First read: September 2012.

★★★★★

I went into this book thinking I would hate it because I don't like The Hunger Games. However, within the first few chapters I was completely in love with it!

Peeta is just wonderful! In the first book, I didn't really care about him, but now I'm so attached!

I'll never love Peeta more than Gale, though. That man is perfection. Go Team Gale!!

All the characters are great!

I love all the plot twists and the anticipation. And I especially love that Catching Fire isn't a rip off of Battle Royale! Bonus marks for that

Second read: May 2020

★★★★★

Read for Medieval-A-Thon: wardrobe, a book that has yellowed over time


8 years later and that last line still felt like a punch to the gut. Goddamn that was good.

I'm so happy that this series has stood the test of time so far. I really didn't think I would still love it this much if I read it again as an adult, but wow I love it even more than I did as a teenager. I liked Catching Fire a lot more than The Hunger Games actually. The political aspect got a lot more heated and that's 100% what I'm here for with this series. I don't give a shit about the romance, which is great because neither does Katniss (not much at least). I can't believe 15 year old me wanted this series to be mostly romance, what was I thinking lmfao. Well, 23 year old me I thoroughly enjoying this series about the dethroning of a monstrous political system and I can't wait to get to Mockingjay