Book guide
The Absinthe Underground
Two secret crushes, one impossible faerie heist and a glamorous club where every bargain has a hidden price.
Genre and trope pairingsRomanceFriends to loversRomanceSlow burnRomanceRoommatesQueer RomanceFriends to loversQueer RomanceSlow burnQueer RomanceLGBTQ+Queer RomanceRoommatesFantasyFound familyFantasyFaeFantasyHidden identityFantasyQuestFantasyPortal fantasyYoung AdultFriends to loversYoung AdultLGBTQ+Young AdultFaeYoung AdultHidden identityYoung AdultComing of ageAdventureHidden identityAdventureQuestCozy FantasyFound familyCozy FantasyCozyCozy FantasyLow stakes
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About The Absinthe Underground
Runaway socialite Sybil and clockmaker Esme are best friends, found family and secret crushes scraping by in the Belle Époque city of Severon. A risky poster theft leads them to the exclusive Absinthe Underground, where a glamorous Green Faerie offers them a fortune to carry out a heist in Fae. But their employer’s story does not add up, and the job could destroy everything the girls have built together.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Light
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- alcohol
- death of a parent
- grief
- blood
- injury detail
- drug use
- self-harm
- police brutality
- fire injury
- abandonment
- emotional abuse
- violence
- classism
- physical abuse
- child abuse
