you know what the thing is tho, dany and jons storylines are even slower than this in the second book. the tv series took the liberty to stretch them out a bit and change it up a bit but all the storylines are ending the same way they do in the books
also, the whole robb and talisa aspect was added to the show. in the books robb isnt one of the POV characters, you only see him thru catelyns point of view. he does fall for shorty but he just shows up with her in the third book since hes absent for most of the second book in the crag which is where he met shorty.
So its like sh!t like that just added more scenes to the story and makes everything feel a bit overwhelming and kind of hard to catch up with. This season has been good but i agree it hasnt been as exciting as the first season, but theres no way i can see them fukin up season 3 n 4 which is going to be basically book 3 split into two seasons. anyone that reads the book would not only agree is the most epic book of all them, but one of the best books they ever read. Season 2 is setting up everything thats going to go down these next two seasons and ya nikkas is in for a treat
and no none of the shyt i said is spoilers for whoever decides to cry first