The Phoenix Keeper
The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. MacLean, published by Orbit in 2024, is a 496-page fantasy novel that immerses readers in a magical zoo filled with mythical creatures such as dragons, unicorns, and krakens. The story follows Aila, who has dedicated her life to saving phoenixes and has finally achieved her dream job as the head phoenix keeper. However, she faces numerous challenges, including social anxiety, a fierce class rivalry with Luciana, and the urgent task of rescuing the critically endangered Silimalo phoenix.
Readers will find a blend of fantasy and romance as Aila navigates her responsibilities while dealing with the charming dragon keeper, Connor, and the complexities of working alongside Luciana. The narrative explores themes of conservation and personal growth against the backdrop of a whimsical setting. With its focus on mythical beasts and a soul-restoring queer romance, this edition of The Phoenix Keeper offers an engaging experience for fans of cozy fantasy.
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Set in a magical zoo teeming with mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens, The Phoenix Keeper is a fierce joy of a cozy fantasy novel with a soul-restoring queer romance at its heart, for fans ofThe House in the Cerulean Sea and Legends and Lattes.
Aila has spent her entire life dreaming of saving phoenixes.
She pulled countless all-nighters at uni just to sneak a toe in the door of the breathtakingly competitive field of conservation, stumbling through failed romance and disastrous class presentations thanks to social anxiety, while also surviving a ferocious class rivalry with the (unbearably beautiful) insufferably hotshot Luciana.
Somehow, she actually did it: landed her dream job as head phoenix keeper at the world-renowned zoo that inspired her as a child, tasked with rescuing the critically endangered Silimalo phoenix from the brink of extinction.
There are just two or three (thousand) impossible problems.
1. She can’t act sensibly around the charming dragon keeper, Connor.
2. Her plans to revive the phoenix programme are more precarious than ever, after a poacher attack at a neighbouring zoo.
3. Her best chance at success means teaming up with the star of the zoo, the universally adored griffin keeper, the hotshot showmaster of the most popular exhibit . . .
Yes, of course it’s Luciana.
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