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rosemcm 's review for:
The Phoenix Keeper
by S.A. MacLean
DID NOT FINISH: 30%
DNF at 30%. I was trying so hard to push through this book because I loved the concept of it being in a magical zoo SO MUCH, and PHOENIXES being an integral part of the plot?? I just wish that there was more of the cool magical animals rather than an adult woman acting like a teenager. I know it is sapphic as well even though I didn’t reach those parts. (All that I had read so far was her crush on this random man… who’s just some conventionally attractive guy. So boring.) And the girl who was to be her love interest is basically her “nemesis” and the main character doesn’t like her because what, she is pretty and has manicured nails and is good with people? I suppose she was a wee bit mean sometimes, I think she did call Aila (the MC) a loser once, but the extent to how much Aila judged her felt kind of extreme. Honestly, I just found Aila irritating (considering she is 28 years old) and didn’t care enough to see her character development arc. The whole novel is very character driven, and I was not interested by any of the characters.
The inner dialogue plus regular dialogue was not funny or silly to me where that was the intention, which was another thing that made Aila feel teenagery. The part that made me finally decide to stop reading:
He chuckled. “Seems like you’re always on top of things.”
“On top? I don’t know, I’ve always considered myself more of a…”
Aila froze.
Connor’s brows climbed higher. She didn’t. She did not nearly say that right when he was starting to talk to her like a normal person.
It’s just a bit too quirky try-hard for my taste. I could understand why people would enjoy this book, so I’m not discouraging reading it, however I don’t want to put my time into something I know is not for me.
The inner dialogue plus regular dialogue was not funny or silly to me where that was the intention, which was another thing that made Aila feel teenagery. The part that made me finally decide to stop reading:
He chuckled. “Seems like you’re always on top of things.”
“On top? I don’t know, I’ve always considered myself more of a…”
Aila froze.
Connor’s brows climbed higher. She didn’t. She did not nearly say that right when he was starting to talk to her like a normal person.
It’s just a bit too quirky try-hard for my taste. I could understand why people would enjoy this book, so I’m not discouraging reading it, however I don’t want to put my time into something I know is not for me.