The GoT reference really pissed me off. Because that series (the books and the show) are a compelling drama about mostly good-ish people clashing with each other due to their opposing goals, all with a much greater threat looming in the background.

From what I've read, the Merry Gentry books were basically all about sex. Even the politics boil down to sex. (The same pretty much goes for the more recent AB books as well.)