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Book Review of Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Bk 2)

Catching Fire (Hunger Games, Bk 2)
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In the sequel to the Hunger Games, Katniss discovers that the pretending and running that she thought had ended at the end of the Games is about to ramped up several notches. The morning she and Peeta are supposed to start out on their Victory Tour (half-way between each Hunger Games), she comes home to an unexpected visitor - the Panem President. He quickly lets her know that everyone she loves is still in danger, unless she finds a way to use the tour to calm down the angry masses in many of the other districts. With that threat, her life once again spins out of control and she finds herself needing to define her feelings for Peeta, Gale, and the politics of her country - for she may need to choose sides and soon.

Without giving anything away, I would say that this is every bit as good as the first book and just as impossible to put down. Katniss is caught up in unintended consequences and while she tries to make the right decisions, she does not always have all the information. The ending twist surprised me...