
Centaur Aisle by Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony's Centaur Aisle is one of his many Xanth books — Xanth being the magical land these stories are set in, filled with dragons, ogres, and really bad puns. Often the puns provide clues to the riddles and plot twists and sometimes it takes a while until you have enough information to realise how certain puns will effect the story. Other times the puns form the basis of the flora and fauna of Xanth. For instance, a cocoa tree provides hot chocolate drinks.
I wonder how many potential readers will stop reading the review right here and decide they've learnt enough? :)
You can apply this review to pretty much any of the Xanth novels, since they all follow very similar paths: take one teenage boy, give... Read More