I genuinely didn't expect to enjoy this half as much as I did. So pleasantly surprised!!! Although a lot of people are put off by the textbook format of this book, as someone who loved history for fourteen years at school, I actually really liked Martin's choice to write Fire and Blood the way he did. The idea of presenting the story of House Targarean through the perspective of several completely untrustworthy points of view was genius!! And an excellent nod to the bias which is engrained in the recording of so much real history. 

As with any of the book in A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R Martin's penchant for world building and attention to detail blows my mind!! I love the echoes of real medieval history and how it is blended so seamlessly with fantasy. 

I also really enjoyed comparing the events leading up to The Dance of the Dragons recorded by Septon Eustace and Mushroom with the new show House of the Dragon. It all comes together just so damn well!!! What a way to start the new year!!