A review by themoonlightarchive
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

3.0

 it took me quite a while to get into this book, mostly because of the sometimes overwhelmingly flowery prose, and i very nearly DNF’d it at about 28%. honestly though, i’m glad that i stuck it out to the end. i really enjoyed the rivals to lovers relationship between effy and preston and the dark academia vibes. but what i loved most was how this handled the harsh truth of life after sexual assault, the way it portrayed the reality of sexism and living in a world ruled by partriarchal rules, and that it gave me the ending i hoped for; albeit one that feels impossible to obtain in real life. a slow but decent read!