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The Book That Held Her Heart

The Library Trilogy, Book 3

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The Book That Held Her Heart

By: Mark Lawrence
Narrated by: Jessica Whittaker
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The final volume in the bestselling Library Trilogy, following THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN and THE BOOK THAT BROKE THE WORLD.

The secret war that defines the Library has chosen its champions and set them on the board

The fate of an infinite library hangs on one book, a book that holds the power to break the unbreakable. In the face of such forces, fragile things like hearts, family, and the world seem certain to fail.

The people most vital to Livira are scattered across time and space, lost, divided into factions, in mortal peril. Somehow, she must bring them together and resolve the unresolvable argument that fuels the library’s war. The bond between Livira and Evar has stretched and stretched again. Can it hold at the end, when things fall apart? Can it bring them together against impossible odds? This is the last chapter, the final page. The end threatens and no one, not characters, readers, or even the author, will emerge unscathed.

'If you like dark, you will love Mark Lawrence' Robin Hobb, bestselling author of Assassin's Apprentice

'Gripping mystery and beautiful worldbuilding' – Publishers Weekly

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The first book is fabulous - world building, lore laying, absolutely hooked - waited for second and found it slower and with much less originality, the third… basically I stuck with all 13 hours of it as I felt I’d invested way too much time to give up but frankly the last three hours were like revising for an exam, dull and repetitive. By the end of the series I never wanted to hear the narrator’s voice again.

Great series but about 1.5 books too long

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So many great ideas that don’t seem to go anywhere. Such a Shame. I agree with other reviewers about the irritation caused by mispronunciations by the performer

Great idea, horrible ending

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Mark Lawrence creates such amazing characters that you can’t help but fall in love with. Absolutely loved this story and the narration was perfect.

Another Amazing Trilogy

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I have read a lot of fantasy and this did not fit into any of the usual tropes. Entertaining and thought provoking in equal measure, with Mark Lawrence’s fantastic writing style.
As I have come to expect from Mark Lawrence the characters have depth. Characters I wanted to spend time with, hear their story and care about the outcome.
Would definitely recommend.

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As usual with his books I cared so much about the characters in the series I didn’t want it to end, but as usual he sticks the landing so well, I was happy how it did. Hack! Hack! 😘

Astounding and beautiful, again.

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