Is there a sequel to A Study in Drowning?

Yes. A Theory of Dreaming (2025) is the second and final book in Ava Reid's duology, concluding Effy and Preston's story.

Did A Study in Drowning win any awards?

It was a finalist for the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction, but it did not win.

What age group is A Study in Drowning appropriate for?

It's published as young adult and generally recommended for readers 14 and up. It deals with heavier themes including trauma, abuse, and sexual assault, so it skews toward older teen and adult readers.

A Study in Drowning

Dark Fantasy Gothic

Pages: 378
Published: 2023
Language: English

Synopsis

A gothic dark-academia fantasy from Ava Reid: architecture student Effy Sayre wins a contest to redesign the crumbling estate of her late literary idol, Emrys Myrddin, only to clash with Preston Héloury, a scholar bent on exposing Myrddin as a fraud. As they dig into the manor's secrets, the line between folklore and reality begins to blur. Book one of the A Study in Drowning duology.

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