Resolve book will be consumed by flames (5)
I believe the answer is:
fibre
'resolve book will' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'be consumed by flames' is the wordplay.
'be' becomes 'b' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'consumed by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters get consumed).
'flames' becomes 'fire' (I've seen this in another clue).
'b' put within 'fire' is 'FIBRE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fibre that I've seen before include "Thread, strand" , "Thread, filament" , "Brief (anag.)" , "Thread; stamina" , "Textile thread; roughage" .)