Catching Fire
The Hunger Games #2
by Suzanne Collins

My rating: 5 / 5
Genre: YA dystopian

I did not know where this was going to go at all. At times, it seemed like not much was happening, which is a huge difference from the action in the first book. I don’t need all that action, though, and especially the violence, and the tension surrounding the aftermath of Katniss’s actions in the games was enough to keep me going. In case we forgot how much control the Capitol has, we’re reminded in the way Katniss is controlled through threats to her loved ones. 

This series so far has a different kind of a take on a love triangle. Katniss doesn’t even really have much in the way of control over her own love life, and it brings home the reasons she had for not ever wanting to have a family. Even that decision will be out of her hands, if President Snow has anything to say about it. He’s not happy, but I did not expect the way he would take it out on her. When the story takes its sudden turn, I worried it would be too reminiscent of the first book, but I found it pretty darn fresh.

For someone who never, ever planned to read this series, it’s amazing how much I’ve enjoyed it. This book took turns I never expected and left me really wanting to know what’s going to happen! Now it’s all the more important to me to avoid spoilers for a book & movie series that’s been around for long enough for people to not care about spoilers. 

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