A Spell for Chameleon (Magic of Xanth)

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His mother is kind of upset about this, but see, it's not because the whole idea is disgusting. It's because she's jealous that his father did it at one point, but screwed up and the nymph "got away."

Poor Bink! Each human Xanth has their own unique magical gift. Bink appears to be one of the few exceptions, with no discernible magical talent. Not only does this place him at aconsiderable disadvantage to his fellow humans, but it will cost him his place in Xanth. Human law mandates exile for those withoutmagic. Except it is very clearly stated that Bink loves her not just because he appreciates all her forms, but because HE WOULD GET BORED WITH JUST ONE TYPE OF WOMAN. He wants a beautiful woman sometimes, but he doesn't want a beautiful, smart woman because he distrusts beautiful, smart women (WHAT?). And he wants a smart woman, but again, she can't be beautiful, so he likes her smart but ugly phase. And of course, her average phase is just average, and he's fine with it coming around sometimes. Just...what? Really? The tendency of men to want to have sex with anything even vaguely awoman turns out to have significant implications for Xanth. One of Trent’s goals is to mitigate the effects of rampant miscegenation, which Ihave to say is aword Ididn’t expect to use in this review. Isuppose given that Xanth is Fantasy Florida, it makes sense at least one major character would be obsessed with the supposed dangers of race-mixing. At that point, there's just nothing left to say. I finished the damn book... and I doubt I'll read anything else by Anthony in the near future. Xanth is rich in magic and rich in magical creatures, plant and animal, happy to chow down on acareless, powerless human. Bink’s quest becomes that much more difficult when he encounters the beautiful but extraordinarily stupid Wynne, her propensity for wandering into danger compensated for only by her amazingtits.

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He said he'd push her off the brink if she made a sound," the bailiff replied. "She was frozen in terror. Right girls?"

I should note, that I stopped reading this series after the fifteenth book (it is now up to 40 volumes) so it is quite possible that the later books improve and I just do not know it. In any case the first three stories are pretty good even with their flat characters after that you will need a stronger stomach for puns than I have (and that is really saying something!)

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Animate spells he could understand, such as those of the unfortunate chameleon; they facilitated comfort, survival, or image for living creatures. But why should inanimate things have magic? Did a lake care who swam in it? Well, maybe so; a lake was an ecological unit, and the community of living things within it might have a mutual interest in promoting it. Or a freshwater dragon might be responsible, luring in prey. Dragons were the most varied and dangerous life forms of Xanth; species occupied air, earth, and water, and a number breathed fire. One thing they all had in common: good appetite. Pure chance might not bring in enough fresh meat.