Wow. The world of The Hunger Games does not lose it's luster in this second book! The tale of Katiness and those around her is a world of walking on egg shells as they try to keep up the lies that they spun to survive the games in the first. Catching Fire starts out a little slow as the book takes place months after the first book and there is a build up of Katiness still walking around confused about Gale vs Peeta, but unlike other teenage girls and their emotions she has to worry about The Captial every looming eyes. The world in the districts is changing as the word rebellion is drifting in the wind. Yet without spilling anything (since Collins does so well with twists and turns!) this book does not fail from keeping the reader's attention and begging for more! My advice have Mockingjay close on hand because otherwise you'll be sorry!