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From Goodreads:
Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King’s Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world...
I was unsure whether to read this instalment or not as Matt and I are watching Game of Thrones but I just couldn't resist. Then I got disheartened part way through as it seemed to be taking me a long time to read it. I was really enjoying it but I'd got used to a faster pace of reading. I think part of the problem was that I was reading it on the Kindle so I couldn't see the size of the book. Once I'd looked it up and found 'Storm of Swords' word count was over 400K I stopped feeling bad that it was taking me a couple of weeks.
I'm really enjoying seeing how the different story lines are developing for each character and how they are slowly interlinking. I think I'll read a couple of other different books though before I read the next instalment in the song of ice and fire saga.
This is the first book I've read since I finished the challenge and I'm still finding myself just as eager to pick a new one up straight away. As always you can keep up with what I'm currently reading on my Goodreads page or look at all of the past weeks of the challenge here.
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