character who shows you there is power is softness. The way she was depicted, especially the ableism and misogyny she faced, was handled wonderfully.
And Preston and Effy?? I loved them so much. They encouraged one another and helped each other grow. I spent so much time giggling at them, they were so cute.
While I did love Preston and Effy, Preston did feel a bit two dimensional and flat. He got better at the end but I wish we got more development on his end. I also wish some of the world building could have been explained a little bit more.
I love this book so much and I highly recommend it. I just can’t figure out the rating so at the moment I’m leaving it unrated.