Catching Fire starts off with Katniss doing what she does best: hunting. However this time she is alone, Katniss is now rich and Gale is working in the mines so she is hunting for his family. Today is the day Katniss and Peeta start their victory tour through all the districts but first Katniss is visited by President Snow. Pres. Snow basically tells her that due to her stunt with the berries at the end of the Hunger Games there is now potential uprisings in the districts. It is up to her to put out the flames by really selling her love story with Peeta or else she will face dire consequences.
Long story short Katniss and Peeta see some very unnerving things on their tour. They decide to have a public marriage proposal to try and calm the people but it doesn't work and soon Katniss realizes she does not have the power to put a stop to the unrest.
Next thing we know it is time for the Quarter Quell, the 75th Hunger Games. Each quell has new and special rules supposedly written on note cards sealed in an envelope during the 1st Hunger Games. President Snow opens the envelope for the 75th games and the new rule is that the tributes must be chosen from the victor pool of each district. Since district 12 only has three victors and the only female is Katniss, I bet you can guess who is going back into the arena.
All I will say is this: the 75th games are just as intense and interesting as Katniss' first go in the arena, maybe more so. There is some sort of hidden agenda at work that everyone except Katniss and Peeta seem to know about. Major alliances are made and the ending is a stunner.
I loved, loved, loved, this book! And a quote:
“At some point, you have to stop running and turn around and face whoever wants you dead.The hard thing is finding the courage to do it.”
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