A brooding, self aware, and compelling wonderful conclusion to an excellent series. Bravo!
Livira and Evar are joined by a third character: Anne Hoffman — a Jewish girl living in prewar Germany.
Lawrence deals with some heavier themes in this book but does not let it bog down the general plot line and pace of the story. Be warned, the devastation will linger long after the final page has been turned.

This was a really well done conclusion to a beautiful trilogy. The world and the library has been so fascinating to read about, and I really loved the characters. As with the previous books, I spent a good chunk of this one mildly confused, but everything always weaves together into a bigger picture.

The Book That Held Her Heart is the epic conclusion to Mark Lawrence’s Library Trilogy. Livira and Evar, once bound by a mysterious, infinite library, are now separated across time and space. With war threatening to tear everything apart, Livira must reunite those she loves and fight for the fate of the library itself. Full of magic, mystery, and high stakes, this final chapter promises an unforgettable ending.

I received an electronic ARC from Berkley Publishing Group through NetGalley.
Lawrence has crafted a powerful story arc that moves through the entire trilogy. All of the characters are included in book three and their lives weave together on many levels. He even adds a new character, Anne, who lives in our reality in Germany just prior to World War II. She brings a fresh perspective and statement to the lives of some other characters. The whole gook drives toward the final destruction of the library and how to channel the energy and magic from this. I feel that characters are more vulnerable in this volume and show more of themselves to readers. I would have loved a couple more chapters to wrap up the story but see why he chose to do so in one chapter that only alludes to most of the characters. I even understand the death of some of the main characters but it saddened me deeply.
It's easy to see parallels to our own world and to think about possibilities for change as happens in the story.

These books! I love this series- I highly recommend for an amazing plot and storyline. Really throughout and I love the characters!

La pièce maîtresse de la trilogie des bibliothèques est l'Athénée, une bibliothèque infiniment grande qui, selon la légende, a été conçue et construite par Irad, petit-fils de Caïn et arrière-petit-fils d'Adam et Ève. Irad est impliqué dans une bataille séculaire avec son frère, Jaspeth, qui jure de détruire la bibliothèque pour libérer l'humanité du joug de la mémoire et de l'influence corruptrice de la connaissance. La Bibliothèque devient un champ de bataille au sens propre et figuré dans cette guerre épique entre la connaissance et l'ignorance, une bataille qui a commencé entre Irad et Jaspeth mais qui se poursuit avec leurs mandataires à travers tous les âges et tous les pays.

I’m actually genuinely so upset about the ending of this book that I don’t think I’ll ever pick up another Mark Lawrence book again. I wish I could go back to a time before I read this book bc I’m now crying at the doctors office and there’s nothing more to read to make it right.

Bottom line: what the hell Mark

I think this is a really satisfying conclusion to the library trilogy. I love all the little quotes at the beginning of the chapter and the world building and characters. I really think that Mark Lawrence’s strength is ending a trilogy and he hasn’t missed yet. So I highly recommend this if you’ve read the other books and if you haven’t picked it up yet, rest assured it is very much worth it.

I loved book 1 was just ok with book 2 and hated this one. Felt like so many things were clobbered together with no rhyme or reason. So many different tropes and plots happening with such a disappointing ending. At one point it's mentioned that one set of creatures went to the moon to create another type of creature and that's just kind of glossed over and has no purpose what so ever. Very disappointing

The Library Trilogy has been one of my favorite series over the last couple of years. After the ending of The Book That Broke the World, I was so excited to get this one early. I loved every second of reading this book. That being said, I do think this is the weakest of the three books in the series. The time travel and dimension travel got a little shaky towards the end; for some reason, it just wasn't depicted as clearly as it was in the past two books. There was so much going on that I felt like we didn't get much time to experience all of the characters' personalities as deeply as in the past two books. The incorporation of a real-world timeline was really interesting, and I think the time period and region Lawrence chose spoke to some elements of the current political climate. I liked that a lot. The ending, while it wasn't a perfect happy ending. satisfied me. although I do think it wrapped up a little too quickly.