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The Phoenix Keeper
by S.A. MacLean
i don’t tend to like modern fantasies as much but this defo worked for me.
at first i really enjoyed the cosy fantasy aspects of this book but it ended up getting a bit tedious - i think the pacing just didn’t work for me.
i really liked the romance in this and the found the character growth was both decent and enjoyable to read.
also loved all the queer rep and that the side characters had their own thing going on - although they didn’t feel as developed as i tend to like.
I called the “plot twist” pretty much from the beginning & found it quite frustrating how transparent the villain’s motivations werealthough as an autistic person who’s very gullible and is rather susceptible to manipulation i think that was quite a good representation of that even if the MC’s autistic traits are labelled as anxiety
this book has one of my most hated aspects which is having very obviously autistic traits being labelled as anxiety. not only is it extremely frustrating to read but i think it’s really harmful especially considering how many autistic people (especially afabs) don’t get diagnosed until they’re adults because of this misconception that it’s “just” social anxiety. that being said i try not to let that affect my rating too much because i want to give the authors the benefit of the doubt in case they themselves turn out to have been undiagnosed autistic ppl.
at first i really enjoyed the cosy fantasy aspects of this book but it ended up getting a bit tedious - i think the pacing just didn’t work for me.
i really liked the romance in this and the found the character growth was both decent and enjoyable to read.
also loved all the queer rep and that the side characters had their own thing going on - although they didn’t feel as developed as i tend to like.
I called the “plot twist” pretty much from the beginning & found it quite frustrating how transparent the villain’s motivations were
this book has one of my most hated aspects which is having very obviously autistic traits being labelled as anxiety. not only is it extremely frustrating to read but i think it’s really harmful especially considering how many autistic people (especially afabs) don’t get diagnosed until they’re adults because of this misconception that it’s “just” social anxiety. that being said i try not to let that affect my rating too much because i want to give the authors the benefit of the doubt in case they themselves turn out to have been undiagnosed autistic ppl.