First read: March 13 to 17, 2014

Second Read: June 19 to 22, 2016

King of Thorns follows King Jorg fours years on from the events of Prince of Thorns. Now 18-year-old Honorous Jorg of Ancrath is the self-proclaimed King of Renar. But he has a problem in the Prince of Arrow's army at his foot door and has very little chance in defeatign them before they kill him, his new wife and all his men. But Jorg isn't Jorg without a few tricks up his sleeve. We also get to see some of the adventures 14-year-old Jorg got up to after he defeated his uncle and took the kingdom of Renar for himself which ended up with him connecting with some family, making new friends and new enemies and coming away with a box full of locked memories he was told never to open.

This was just another fun reread of Jorg's adventures for me. I had actually forgotten a lot of what happened in this book so I enjoyed going back and reading all of Jorg's tricks again. There is a lot of character development in this one and the change in Jorg's actions are very profound considering how reckless and angry he was in Prince of Thorns. Jorg isn't a mercenary anymore or a runaway prince, he's a King who needs to curb his vicious behaviour as a King needs friends and not just enemies. He now has the added responsibility of his people on his shoulders and in a way he cared for many of the Brothers, he cares and looks after them in his own way. He's gentler than he used to be, even in the way he deals with Gog, and feels more remorse for his own actions - hence, the locked box of memories. I really enjoyed Jorg's journey in this one. Though I hate Katherine and just want her dead. She's the worst. All hail Queen Miana (totally picturing her as another Lady Lyanna Mormont now!).