A review by laurafleur
The Forest where the phoenix sleeps by Brooke Marley Jones

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I don’t even know where to start…do you want a book that keeps you guessing? A book where the gender rolls in society are switched? Read this book. I can usually figure out one or two things that will happen by the end of a book. Zero, I didn’t guess any of these. My mouth was hanging so far open and for so long a spider had enough time to create her web and catch a couple flies. 

The banter? Loved it, amazing. The main characters were great but the side characters gave this book so much more. I wanted to love someone, then I hated them, then I loved them, nope back to hating them. 

I love when a book “breaks the fourth wall” if you call in that in a book. The back and forth between modern times and a mythical world where they don’t even have books was fantastic. 

This book 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥be read as a stand alone, and I really thought that’s where it was going. I’m so glad it’s not though and I will literally be thinking about this book everyday until the next one comes out.