The Absinthe Underground

Moulin Rouge meets Holly Black in a thrilling sapphic friends-to-lovers romantasy! This lavish and decedent LGBTQ+ fantasy romance will leave fans of Divine Rivals and Emily Wilde’s Encyclopedia of Faeries utterly enchanted! ΓÇ£A romantic and thrilling story of ambition,magicand peril.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöPublishers WeeklyStarred Review After running away from homeSybil Clarion is eager to embrace all the freedom the Belle ├ëpoque city of Severon has to offer. InsteadsheΓÇÖs traded high-society soir├⌐es for empty pockets. At least she has Esmethe girl who offered Sybil a homeand if either of them daredsomething more. While Esme would rather spend the night tinkering with her clocks and snuggling her catsSybil craves excitement and needs money. She plans to get both by stealing the rare posters that crop up around town. But when sheΓÇÖs caught selling a poster by none other than its subjectMaevethe glamorous girl invites Sybil and Esme to The Absinthe Undergroundthe exclusive club she co-ownsand reveals herself to be a Green Faerietrapped in this world. Maeve wants to hire thieves for a daring heist in Fae and is willing to pay enough that Sybil and Esme never have to worry about money again. ItΓÇÖs too good of an offer to pass upeven if MaeveΓÇÖs tragic story doesnΓÇÖt quite add upand the secrets could jeopardize everything the girls have so carefully built. Jamie Pactonauthor of The Vermilion Emporiumdazzles in this whimsical and daring romantic fantasy. Fans of Fae loreslow-burn sapphic piningand decadently magical worlds will find The Absinthe Underground as ensorcelling as a fairy delight.