Clash of Kings

The Game of Thrones sucked me in but good, and I had to continue on with the second book RIGHT AWAY. But I will admit that I was a bit disappointed. First of all, I am not a huge medieval knights fantasy genre reader. I liked GoT so much because of the characters and intriguing plot. So, this book was a struggle for me because so much of it was about the war and who was rightfully heir to the throne and which lord was aligned with which house. Blech!!! I will admit I finally just skimmed over that stuff. And the characters I have come to love didn't do a whole lot in this book. Dany, Jon Snow, Arya, Bran - some critical issues but they took a LONG time coming. Tyrion on the other hand was featured a lot and he is also one of my favorite guys in the story. All in all, I'm tempted to put book 3 on hold, but I'm afraid if I do then I'll never finish the series. Another compelling reason to continue is that I started watching the HBO series via Netflix videos. I now can pronounce the names in my head (I was pretty spot on with how I was saying them unlike Hermione's name when I read Harry Potter) and have a face to go with some of these people. I think they did a very good job of casting for that show. I'm almost more excited about watching the next video than I am about reading the next book! However, I will plug away and hope that number three sucks me back in. If not, there may not be a 4 and 5 for me.