I give this book a 4.
This is the story of how and why
wars start, but this story is a little different in that is takes place in a
world where the seasons don’t make any sense. It doesn’t seem like the season
should be that big of deal in a story, but a decade of winter is just wrong. So
in summation, one family has the thrown and another wants it. There are secrets
and cover ups, pride and duty. Then there are the families who don’t want a
thrown, but get one anyway and so on.
There is one good thing about this
special land where this royal war saga takes place, and that’s magic, but there
isn’t a whole lot of it in this first book. There is the promise of much to
come in the series and I’m sure fans of the television show can vouch for that.
I think the best part of this story is that every now and then something you
hope will happen, but don’t actually expect to, does. I love when characters
that seem to unnecessarily dominate a story die and when an undeserving
underdog begins to rise up, just because it makes the story interesting.
In general, I liked all the Stark
characters, including the Bastard, except for the oldest daughter. From the beginning,
my favorite character was Daene; I was so ready to “Wake the Dragon.” I liked
the dwarf, but then it’s hard not to. It didn’t take long for me to accept
things for the way they were in this fantasy world, but I guess I in a world of
fantasy, grown men would take little girls to bed with them (how pathetic).
Even with all the many tiny issues that bothered me about this book, it was a
good story…and you can’t go wrong when you add zombies to Camelot; that’s just
good stuff.
This is not a book for the whole
family to enjoy, but dad will probably like it.
