Status Updates From The Book That Wouldn’t Burn...

I enjoyed this, but I think it could have been so much more. The story should have exclusively focused on Livira. I get why Evar was included, but his character basically only existed for the twist that happened near the end.

I also didn't like how real-world texts were referenced. This is a fantasy. There doesn't need to be a crow named "Edgarallen."

“Just as the trees of ancient forests fell and became buried and compacted by each subsequent generation, covered over, buried ever deeper until the crushing pressure of untold fathoms changed their structure into coal, history itself became buried by the flood of years and crystallized into myth.”

“Like all hunters, sorrow advances on slow, silent feet, until the last moment it attacks from cover, springing with such speed that the impact rocks its victim on their heels.”

“None of us really know what we’re here for or why we’re supposed to be doing. So, we shout out, hoping someone will hear, hoping someone will see us and reveal the great secret.”