Beautifully written, hands down. What I loved most is how the Reid didn’t shy away from real things: abuse, erasure, silencing, the way institutions protect powerful men while branding women as unstable. Effy’s journey felt raw and real. Her trauma was woven into every chapter, and the way the story blurs reality with folklore made it even more unsettling. I was a bit confused at first tbh, blending the magic with reality. The symbolism in this book is layered and smart. Drowning, decay, storms, even the Fairy King, they’re all literal and emotional, and haunting. I also appreciate how literature and architecture though two fields that seem worlds apart, are…