A Study in Drowning
core novel 2023 A Study in Drowning
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.68 (111,775 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780063211506 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
A Study in Drowning, published by Ava Reid in 2023, is a romantic dark academia fantasy drawing on Welsh mythology. Effy Sayre is a young architecture student in the nation of Llyr who has grown up idolizing the work of Emrys Myrddin, the celebrated author of the legendary romance Angharad, and wins a rare opportunity to travel to Myrddin's crumbling family estate to help redesign it. There she is forced into uneasy collaboration with Preston Héloury, a literature student and rival scholar convinced that Myrddin did not actually write Angharad himself, a claim that threatens everything Effy has believed about the author she reveres. As Effy and Preston work together in the decaying house, unraveling clues about the book's true authorship, they are drawn deeper into Myrddin's private legacy and the myths that shaped it.
Where it sits
- Universe: A Study in Drowning
- Series: A Study in Drowning core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Ava Reid
Notes
- From the series record (A Study in Drowning): Complete duology, 2023-2025.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series A Study in Drowning: position 1 of 2: next A Theory of Dreaming (2025)
Sources
- A Theory of Dreaming bibliography (specialised series-tracking site)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_in_Drowning
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