Review: Catching Fire and Mockingjay

Sometimes, when a book is talked about over and over... it puts me off. Such is the case for Catching Fire and Mockingjay. I read The Hunger Games, enjoyed it, but just couldn't work up the enthusium to read the second and third book. I pushed them aside, thinking I would read them when I had finished the books I had.

Enter my lovely best friend, who threatened to tell me the ending if I didn't read them so we could discuss them. 

So Catching Fire and Mockingjay flew to the top of my pile. I read them and upon putting Mockingjay down I had one immediate thought:

What the hell just happened?

I was floored. Collins had spun a web that had be second guessing everything I thought would the books would be about. I watched the main character battle with her every emotion, trying to find herself in this twisted world she lived in. I watched a love triangle sway back and forth, while desperately hoping my guy would be the right guy. I watched the past creep up and not let itself be forgotten. 

I watched a beautiful, tragic story end when all I wanted to do was go back and change everything.

If you haven't read The Hunger Games trilogy, you should pick it up soon. I promise you will enjoy them.