Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.
Review: B+ (4.3/5)
Hmmm..I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this book. I read the cover of MockingJay before starting Catching Fire so I knew a little bit of how it was going to end but I had no idea what was going to happen in the book. This book was a bit different in tone than the first one and in a way a little more depressing. It occurs a little after the Hunger Games when Peeta & Katniss have to start their victory tour. There was some more romantic development on the part of Gale & Katniss and I'm not quite sure which team I'm on since they both appeal to me in different ways. In a way, I can see how this is an intermediary book that sets up events that will happen in the final book because the whole time you can see that something is happening which from Katniss' POV you do not know but you know. I wasn't particularly fond of that since being kept in the dark sucks. Also, I found Katniss a little annoying because I feel like she was being a little dense. But definitely this was one emotional rollercoaster.
[spoilers ahead] The scene where Gale was whipped broke my heart and when they made the quarter quell a pool from the previous tributes I was devastated. I could totally feel how hopeless and terrible Katniss would have felt and that it would suck the life out of her. And when Gale told her she was right to want to run away after she had gotten chosen, that was so sad. I was scared to get attached to Finnick in case he died but I was glad he made it. Although no guarantees for that third book >_< And Cinna was one brave designer. I thought the arena being a clock was really smart and the stuff they had to go through sounded horrible. The characters in this book were more likable, which makes sense plot-wise since they're working together to rebel. The ending was definitely more of a cliffhanger than the previous book and I'm so sad/scared to see what will happen to Peeta. However, I think one weakness of this book is that once they're back in the arena, it's like Hunger Games again. It's a little redundant and not as fresh the second time around.
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