Game of Thronnnesss! I feel bad for taking so long to finish this, it had been sat beside my bed for months as I must have read about 5 other books during the break that I took from it. I think I was initially intimidated by the size of it and everything that I knew was to come in the series as well as this book, but it ended up being a joy to read once I got into it.

It was also easier to read than I expected. Despite the level of detail and the fact that some chapters took 20 minutes to finish, I rarely felt like the writer was waffling or over-complicating things. Unlike the books I’ve read recently such as The Lord of The Rings, where I was very critical of the writer focusing on things that didn’t really matter and The Witcher books, which plot wise can be a bit all over the place at times and conversations can be unnecessarily long. This book however felt like every word was placed there for a reason and even the chapters for characters that I didn’t think I would like too much still managed to bring new elements to the story.

It also continued to excite and shock me despite already roughly knowing what was going to happen from watching the TV show. Ultimately, It was everything that I had hoped it would be so there’s no way I could give it anything other than 5 stars. Now let’s see how long it will take me to build up the courage to start the next one though...