You could ask how the author would treat following the Volume 3, very brutal and full of upheaval throughout Westeros and in the links between the various characters.
The story is much more calm throughout this volume 4, but never brush against boredom, with rare exceptions (I think here the chapters in which we follow Brienne, but it is only a personal opinion ). New characters are as interesting as the first, and the introduction of Dorne in the "game of thrones" is very credible and good harbinger of future volumes!
WARNING small spoils:
The loss of narrative Tyrion chapters in the book is largely offset, in my opinion, for those of Jaime and Cersei Lannister!
A book that is pursuing this epic series, please read!
