The Hunger Games (Book 1, Catching Fire, Book 2 and Mockingjay, Book 3) is probably my favorite closed ended series to date. I read all three in a little over three weeks. Yes, it's that good. Not only were they an easy read, but they were fun, exciting, heartwarming and full of action. I know I'm slightly (ahem) older than the young adults she writes for but she writes in a way that everyone can enjoy.
Set in a post apocalyptic United States, the story follows Katniss Everdeen, a teenager who lives in District 12, the poorest of the twelve districts. In this new society, instead of going to war, each year two children, a boy and a girl, from each district, participates in the "Hunger Games", where they fight to the death in a "there can only be one" scenario. In an act of desperation Katniss ends up on the train to the Capitol as the girl from District 12, hoping that she's not riding to her death. With only the limited skills she learned from her now dead father and best friend Gale, Katniss is forced to use her wits and determination to outwit, outlast and ultimate kill, the other 23 opponents.
Although all three books work together with one main arc, I'm going to stop the description right now because I don't want to spoil it. Suzanne Collins weaves this world and these characters together in the most descriptive, emotional, and complete way that after I finished the last page I already missed it.
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