Catching Fire is my favorite of the trilogy so far. It also helps that it has the best cover. Take everything that is in The Hunger Games, magnify it, and you have Catching Fire. Everything is so much better, so much more exciting in this one; the suspense, the romance, the setting, the characters... I also like the arena that is in this book better than the arena that is in the first book; it is much more mysterious, crazy, imaginative, and frightening. The cliffhanger at the end is much better, as well. I just can't say it enough; everything about this book is so much better than the first book. 
 Katniss's indecisiveness did irritate me a little bit, though, which leads me to Peeta and Gale. I honestly have a soft spot for both of them, so it doesn't matter to me who Katniss ends up with (if she ends up with anyone). However, some of the things that went on between Peeta and Katniss in this book kind of rubbed me the wrong way, and I'll just leave it at that. I also don't really like the fact that I still don't know a lot about Gale. Maybe it was intended to be that way... Even so, I did notice, as I was reading, that every time Peeta and Katniss were separated, I wanted them to hurry and come together again. So, maybe I do have a preference. 
 I'm a little nervous about starting Mockingjay. I really enjoyed The Hunger Games, but after reading and then finishing Catching Fire, I've grown so familiar with this world and the people in it. I don't really want it to end. Of course, stories live on, and I'm going to continue, because I do have to find out how it ends! There's no way around it!