tyrion jon and dany are back in book 5. its not as epic as book 3 but a lot shyt happens that are clearly setting up the last 2 books.
also book 4 aint as bad as you think it is, i thought it was horrible also at first but i loved it on my second and third read thrus. Just remember, the shyt is called "a feast
for crows"..its the aftermath of the war that went down in "a storm of swords"..its slow compared to the book before it, but it sure is some damn good writing and it gives us A LOT of insight into Dorne, Iron Islands, Brienne, Arya, Jamie and Cersei
shyt even barristan selmy the god got some POV chapters in ADWD, which are some of my favorites