The Book That Held Her Heart

By: Mark Lawrence

Narrated by: Jessica Whittaker

Two people once connected by a vast and mysterious library are now separated and must overcome time and distance to reunite and bring peace to their worlds, in the final book of the Library Trilogy.

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, worlds, and even family 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 unite them 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.

Critic reviews

“Lawrence pulls out all of the stops for the thrilling last chapter of Livira and Evar’s story. Series fans will not want to miss this jaw dropping finale.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“The alternating points of view build a vivid setting for this character-driven tale. As the stories bounce between past and present, Lawrence ties together all the threads into a whole tapestry of lives.”—Library Journal

Praise for Mark Lawrence and the Library series

“The most tightly plotted novel I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading.... It’s truly magnificent.”—Book Riot

“This tale of knowledge and its cost flies by, thanks to the gripping mystery and beautiful world-building. . . . Readers will be desperate for more.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Gripping, earnest, and impeccably plotted.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“An excellent writer.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin

“Mark Lawrence is the best thing to happen to fantasy in recent years.”—New York Times bestselling author Peter V. Brett

Loved the first 2 books, but this doesn't stick the landing unfortunately

I absolutely loved the first 2 books and was excited for the 3rd and final one. Unfortunately this one does not stick the landing at all. After a great set up at the end of the 2nd book for the fate of the library, this book goes off the rails and then has a bit of a cop out ending. To not spoil too much, it adds "possibilities" to the exchange instead of just past and future, which even has our heroes encounter literal Nazis as one of these "possibilities"

On the plus side, the performance was great and up to the standards of the other two.

A good conclusion

I wasn't sure if the story was going to find the time to end without feeling rushed in this book, and to be honest it did feel a bit rushed. That said, it was still good and the ending was satisfying.

Unreal imagination

Sometimes this book feels like a tapestry that is sprinting away from me when I am trying to comprehend its depths and intersections of threading. In the end you need to stop TRYING to keep up and let him take you on the journey, not matter how quickly the tack changes. Mark Lawrence is an expert craftsman and much needed voice of humanity in the times we are living in. King of imagination. Thanks for this series

Didn’t live up to the buildup from the first two books

The first two books were awesome, the world building character, development, and story were just awesome.

But in the third book, the characters development went pretty good, but then the story just kind of went nowhere and and I don’t know what message was trying to be made, if I knew what message was trying to be made then I could you know understood at least but I have no idea what happened in the end of this book.

Big letdown for me as I love all of Mark Lawrence other books (mostly lol(the girl and the mountain was kinda looong… not in a good way, but I’d still reread it))

All is all probably wouldn’t reread

Great story. Very imaginative.

Loved it. Really liked the story. It’s a story I could see becoming a movie at some point.