SYNOPSIS. 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 her 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 in the Hunger Games trilogy, Suzanne Collins continues the story of Katniss Everdeen, testing her more than ever before . . . and surprising readers at every turn.
THOUGHTS. I really didn’t have any idea, even the slightest idea how this book came out to be. I didn’t know how the story would go on. I was clueless of everything. When I finished The Hunger Games, I immediately devoured Catching Fire while the scenes on the first book were still fresh. After finishing the second book, I was on delirium! What an addictive read this was! Definitely extraordinary! More than extraordinary if there is such thing! Suzanne Collins did it again. Another yet riveting follow-up to The Hunger Games. I believed that the plot was the best thing that happened to this book. There were so many twists that had me turning the pages. Everything were like on fire. The characters were so much better. New characters emerged. Dangers were far more worse. I couldn’t imagine how Collins put these all in her head. Those were almost too real for me. I will never, ever forget this book. More traps, more bloods, more emotions. This second installment just left me breathless. I believed that no words could really define the beauty of this book. Suzanne Collins is the pure master storyteller.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR. Suzanne Collins is the author of the bestselling UNDERLAND CHRONICLES series, which started with GREGOR THE OVERLANDER. Her groundbreaking young adult novels in THE HUNGER GAMES trilogy were number one New York Times bestsellers, received wide praise, garnered numerous starred reviews, and now a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta Mellark. Suzanne lives with her family in Connecticut.