The women are smart and the men are cunning. Martin’s characters are what I love most about this series. Maybe it was my pace, but it was hard for me to get into it. I found this book slower than the first and harder to enjoy because of it. I know she’ll come into play in a large fashion but it will be a while first. I wished there were more about Dani because she was one of my favorite characters from the first book, but she didn’t have as big of a role in this book. I would lose track of what was happening to characters, especially the more minor characters like Theon and Davos. I think that detracted from my enjoyment a lot. I read this book over a three-month period when I would have and lose the audiobook for it. And a continent away, an exiled queen, the Mother of Dragons, risks everything to lead her precious brood across a hard hot desert to win back the crown that is rightfully hers. Robert’s two brothers each seek their own dominion, while a disfavored house turns once more to conquest. In the south, Joffrey, the heir apparent, rules in name only, victim of the scheming courtiers who teem over King’s Landing. Eddard’s son Robb has declared himself King in the North. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns, as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.Īs a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky-a comet the color of blood and flame-six factions struggle for control of a divided land. Two great leaders-Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon-who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead…victims of royal treachery. The summer of peace and plenty, ten years long, is drawing to a close, and the harsh, chill winter approaches like an angry beast. Martin (Book #2 in the A Song of Ice and Fire series)Īlso reviewed on this blog: A Game of Thrones (Book #1 in the A Song of Ice and Fire series)
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