WELCOME TO THE SAN TAMCULO ZOO OF MAGICAL CREATURES!
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.
Against an epic fantasy backdrop teeming with all your favourite
mythical beasts from dragons and unicorns to kelpies and krakens, The
Phoenix Keeper combines the cozy fantasy stakes of TJ Klune and Travis
Baldree with the heartwarming contemporary romance of Alice Oseman and
Casey McQuiston.