Suprisingly few deaths in this book. I was going to rate this book lower until about the last 4 chapters and it won me over, this book I found a little slower than the others though that may be due to the fact it focuses on characters that aren't my favorites. Jon Snow is stuck on the wall, Sansa is pretending not to be Sansa, Arya is Pretending not to be Arya and Bran is nowhere to be found and Tyrion is (I can only assume) still fleeing. Jamie however finally seems to have figured out his sister is not good for him. Samwell is developing into an interesting character and Pod is still alive by some miracle. I've bought the next two books and im really hoping the next is released at some point in the near future.