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Opium and Absinthe

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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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wonderfully descriptive, this book had me guessing through to the end who the perpetrator was.

Superb, highly recommended

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it was great! intriguing but not too gory. some of the story seemed quite young and I wished some of the other characters interconnected into the murder mystery in a more complex way. But I liked the slightly awkward heroine who eventually found her voice.

I liked the narrator.

looking forward to more of Lydia Kang's books.

really enjoyed!!!

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I love Bram Stoker's Dracula and the fact that the heroine was also obsessed with it was so amazing, so I was instantly hooked! Definitely recommend this if vampire crime mysteries are your thing 🤩

There are no vampires or are there?

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I'm disappointed that I can't read this on daylight and listen to Audible in darkness despite it being listed as Whispersync/Narration ready. The kindle and audible versions don't sync as promised between the versions. Other than that it's a great story I'd like to continue, but annoyingly I'll have to return the audio and wait until it really is available. You think it'd be easy to fix but Amazon would rather take back a book and refund you, losing goodness knows how many sales for authors than make it work.

Love A Gothic Novel

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i quite liked the story, but did not care for the audio performance. The "voices" used were a bit stiff and the pacing too slow at times. It was a great book otherwise.

Enjoyable

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