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Opium and Absinthe

A Novel

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Opium and Absinthe

By: Lydia Kang
Narrated by: Bailey Carr
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From the bestselling author of A Beautiful Poison comes another spellbinding historical novel full of intrigue, occult mystery, and unexpected twists.

New York City, 1899. Tillie Pembroke’s sister lies dead, her body drained of blood and with two puncture wounds on her neck. Bram Stoker’s new novel, Dracula, has just been published, and Tillie’s imagination leaps to the impossible: the murderer is a vampire. But it can’t be - can it?

A ravenous reader and researcher, Tillie has something of an addiction to truth, and she won’t rest until she unravels the mystery of her sister’s death. Unfortunately, Tillie’s addicted to more than just truth; to ease the pain from a recent injury, she’s taking more and more laudanum...and some in her immediate circle are happy to keep her well supplied.

Tillie can’t bring herself to believe vampires exist. But with the hysteria surrounding her sister’s death, the continued vampiric slayings, and the opium swirling through her body, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for a girl who relies on facts and figures to know what’s real - or whether she can trust those closest to her.

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Its a bit of a romp thru ye olde NYC! It’s fun, nothing groundbreaking but worth a listen none the less.

Overall quite enjoyable

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Enjoyed the story but the narration really irritated me throughout the book. Particularly the accent of the reader - I don’t know if it was her real accent or if she was acting - either way ,it did not work for me and really detracted from the experience.

Good story - but

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I enjoyed the story though found it slightly predictable. interesting take on history and twisting fables into the novel

Enjoyable slightly predictable

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I loved this so much. A new author to me and she’s fantastic, I love how she creates such real, vivid characters. Bailey Carr did such a great job bringing this to life with her reading as well. Wonderful!

Fantastic

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