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A review by leannevisser
Agents of Artifice by Ari Marmell
4.0
When I started reading I was a bit annoyed by the not so subtle references to Magic cards. Marmell obviously had a brief about characters, planes, and other things from the MTG universe he had to incorporate in the story. It felt a bit artificial, almost like fan fiction.
However, once I let this go and just decided to enjoy this as a nice quirk, the story actually became a lot of fun. It's a very decent fantasy novel, that would also be enjoyable for non-MTG players. The characters are sufficiently rounded, the descriptions of the world, buildings and things are quite good.
So yeah, this was a fun and recommendable read!
One small side note: if you can't stand books with loads of small errors and typos, please skip this one. It would have very much benefited from another round of editing and proofreading.
However, once I let this go and just decided to enjoy this as a nice quirk, the story actually became a lot of fun. It's a very decent fantasy novel, that would also be enjoyable for non-MTG players. The characters are sufficiently rounded, the descriptions of the world, buildings and things are quite good.
So yeah, this was a fun and recommendable read!
One small side note: if you can't stand books with loads of small errors and typos, please skip this one. It would have very much benefited from another round of editing and proofreading.