** spoiler alert ** 
 Now that I have finished The Hunger Games trilogy I can write a review more cohorent than "wow...love it...amazing." This series had me all wrapped up until I finished it, and after I read the last book I just sat there with tears in my eyes, thinking about it all. Then I dreamt about it. That's how haunting these books are. 
 I won't go so far to say this series is flawless, but it really is pretty damn close. Suzanne Collins seems to develop her stories effortlessly, easily incorporating new characters and developing the old ones. Katniss was such a strong female lead - she was fantastic, even if she didn't think so. There were so many twists, I was reading this book as fast as I possibly could, I stayed up all night to finish it. I had to know what happened. 
 Peeta's transformation was such a shock, to see him so utterly changed was strange. I was never really fond of Peeta to start with but he grew on me and it was sad to see him changed by President Snow and the tracker jackers. To think he would have killed Katniss! 
 I felt kinda sorry for Gale, but in the end, Katniss was right. The two of them were both so alike, and although they shared such a history, it was definitely a best-friend history. And then, Katniss would never have been able to shake the possibility that it may have been his bomb that killed Prim. 
 I am a sucker for happy endings. I am so glad this one turned out right.