I would almost give this one two stars had it not been for the last "chapter", a not from the author saving that all the good stuff was in the next book. He basically had too much for just one book and instead of telling half the story of all the characters, he decided to tell stories about half the characters. The other stories (the ones I care more about) are in [b:A Dance With Dragons|2782553|A Dance With Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire, #5)|George R.R. Martin|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LqynbphlL.SL75.jpg|2936175]. I was beginning to think the series had sizzle out for me like the Dune books, but I will read the fifth book.