My mom likes GRRM and Ice & Fire, Gaiman, King, horror/fantasy/mystery/thriller. She's picky about writing style and doesn't like Brandon Sanderson, which I get cause some people don't enjoy his plain prose, but I'd lent her Abercrombie's First Law #1 and she just told me she got bored and bailed pretty quick on it. I figured since she likes GRRM she'd like Abercrombie but it still just seems pretty random what books she likes /shrug
Meanwhile I'm very slowly plugging away at First Law #2. Been distracted reading Marvel's Secret Invasion comic event and almost done with Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology audiobook. What I've read of First Law #2 is enjoyable and fine, too early to have much more of consensus.
Norse Mythology is ok, it's basically making me more aware that the Norse Gods are all dicks. Every story is them doing something stupid and getting in trouble but rather than own up the repercussions they lie, cheat and trick their way out of them. Because I guess those were positive values for the Norse people back then? Why be good when you can cheat someone?
Also was neat reading the tale that the AC Valhalla, Asgard questline was based on The Master Builder. AC did it pretty close.