Book Review #6: Catching Fire & Mockingjay

Over Thanksgiving break, I read the second book in The Hunger Games series, Catching fire. I was a bit disappointed of the plot in that one because it wasn't as thrilling as the first one. Catching Fire starts off a little slow I kept thinking something big is going to happen, maybe Prim is picked to be in the Quarter Quell. Something big happened in the book but it is not at all what I expected. Thoughout the whole time I have been reading this series, I have been trying to figure out why Katniss does not love Peeta. When I think of Peeta, I think of Alex Pettyfer. Blond hair, blue eyes and a kind of shy smile. When I think of Katniss, I think of a younger version of Angelina Jolie. Strong, brown hair, confusing personality and deep. These people are almost complete opposites and opposites attract. If I was Katniss, I would be totally in love with Peeta and not just kissing him because I would like to survive.

At this moment in time I am about 47% done with the last book in The Hunger Games series, Mockingjay. Mockingjay is not at all what I expected. I expected that something was going to happen so that either Peeta gets mad at Katniss and does something like really dramatic or that Katniss gets mad at Peeta and does something drastic. My prediction was WAY OFF! I can't really say what happens without giving stuff away......... This is a really good book of the series. It has a nice flow. Things don't happen too fast or too slow. This book also has a ton of tear jerking moments where you just have to put the book down and stare at a white wall to get your brain settled. A character that I have not gotten to really understand is Gale. Gale is a main character that does not really come up much in the first and second books. Gale is this character that will not tell you when he is mad at you. You have to figure it out by yourself if Gale is mad at Katniss. I think that everybody that loves to read any kind of genre of book would LOVE this series. I was reluctant to read it at first, but I tried it and loved it!