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Told in two alternating narratives; The Book That Wouldn’t Burn brought me into a perspective of Evar who has lived his whole life trapped within the massive library of King Oanald and Livira; a girl from the Dust who has survived a sabber attack at her village and was recruited to become a librarian in the great library of her kingdom. Their stories go spiral around each other creating a tale of truth and lies as well a conflict that might change the history of Amthane Empire.\n\nAn immense worldbuilding for me although the backdrop was mostly stuck in the vast library with its book-choked chamber and walls of stacked books and secret labyrinths; quite dense with its slow pacing storytelling in the earliest and halfway through the middle before it gets strummed with action and suspense for the rest of the plot. Regardless of my average liking to the writing style, I was spellbinded with Livira’s narrative as I find her hardships and growth (from a little girl to adulthood) to be more eloquently narrated and intriguing to delve further; love her chapters in the Dust and her friendship with Malar (he was too vulgar but I like his tough character). The secondary characters in Livira’s narrative was my fav as well! \n\nEvar’s part was a bit hectic, confusing at times and too tedious with minimal progress yet the crossover was done riveting enough for me to grasp the mystery and thrills within their intertwining worlds; perhaps as this was the first instalment that I don’t see his dynamic that much yet. 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