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A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid (Illumicrate 'My Last Breath' exclusive)

Featured book: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

An exclusive cover

Full colour printing on the hardback (by @c.e.illo)

Digitally printed edges

Endpaper artwork (by @ekbelsher)

Signed by the author

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This box was part of the Illumicrate subscription in September 2023 and is no longer available to purchase.

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About the product

Featured book: A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

Standing between the ceaseless sea and endless sky, I know I will love you until my last breath.

Our featured book this month is a YA Fantasy standalone! When a young student learns of a competition to design the house of her recently-deceased favourite writer, she enters immediately. But when she arrives at the manor, she finds it decrepit and inhabited by a fellow student determined to prove her favourite author a fraud. As they unveil the secrets of the house and the writer who once lived there, dark forces begin to conspire against them – and could bring them to ruin.

The book at a glance:

  • All exclusive: cover, full colour printing on the hardback; digitally printed edges; endpaper artwork; signed by the author
  • M/F romance; secondary queer character

Thanks to @journeybetweenpages for this beautiful photo!

Book merchandise

Our November 2023 My Last Breath box included:

About the Author

Ava Reid is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of gothic fantasies, including A Study in Drowning, Juniper & Thorn, and Lady Macbeth. She has a degree in political science from Barnard College, focusing on religion and ethnonationalism.

Content warnings for A Study in Drowning

  • Content Warning

    • Parental abuse and neglect
    • Psychological abuse; gaslighting
    • Domestic and intimate partner violence (off-page; non-graphic)
    • Grief, death of a parent (off-page)
    • Sexual abuse (off-page; non-graphic); grooming and manipulation; sexual harassment
    • Mental illness including hallucinations and delusions, suicidal ideation and self-harming behaviors; post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety