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I honestly wasn't expecting A Study in Drowning to have a sequel but Ava Reid absolutely knocked it out of the park with A Theory of Dreaming. This successor resolved all the issues I had from the previous book like pacing and character development — a very worthy sequel. It was nice to be revisit this world with Preston and Effy once more as they face the aftermath of the events that happened in book one.

I will say; however, that this book didn't feel necessary for me personally to close out this story. This was more of a fan service. Additionally, it felt like the plot at times didn't exactly have much direction but I didn't mind much considering I took this to be more of a character study between Preston and Effy as they took care of their internal conflicts and trauma.

Despite my critiques, I do believe this was a major improvement from her first book. Reid's strength lies in her atmospheric writing and story-telling and I look forward to reading more from her in the future.