This was a great follow up to the first book, Hunger Games. The story was faced paced and gave us a lot of the things that I loved in the first book back. Though I did get the feeling that they author can't make up her mind who she wants Katniss to end up with which bugs me a bit. It does end in a cliffhanger but I didn't find it too be that bad of a cliffhanger. I've definitely seen worse. We weren't left completely hanging, some things were resolved and we have a good idea for where the story is going. I am looking forward to reading the final book.