Reading Volume Five, one Could already know the series and be Completely hooked on it (I am). Well, no one wants to be spoiled with the content of this volume and after 4000 pages one Could Actually know what is going on. Only so much said: A few of my very favorite characters are back and we finally catch up with the other settings in and around Westeros, while towards the end the characters who stared Volume Four have Their comeback. Needless to mention did Martin keeps true to the standards of the first four books; maybe it has become even better: because the reader now knows the characters and the surroundings. So, why are you reading a review on the fifth volume? Go on reading the series or buy the first volume, if you have not read it by now! I highly recommend this series to any fan of high Fanatsy and complicated character and story work.