Starting out the reader gets to know what life is like back in District 12 for a Victor. Everything has changed for Katniss and her family, now with their own house in the Victors village and ample food that Katniss shares with as many people as possible. It seems that life could go on and Katniss and Peeta could forget about the games and continue on with life. That is until the announcement of the 75th Annual Hunger Games which have been made extra special by being a game featuring past Victors only. As Katniss is the only female victor from District 12, her fate is sealed.
I found this book to be almost as amazing as the first. While it does follow along the same idea of our main character going into the Hunger Games again, there is a new arena, new contestants and a new feeling of unrest within. The arena appealed to me more this time as it was designed for the purpose of the games, while the forest style area of the original Hunger Games seemed a little bland and pointedly there to help out the girl who climbs under the fence of her district to escape into the wilderness. Also putting characters who know what it takes to survive, into a purpose built arena adds a spark and intelligence to all that occurs within.
I ploughed through this book in one night, without sleeping as I couldn't put it down. I was so excited that a second book in a series could be almost as good as the first. I would say the only thing that made this book stand in the original's shadow was that a large part of the general story was very similar with Katniss being selected for the Hunger Games and going back into the arena. Still a very high quality for a second book, which puts so much pressure on the third and final book Mockingjay. Let's hope it lives up to the challenge.
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