Finally found a copy of book 2.

Good sequel to Game of Thrones. Martin maintains his style of short character centric chapters which keeps the pace fast although does have the drawback of not maintaining a steady flow and fails to allow the reader to keep a holistic view of all the actors in this story. Also the many many characters means that sometimes one does need to read a paragraph or two before we are reacquainted.
Going straight into book 3 now.