Title: A Storm of Swords 
Author: George R. R. Martin
Genre: fantasy

Yowzers! I am going to be real vague in this review so I don't accidentally give out any spoilers, but if there are any GofT fans that haven't read this book when Season 3 starts on HBO next month, they are going to be shocked and upset by some of the plot developments... Let me just say that there were  a lot of "Say what?!" moments with a cliffhanger ending that had me thinking, "How is that possible?" Unfortunately, I couldn't start book 4 right away because I had to go bed (it was around midnight) and I had to be at work the next day...