The editor of the Canadian Trekkies Association's anthology "Cantektion" lauded "The Price of the Phoenix" as well-written. However, the novel suffered from a disastrous flaw "within the realm of characterization, and in particular, in the character of Spock." Spock, as written in the novel, was not the same as the Spock who appeared on the television series. The issue of the Starship Exeter Organisation (UK) newsletter included a fan review which cited the authors as "probably the "Star Trek" experts par excellence," and that their knowledge of the ""Star Trek" world is evident throughout this novel." The review concluded by explaining "through a series of exciting climaxes to a final grand denouement" the ending is "something of a cop-out," and that the text was "rather excessively idealistic in concept[,] and almost exhaustingly emotional in tone."