More blood guts and sex. And dragons to boot. I cannot quite put into words what i think of A Song of Ice and Fire yet but it is rather compelling. The format of having the story narrated through the eyes of different characters in different chapters is refreshing, but i find this consistently interrupts the story. And we go from peaks of excitement as one chapter ends to a boring few pages as a whole different part of the story continues from what is almost always a tame beginning. This results in the pace being in the form of a sine curve, with your interest waning and increasing like the economy in a business cycle. 
 Once again GRR plays a bit of havoc with your preconceived notions. And twists the tale around so much of your expectations that sometimes it becomes a chore to read. Still though, the good bits trounce the bad. And i am happily on my way through 10% of book three already.