Just last week, I have finished reading the next book of “The Song of Ice and Fire” series, “A Feast For Crows” by George R.R. Martin. Here is my brief review.

Here’s the synopsis… This novel leaves right off from the third book, “A Storm of Swords”. More important characters are killed off from the last book. Jon Snow has become commander of the Night’s Watch in which he is supposed to guard, The Wall. King Stannis Baratheon has come to aid the Wall with him. King Tonmen Lannister now rules Kings Landing under the watchful eye of his Queen mother, Cersei Lannister. Tyrion Lannister, the Imp, has fled the city and disappeared. 

Brienne, the maid of Tarth, goes on a search for the Stark sisters, Arya and Sansa. In this book, there is no Tyrion, Jon Snow or Queen Daenerys because “A Feast for Crows” was taken place in different areas. Plus, George R.R. Martin explained that “A Feast for Crows” is part 1 of the next book “A Dance With Dragons”. George had to split the books in two parts because it would have been way too long. 

A lot of people gave this book negative reviews, but I think this is a very good one. I think the “Song of Ice and Fire” series keeps getting better and better, the more you read. I think “A Feast for Crows” was a pretty thrilling and powerful read. I couldn’t put this one down either. In this book, it seemed that Cersei Lannister is the leading character because she was written the most in this book than any other character.

I read a lot of other reviews of this book and a lot of people were angry that Tyrion Lannister, the midget character wasn’t in this book at all. I am actually glad that George kept Tyrion out of this book. In the last book, Tyrion was being held prisoner by Cersei Lannister. Why? I don’t want to say why ’cause I don’t want to reveal spoilers of what happened from the last book, “A Storm of Swords”. George wanted to keep Tyrion’s disappearance a mystery. Plus, I believe he wanted to give other characters more recognition and introduce newer characters as well.

I loved this book because George takes the shock factor to another level. While Brienne the Maid of Tarth was on a quest to find Arya and Sansa, there will be a surprise here in the story that will take you at the edge of your seat.

This is definitely a different book than the previous three. It is more character driven, and the tone of the book is different as well. Plus the chapters have gotten a lot longer than the previous books. Cersei is a great villain in the books. She’s pretty pissed off and mean as hell in this one but for a good reason. She cares for her family and does her best to protect them like any family would. She does a lot of things in this book that you would get pissed off at. She’s a good villain to hate.

The Brienne, the Maid of Tarth story gets even more interesting in this book, you even feel sorry and sad for her at times. I also liked how George got more into detail with Cersei and Jaime.

In these books, there is no such thing as “good” and “evil”. Remember that. The pacing of this book maybe a little slow, but there are still shockers in this book that will get your head spinning. There are also some very violent and graphic scenes in this book, more violent, than a “Storm of Swords”. It’s mostly the chapters with Brienne that gets violent.

Other than that, this is a great book. If you’re reading the books, you can NOT skip this one. If you skip this book and jump to “Dance With Dragons”, you’ll definitely get lost in the story lines and you won’t understand what’s going on. That’s why you have to read each book in order. You can’t skip anything.

I’m in the middle of reading the new book, “A Dance With Dragons”, and like always it’s a thrilling read, addicting and can’t put it down.

Kev