A proper review will come later.However, I liked this book as much as I liked the first one. It was a bit slow coming in some parts, but the overall thought while reading this book is that if I had to describe it in one word it would be 'intense'. I was surprised up until literally the last page with some rather story-changing acts. I'm not too often surprised by a book but this one will take all of your expectations about these characters and turn them upside down.I tip my hat to GRRM.