A Song Of Ice And Fire: Every Book Ranked Worst To Best

As said previously, despite a huge six year gap between releases, Dreams and Dust runs parallel with A Feast For Crows, meaning the events of both books are happening at roughly the same time, rather than one after the other. Focusing on the characters omitted from Feast, this installment takes the readers back to the Wall and across the Narrow Sea.

The absolute highlight of this book is Tyrion Lannister. The Imp has stolen away from Westeros fresh off murdering his father, and is travelling toward the dragon queen in Meereen with zero f*cks given. Happy just to be alive and free from Tywin, the youngest Lannister takes everything in his stride, even getting captured in a brothel by Jorah Mormont.

Again, however, the downside to Dance really is that it is half a story. While fan favourite characters Jon, Daenerys, and Tyrion return to centre stage, after spending a whole book following Cersei, Jaime, and Brienne, it is a quite jarring change from book to book.

There are also a lot of new characters and plot lines introduced here that can be seen as over-complicating the story. Since The Winds of Winter has not yet been released we don't know how they will come into play, but how much effect can Victarion Greyjoy really have on George R. R. Martin's endgame?