I didn't enjoy this as much as The Hedge Knight but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it! It's still well worth a read, and there are far worse ways to pass a few hours! It's nice to see the problems associated with Summer for once, rather than all that Winter (is coming) business!

The Red Widow was an interesting character, I'd love to read more about her! ( )

Another good novella with a neat and tidy story. Beginning, middle, end. A very strange concept after all of these months of reading GRRM. A much better audiobook narrator this time. Had a nice amount of gravitas and distinctive voice characterizations along with no obvious mispronunciations. ( )

Red hair and a kiss?
Should have accepted the horse
she's too short for you. ( )

More more! I really enjoy George R R Martin's body of art. ( )

There’s nothing very noticeable about this simple story, a fact that serves to accentuate Martin’s talent. Seldom do I experience the magic of a rapid page-turner these days. My interior imagery is loaded with too many books to feel as excited anymore (sometimes it happens...).

But this man issues words from his fingers that are pure literary nirvana.

I can’t quite determine what it's that makes his writing so addictive. Sentences, paragraphs and pages collude to urge you to read on and on and on.

Martin’s genius seems to lie in his ability to tie one up to his story. One begins his books as reader and consumer and one ends them as slave... ( )