Rating: 
Summary: Good for background anyway
Review: While I've been following the series avidly, I was a little disappointed in Bloodlines. The storytelling wasn't up to par on this particular installment - The Brothers' War and Time Streams were both excellent reads, but that should probably be expected when a different author writes each new installment of the series. While Bloodlines did a fairly good job of tying everything together and finishing the detailed history of Urza's struggle against Phyrexia, the events in the book didn't have as much coherence as in the past - they stayed separate, never came together to form an overarching story.For those who felt the story was left incomplete - it was! The history of the Urza-Phyrexia war has been told, but the battle continues in the novels "Rath and Storm" and "Mercadian Masques." The Artifacts Cycle is a story in itself, but it is also the background for the current events described in these books.
Rating:
Summary: Why was this book written anyway?
Review: Within the story line of the ARtifact Cycle, I was expecting something more substantial. I think it's a weak link between this cycle and the Weatherlight's. But besides this, it's a good story.
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