A Clash of Kings

"In the second book of the Song of Ice and Fire, it takes a while to really get going, it starts a lot slower than what I remember from when I read it the first time. I think this is the book that you really figure out what the strengths of the series are: the political intrigue, the conversations, the strategy of war. <br/><br/>Like the first book there are POVs that are better than others, the stand outs from this book (to me) are Davos, who does a great job of representing the perspective of Stannis and has a interesting wrinkle of being a former smuggler turned “Onion” knight. Caitlyn continues to be a high mark for the series, which just makes how poorly utilized she is in the show even worst. Her conversation with Jamie is one of the strongest so far in the series and is a great look at a future POV. Another POV holdover from the first book that continues to be great is Tyrion, this is where a lot of the political intrigue and strategy is and it is fantastic <br/><br/>With the POV strategy of storytelling, there are weaker ones as well. Daenerys feels very stagnant for most of the novel and Theon is just so unlikeable that it is hard to connect to and his sections of dialogue feel so cheesy and juvenile, in the worst ways. <br/><br/>Overall the second half of this book (especially the final third) are among the best of the series, and do a great job of showing where the books continue to go and how they grow in the right direction. If my memory is correct, the series continues to better itself from here on out."

"Just as good as the first. On to the third!"

"This book was much slower than A Game of Thrones. Nothing really happened until the end. Now I'll be moving on to book 3, which I've heard is the best one."

"10/10"

"I loved the first one but in overall books I’m in love with A Court of Thorns and arises! 😍😍"

"Have you read the rest yet? It's part of a series"