I liked the book, but not as much as the Apprentice Adept series, and not enough for me to continue reading the Xanth series, unless I have absolutely nothing else to do.
This book was actually the second Piers Anthony novel I had ever read, the first being The Battle Cirlce.
Spell is classic Xanth with everything alive and jumping off the pages...I became a serious collector after reading this book...problem is it is hard to keep up with Piers as he is a varacious writer