Mockingjay

Author: Suzanne Collins

Series: The Hunger Games Book #3

Genres: Young Adult, Adventure, Dystopian, Action, Romance.

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Released: August 24, 2010

Summary: courtesy of goodreads.com My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding.

It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plains--except Katniss.

The success of the rebellion hinges on Katniss's willingness to be a pawn, to accept responsibility for countless lives, and to change the course of the future of Panem. To do this, she must put aside her feelings of anger and distrust. She must become the rebels' Mockingjay--no matter what the personal cost.

For Fans Of: Divergent, Blood Red Road, Crossed, and Masque of the Red Death.

My Review: As the last in the trilogy I felt like this one didn’t go out with a bang. More of a flop. My main reason why I didn’t love, love this book was the ending. I won’t say what the ending is, but I was so mad. I slammed the book and chucked it across the room muttering “stupid book”. Other reasons I didn’t care for this book was the fact that it was so different that the other two. No arena, no games.

However I did like that they came across District 13, Katniss and her group of the surviving game members all band together to help save Panem. It’s more a story of the actual war than the war in the games.

All in all a very good read I gobbled up in a sitting, but of course I wish it would have ended better-at least the way I wanted it to end.

Catching Fire

Author: Suzanne Collins

Series: The Hunger Games Book #2

Genres: Young Adult, Dystopian, Adventure, Action, Romance.

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Released: September 1, 2009

Summary: courtesy of goodreads.com Sparks are igniting, flames are spreading and the Capitol wants revenge.

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol-- a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create.

Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she's afraid she cannot stop. And what scares her even more is that she's not entirely convinced she should try. As time draws near for Katniss and Peeta to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. If they can't prove, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are lost in their love for each other, the consequences will be horrifying.

In Catching Fire, the second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before... and surprising readers at every turn.

For Fans Of: Masque of the Red Death, Blood Red Road, The Last Princess, Divergent, and Ashes.

My Review: Once again I was blown away by this fantastic book. I read the first one and this one in a sitting. Suzanne Collins has a way of sucking you in and not letting you go. Catching Fire is my favorite out of the series. We revisit the arena for the games meeting new contestants, a brand new playing field and a plan for revolt.

The reason I liked this book out of the others was the new setting of the games. I like the new characters that are introduced. They add depth and dynamic to the story. And rather than fighting for survival, the contestants are fighting to find their way out of the arena and save Katniss and the revolt. I mean you just have to read it to find out why I like it so much. Words just can’t describe.

The Hunger Games

Author: Suzanne Collins

Series: The Hunger Games Book #1

Genres: Young Adult, Dystopian, Adventure, Action.

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Released: October 31, 2008

Summary: courtesy of goodreads.com In the ruins of a place once known as North America lays the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister’s place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love.

For Fans Of: Article 5, The Last Princess, The Partials, The Host, Under the Never Sky, Matched, and The Blood Red Road.

My Review: Why did I like this book? Because it blew my mind! Holy freaking cow! Again with my reasons for liking this:

1. The Hunger Games was my first dystopian novel I had read. Everything about the world after a devastating war was so intriguing. I liked the world with new technology but yet the living style of the United States was almost becoming primitive.

2. Katnis is kick ass awesome!! I seriously love girls who can hold their own.

3. The book introduces the Hunger Games which is like the equivalent to the Gladiators. As cruel as this is, I found it fascinating. Just the whole set up of the games was very interesting. I like reading about survival and coming out alive.

I absolutely loved this book. My friend at work wouldn’t shut up about it so I read it to keep her quiet. So glad she got me hooked!

However if you are sensitive to violence and death, be cautious; this book has a lot of it.