I forgot how fast-paced this book was, going along like a speeding train. Still good though. I enjoyed this a lot the first time around (when I was, oh, 12 or so) and still enjoyed it now, at 30. I'm a whole lot less into the Team Peeta/Team Gale schtick now, but hey, teenagers.

Honestly, the "romance" isn't even the good part of these books; I'm glad I read them again, because I'm pretty sure the "romance" is the only thing a much younger me got out of them. This book is about the MC and her fear and fight to survive in a world meant to tear her down. She's practical and funny, and I found myself asking the same questions she was. "What's it matter when it won't put food on the table?"