Reviews - The Phoenix Keeper

2.49k reviews for:

The Phoenix Keeper

S.A. MacLean

3.95 AVERAGE

cosiestclock's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

phantomangel28's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Phoenix Keeper is about an antisocial, awkward zookeeper. But not of an ordinary zoo, one filled with magical mythical creatures! Even though our main character is quiet and awkward, she grows throughout the book, allowing for wonderful character development. The details over the care of the magical creatures in this book are wonderful especially for someone (me) who is a wildlife biologist who once thought about being a zookeeper. Wonderful, lighthearted read with some romance and action!

hol_k's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A cute story about a magical zoo and the chaotic, anxious, bird obsessed, bisexual keeper helping run it. The story development was a bit predictable, but I enjoyed it as a light and cozy read.

ariskari's review

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

klaw78's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was one of the most delightful, charming books I've read this year. I'm not sure why it took me so long to get to it. A magical zoo?! What a delightful premise. It was cozy and funny, the animals were some of the best characters. I do feel like I figured out the mystery and who was involved (or at least suspected them) very quickly, but it did not diminish my enjoyment of the story or how it rolled out. The enemies to lovers romance was nice, I would not call this a romance perse as I was once element of the story and not the main story, but it was a cute element.
As with a lot of books I found the main character's insecurity to be just slightly too much. This could have been a 5 star read for me in terms of enjoyment if the the MC' had been just slightly less annoying. I understand authors' desire to create some inner conflict, but does it always have to be crippling self doubt?
Still this book was very cute and original and delight to read.