A Storm of Swords (song of ice and fire book 3)

By George RR Martin.
I did not finish this book, the longest of the series, I did make it more than halfway through and could guess where it was going.  Knowing that favorite characters easily die off unexpectedly I couldn't stomach another one so I quit.  I rarely if ever don't finish a book, especially a good one.  Maybe some day I'll come back to this but I feel like I've had enough, it was enjoyable but i don't need the rest of the series to feel satisfied.

A Clash of Kings (song of ice and fire book 2)

By George RR Martin.
The epic story continues and I really enjoyed this book althoughit ended really abruptly, luckily I had the third ready to go.  New characters join the fight for power and different sides to some characters are shown.

Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire book 1)

by George R.R. Martin.

Well I just finished the first book in this series last night and wow what a great ending!  Definitely makes you want to start the second immediately and I can't wait to watch the tv series since I hear it's very good as well.  This book has a lot going on, multiple characters are followed so you get multiple perspectives and it's hard to choose who to get behind for this game of thrones.  It took a little while to get into because it was hard to follow with a different character each chapter but once I got to know everyone it really took off.  I would definitely recommend this book to anyone!

Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire book 1)

by George R.R. Martin.

Okay this will be followed up later when I actually finish this book but I have much to say and I'm going to be putting it aside for just a bit to read the Hunger Games series so I thought I'd write this for now.

This series is epic and intense - think lord of the rings EXCEPT you don't get a core of characters to follow through an adventure. Characters you grow to like die, characters you hate you may start to like later, characters surprise you. This is much more real life - there is no hero, the strong/smart succeed unless they are unlucky or outnumbered. There is intrigue for sure.

I had a really hard time getting into the book at first because there is so much to learn about the new world and it switches between characters each chapter. Until you get to know the characters this can be confusing (I have no issues now).

There are parallel and intertwined stories going on and it's called Game of Thrones for a reason - the kingdom is in peril (it's only newly won anyhow). You really don't 'root' for anyone either, you just follow the story as it plays out - very different than any other book i've read but I'm definitely enjoying it.

So I would recommend this but it's not light reading. I am looking forward to continuing it but will probably take breaks here and there because it's so long. Hopefully soon i'm on here saying i finished at least the first of the 4 books!