Catching Fire

By Suzanne Collins

This is the second book in the Hunger Games series. In this review there will be spoilers for the first book. So if you have not read the first book and want to keep the ending secret, then do not read this review. I will not be spoiling much, only things that could be discovered without reading the book.



Katniss and Peeta survived the Hunger Games but now the Capitol is furious. Who is the girl on fire that thinks she can defy the Capitol.
President Snow is considered that by what Katniss did in the hunger Games, people will start rebelling. Snow fears a Rebellion.

All Katniss and Peeta want to do is forget the Hunger Games and live a normal life in District 12. They haven't spoken to each other except when absolutely necessary. Katniss had to act as if she was head over heels for Peeta during the Hunger Games. She doesn't want to have to do that anymore. What is sad is that Peeta's devotion goes solely to Katniss.

Katniss and Peeta are preparing for the Victory Tour. Where the winner or in this case winners tour Panem. Before they leave, Katniss gets a surprise visit from President Snow, he tells Katniss to lay low a bit. Don't cause any uprisings.

Katniss is not thrilled bout the Victory Tour, she will have to face the families of the people she killed, and she will have to act as if she is head over heels for Peeta.
Katniss and Peeta leave to tour the other eleven Districts and the Capitol. At the Capitol, they are interviewed. And at the Capitol Peeta proposes to Katniss. Hoping the any fights would settle down.
Katniss fears walking down the aisle. She doesn't want to spend the rest of her life with Peeta, she wants to live her sister and mother.

She also knows that the Annual Hunger Games are approaching. This one will be one of the Quarter Quall.  Ever since the Hunger games began 75 years ago, every twenty five years there was something slightly different.  To mark fifty years, the doubled the amount of tributes.
She and her sister and her mother watch the announcement of what i to take place at the 75th annual Hunger Games. The Reporter says "That the Tributes for 75th games will be chosen from the existing pool of Victors."
That means only one thing to Katniss. There are only three victors from District 12, two male, one female. Katniss is going back to the Hunger Games.

This was an excellent sequel to The Hunger Games. Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss with a twist. Katnis has become the Face of a Rebellion, and she has to decide which side she is on. This book along with the Third are much more political than the first book. But I did not feel drowned out by politics, it still a very entrancing story. The books are very violent too. The Third one is the most violent, stay tuned for my report for it. I read this book in twenty-four hours or less. I would suggest the series to everyone who enjoys action.

Review by Sweetie Pie.