Book Review: Mockingjay *DO NOT READ IF YOU DIDN'T READ THE PREVIOUS BOOKS & YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS*

Mockingjay is the third book in The Hunger Games Trilogy.

So Katniss has survived the games.. again. Only 3 victors were rescued from the arena after Katniss blew it up - Finnick, Beetee, and Katniss, but Peeta and many others weren't one of them. They were captured by the Capitol. There is no more District 12 as it was destroyed, but Katniss' family & Gale are safe. They've escaped to District 13. 

They are now in District 13, where they are hiding underground.

Katniss is now the symbol of rebellion against the Capitol. She now has to star in commercials for the rebel's side. When Peeta was in the Capitol, they made him do an interview. Beetee managed to gain control of the broadcast and show it to Katniss and a few of the other rebels. She is relieved that he is safe - until he sends them a message that the Capitol is going to attack, which breaks into chaos. The camera is not on Peeta anymore, but on the floor, where blood splatters can be seen, and screams can be heard. Peeta is being tortured in the Capitol. 

They evacuate the upper levels in result of the bombing threat, and go down to the bunkers. The bombing starts, and they wait several days until the bombing as stopped. 

Then, Katniss realizes it. The Capitol is using Peeta and every time she says something against them, they hurt Peeta. 

The next day, people send a rescue team to get Peeta, because they know it is worrying her too much and she wouldn't be able to do anything without knowing that he is safe. 

When Peeta is rescued, Katniss goes to hug him. To everyone's surprise, Peeta tries to choke Katniss. The Capitol has hijacked Peeta into thinking that he hates Katniss. 

They build a squad to go out to kill President Snow. Katniss is included in this, but Peeta was included in it too at the last minute. They believe that he was sent so that he could kill Katniss. 

Will Katniss and Peeta ever go back to lovers? Or will someone die as a result? Will they fulfill their goal of killing President Snow, or will anybody else die because of Katniss' mistake in the arena in the first games? Read the book to find out!

I. Loved. This. Book. I loved the storyline/plot. I loved the character's chemistry between each other. I loved everything about this book! It is a little confusing, but if you re-read it you'll definitely get it the second time. 

Resources: http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Mockingjay_(novel)

Book Review: Catching Fire *DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T READ 'THE HUNGER GAMES' AND YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS*

Catching Fire is the second book in The Hunger Games trilogy. The rebellion against The Capitol has begun after Katniss decided that herself and Peeta should commit suicide together, which would result in no victor for The Capitol which would embarrass them, and forcing The Capitol to let them both win the games. President Snow threatened her that if she doesn't convince the audience that it was an act of love, he will make sure her and her family suffers. 

Now they are off to their victory tour, which goes from District 12 all the way down to District 1. Since they were in District 12, their District will be last because the victor's district is always last. So, they start their tour at District 11, where Katniss' ally, Rue, lived. During their speech, an old man whistled the song that Katniss and Rue used in the arena to know they were safe, and the crowd all did the the 3 finger District 12 gesture to show their thanks to Katniss. Right then, a Peacekeeper shoots the man who whistled in the head. 

The rest of the victory tour fell into place. They ate, said speeches, riding on the train, sleeping, etc.). When they have their interview with Caesar, Peeta performs a fake proposal to Katniss, in which she accepts. (Remember, they needed to convince the audience or else their families and themselves are in danger.) When President Snow congratulated them, Katniss raised her eyebrows at him as to ask if they convinced the audience, in which he shakes his head, and says, "No."

Things carry on from there. Now, it's time for the 75th Hunger Games. It's a quarter quell, so there's going to be a special twist to it. What are they going to make the tributes do?

President Snow appears on the television with the wooden box that holds a card that says what the tributes have to do. He then reveals that the tributes will be pulled from the existing victors. One girl victor and one boy victor from each district. 

What does this mean? It means that Katniss will have to go back into the games because she's the only girl victor in District 12, and it will be between Haymitch and Peeta. If Haymitch is chosen, will Peeta volunteer for him, or has he had enough of the games? Will Katniss survive? There can only be one winner. If Peeta and Katniss go in together, only one of them can win, if one of them will win. 

Want to know what happens after? Read the book to find out!

I recommend this book for teens. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down! I'd say it was my favourite out of the three, but Mockingjay (the third book in the series) was really good too. 

Resources: http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/Catching_Fire

Book Review: The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games is a science-fiction novel written by Suzanne Collins. It is about a 16 year old girl named Katniss Everdeen who lives in Panem, where the countries of North America used to exist. The districts are under The Capitol's control. The Hunger Games is an annual event where one boy and one girl from the ages of 12-18 from each of the twelve districts will be chosen at random to fight to the death until one person is standing. The older you are, the more of a chance you get to have your name pulled out of the bowl. If your family is poor, you can get some food in exchange of another slip of your name in the bowl. 

On reaping day, Katniss' sister Prim, who is only 12 years old, was chosen to participate in The Hunger Games. Her name was only put in once. Katniss volunteers for her sister. The male tribute is a baker named Peeta Mellark, who used to be Katniss' schoolmate. He gave her bread from his family's bakery when they were younger when her family was starving. 

Katniss and Peeta are taken to The Capitol. There they meet their mentor Haymitch, who won the 50th Hunger Games and their stylists who have to make them look their best for interviews, etc. 

When all 24 tributes do their interviews, Peeta admits that he has loved Katniss for a long time now. This results in them being "star-crossed lovers", which Katniss thinks is a trick to get them sponsors. Sponsors can send food, medicine, etc., to their favourite tributes. However, while Katniss thought it was a ploy, Peeta was telling the truth about how he felt about her. 

Then, the games started. Who will win the games? There can only be one victor, unless stated by the gamemakers. Will Peeta give up his life for Katniss, or will it be the other way around? Read the book to find out!

I loved this book. I've read the entire trilogy like 3 times. It was sad, funny, and just brilliant. I recommend this book for teens. 

Resources: http://thehungergames.wikia.com/wiki/The_Hunger_Games_(film)

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

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This book is about a girl named Hannah who left behind thirteen stories on seven cassette tapes about why she committed suicide. The tapes are being sent from person to person who had anything to do with her suicide. She holds each and every one of them responsible for her death in one way or another, and she explains why in the tapes. 

Then when a boy named Clay receives it & when he finds out why it was sent to people, he is confused. He hasn't done anything wrong to Hannah. Or at least he thinks. He then has to listen to all the tapes to find out what he did wrong, if he did something wrong, and in that process, he slowly learns what everyone has done to Hannah to drive her to that state. 

I personally think that this book was slow in the beginning, but it was really great in the middle towards the end. There are some arguments that the reasons for her suicide was unnecessary &, but I think that it you'll never know how bad it is if you are not her.

I recommend this book!

Looking For Alaska

This is my favourite book (so far)

This. Book. Broke. Me.

This book is divided into two sections: "Before" and "After" something happens. It is about a boy named Miles Halter who transfers to his father's old prep school. He meets a few friends, including one girl named Alaska, who changed his life forever. 

I really like John Green's books, they're very entertaining. There were many unanswered questions in this book (which is how the book broke me). Right now I'm reading Paper Towns, and it's another fantastic book by this author.