A Study in Drowning - Collector's Edition

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Effy Sayre has always believed in fairy tales. She had no choice. Since childhood, she has been haunted by visions of the Fairy King. She finds solace only in the pages of Angharad —author Emrys Myrddin’s epic tale of a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King and then destroys him. Effy’s tattered, dog-eared copy is all that keeps her at Llyr’s prestigious architecture school. So when Myrddin’s family announces a competition to redesign the late author’s estate, Effy is certain this is her destiny.

But Hiraeth Manor is an impossible task: a decrepit, musty house on the verge of crumbling into a hungry sea. And when Effy arrives, someone else has taken up temporary residence there. Preston Héloury, a young literary scholar, is poring over Myrddin’s papers and is determined to prove his favorite author a fraud. As the two rivals piece together clues to the reclusive author’s legacy, dark forces, both mortal and magical, conspire against them—and the truth could lead to their downfall.

Part historical fantasy, part romance between rivals and lovers, part gothic mystery, and all haunting and dreamlike, Ava Reid's powerful debut in young adult literature is also an unflinching indictment of the institutions that sacrifice young girls on the altar of male "genius" and a gripping read that will stay with you long after the last page.

Author: Ava Reid