For all people finding pace slow or fast remember that this is only 1 chapter in the book..you have to wait till the fight began.. till then its all about the kids and their dragons.. real thing is the fight and thats it and nothing else..the drama is not that interesting than GoT because it doesnt have that many characters and houses..remember this entire series is just dance of dragons which is 90% targaryen so the show has to focus on only them..i personally think it could have been much better..the stepstones battle was pathetic. Nothing like any of the GOT battles that had excellent background scores as well...i really like the Velaryon house background music..that is nice.