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| Categories | Growing Up & Facts of Life |
| Author | Suzanne Collins |
| Publisher | Scholastic Press; Reprint edition (June 4, 2013) |
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 400 pages |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Dimensions |
5.34 x 0.83 x 7.99 inches |
I. Book introduction
Catching Fire is a 2009 dystopian young adult fiction novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in The Hunger Games series. As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller The Hunger Games, it continues the story of a now 17 year old Katniss Everdeen and the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem. Following the events of the previous novel, a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol has begun, and Katniss and fellow tribute Peeta Mellark are forced to return to the arena in a special edition of the Hunger Games.
The book was first published on September 1, 2009, by Scholastic, in hardcover, and was later released in ebook and audiobook format. Catching Fire received mostly positive reviews, with reviewers praising Collins’ prose, the book’s ending, and the development of Katniss’s character. According to critics, major themes of the novel include survival, authoritarianism, rebellion and interdependence versus independence. The book has sold more than 19 million copies in the U.S. alone. A film adaptation, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, was released on November 22, 2013.
Plot
Six months after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have returned home to District 12, the poorest sector of Panem. Prior to Katniss and Peeta’s “Victory Tour” of the country, President Snow visits Katniss and tells her that her televised acts of defiance in the previous Games have inspired rebellion among the districts. Snow demands that Katniss convince the country that she was acting out of love for Peeta, not against the Capitol, or her family and best friend Gale Hawthorne will be executed. Katniss reveals this threat to her mentor, Haymitch Abernathy, but not to Peeta.
The tour’s first stop is District 11, home of Katniss’s Hunger Games ally Rue. Peeta announces that he will give part of his winnings to the families of Rue and fellow tribute Thresh, and Katniss delivers an impromptu, heartfelt speech expressing her gratitude to the fallen tributes. An old man salutes Katniss, joined by the crowd; to her horror, the old man is immediately executed. Katniss tells Peeta of Snow’s threat, and they continue the tour as normal. Hoping to placate Snow, Peeta proposes to Katniss during a televised interview in the Capitol, which she accepts. However, Snow remains dissatisfied with her performance, leaving her afraid for her loved ones.
Returning to District 12, now overrun with harsher Peacekeepers to enforce the Capitol’s rule, Gale is caught poaching and is publicly whipped until Haymitch intervenes. While hunting in the woods, Katniss encounters Bonnie and Twill, refugees from District 8, whose uprising has failed. Bonnie and Twill plan to reach District 13 – believed to be destroyed in the first rebellion against the Capitol – hoping that the residents are actually underground. Katniss is injured climbing back over District 12’s now live electric fence. Preparing for her upcoming wedding, Katniss learns that Districts 3 and 4 have also risen up against the Capitol.
The Capitol announces the 75th Hunger Games with a twist – tributes will be selected from the surviving victors of the previous Games. As District 12’s sole female victor, Katniss has to compete alongside either Haymitch or Peeta. Haymitch is chosen and is unable to stop Peeta from volunteering in his place. At the Capitol, Haymitch urges Katniss to find allies, but she bonds with the weakest tributes. In the televised interview, Katniss’s stylist Cinna has Katniss’ wedding gown transformed into a black dress of feathers resembling a mockingjay. Trying to stop the Games, Peeta lies in the interview that Katniss is pregnant. Before Katniss is sent into the arena, she watches helplessly as Cinna is dragged out by Peacekeepers.
Katniss and Peeta ally themselves with Finnick Odair from District 4 and Mags, his 80-year-old mentor. Peeta is knocked out by the jungle arena’s force field, and the party later has to flee from a poisonous fog. Mags sacrifices herself to allow Finnick to save the weakened Peeta. Katniss and Peeta ally with Johanna Mason from District 7 and “exceptionally smart” Beetee and Wiress from District 3. Wiress reveals that the arena is arranged like a clock, with each danger occurring at a fixed time and place for one hour. Wiress is killed, and in retaliation Katniss and Johanna kill the District 1 victors Gloss and Cashmere. The remaining members of Katniss’s group work on Beetee’s plan to harness lightning to electrocute the District 2 victors, who later interfere and disrupt the plan. Katniss uses her bow and arrow to direct the lightning into the force field, destroying it and knocking her unconscious. Meanwhile, Peeta kills the District 2 male, Brutus.
Katniss wakes up en route to District 13 with Finnick, Beetee, and Haymitch. She learns from Haymitch and Plutarch Heavensbee, the Head Gamemaker, that there had been a secret plan to rescue Katniss, now the living symbol of the rebellion. Peeta, along with Johanna and District 2 tribute Enobaria, have been captured by the Capitol. She later learns from Gale that, though her family and some other residents have escaped, District 12 has been destroyed.
About the Author (Suzanne Collins)
Suzanne Collins (born August 10, 1962) is an American author and television writer. She is best known as the author of the young adult dystopian book series The Hunger Games. She is also the author of the children’s fantasy series The Underland Chronicles.
Suzanne Collins graduated from the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham in 1980 as a Theater Arts major. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1985 with a double major in theater and telecommunications. In 1989, Collins earned her Master of Fine Arts in dramatic writing from the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
Suzanne Collins began her career in 1991 as a writer for children’s television shows. She worked on several shows for Nickelodeon, including Clarissa Explains It All, The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo, Little Bear, Oswald and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!. She was also the head writer for the PBS spin-off Clifford’s Puppy Days. She received a Writers Guild of America nomination in animation for co-writing the critically acclaimed 2001 Christmas special, Santa, Baby! After meeting children’s author James Proimos while working on the Kids’ WB show Generation O!, Collins felt inspired to write children’s books herself.
Her inspiration for Gregor the Overlander, the first book of The New York Times best-selling series The Underland Chronicles, came from Alice in Wonderland, when she was thinking about how one was more likely to fall down a manhole than a rabbit hole, and would find something other than a tea party. Between 2003 and 2007 she wrote the five books of the Underland Chronicles: Gregor the Overlander, Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane, Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods, Gregor and the Marks of Secret, and Gregor and the Code of Claw. During that time, Collins also wrote a rhyming picture book, When Charlie McButton Lost Power (2005), illustrated by Mike Lester.
II. Reviewer: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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1. KHANH reviews Catching Fire
Binge reading? Me? Nah…
>_>
Ok, so to refresh the memory of recent events, I watched the final Hunger Games Saturday without a clue who the fuck any of those people are. I read Hunger Games #1 yesterday, and loved it. Now onto book 2.
Loved it too, is it any surprise? It’s awesome! I actually know more and more people from the movie now!
So now that I’ve expressed my love for the book, allow me to rant. I HATE THE CASTING. Not all of it, of course, but Peeta, in particular. I’m sure Hutcherson is a fine actor. He’s decent looking, that’s not the point. The point is he’s not right for Peeta.
I loved Peeta in the first book, my love for him continued in the second. He’s just so good. So pure, so nice. Self-sacrificial and genuinely well-meaning without being a martyr, and the on-screen portrayal of him ISN’T HOW I PICTURED HIM AT ALL. ARRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
/endrant
Let’s talk about the love triangle. If you guys know me, you will know that I absolutely can’t stand love triangles. 99.9% of the time, they’re useless. They add nothing to the plot, and they’re only a device used to portrayl how ULTRA FUCKING SPESHUL AND BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT AND DESIRABLE THE MARY SUE MC IS.
There’s a love triangle in this book, and it was perfect. If a book has to have a love triangle, this is how it should be done. Gale is her long-time friend, almost a brother, for whom she naturally develops genuine feelings for. Their relationship is based on mutual respect; they take care of each other. They don’t underestimate one another.
Peeta is a tool. I don’t say that in a bad way, like he’s such a tool, man. I mean that he is a tool for Katniss’ survival. Their “love” for one another ensured their survival in the Games. Despite Peeta’s long-time crush on Katniss, she doesn’t return his feelings, and in fact, held him at arm’s length, under deep suspicion until he proves himself.
So yes, I approve of this motherfucking love triangle. And I more than approve of this book.
2. DAPH PINK reviews Catching Fire
Drums!Trumpets! Claps!
Welcome the tributes of 75th Hunger Games and 3rd Quarter Quell from district 12 Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellarck.
Wait! What? Again? How?
I may not reveal this but I know I have already given a spoiler. When I first began reading this book after completing the first one I was stuck at ch 5 , I dreaded that my interest in the story might slip away from me. However as I continued to read every turn of the page seemed more enjoyable than the last and eventually it became clear to me that Collins has done a phenomenal job with sustaining readers attention and transitioning the story in new narrative.
I will not talk about how much I love Katniss here I have already praised her a lot in previous review.
But I want to take some time to appreciate my bae Johanna mason . OMG! Girl you rock . there was quirkiness missing in the book and thanks to her for filling it. I hope you get along with Peeta *winks*
Yes guys I don’t ship Peeta and katniss and neither do I ship Katniss or gale then who ??
Well I ship Finnick and Katniss I mean why not?
Speaking of my fav scene when Katniss pull the arrow with wire into the sky and whole system crashed down I shouted like anything . I was like bitch{President Snow} on your face.
Well full of roller coaster rides and twists this book is a must read.
This second grittier,more confident round of hunger games thrills me into submission.
Next time you want to look for a dystopian fantasy that reels you in wanting for more , pick up a copy of this.
Beware you may not want this put this down
read at your own risk
May the odds be ever in your favour.
3. KHURRAM reviews Catching Fire
I have to say this book is much more than a step up from the first book. I thought the first book was ok at best, but this book it better on an epic scale. If you are reading this, I am assuming you have read the first book.
Katniss & Peeta Controversially win the 74th Hunger games. Controversially, because there is only supposed to be one winner of the games, these two choose to kill themselves rather than kill each other. This act of defiance is the spark for a revolution. The evil President Snow (Leader of the Capital) tells Katness to either smother out this spark before it ignites, or people close to her will be killed.
The revolution starts small and cases small disruptions in the capital and ends up with the “Peacekeepers” (Capital police force), becoming more brutal in all districts (including District 12). This time, the Hunger Games is the Quarter Quell (celebrating 25 years of the game), which allows special stipulations in the games. Can Katness defy the capital again?
This book is less action packed then the first but a lot more emotional. Katniss is more herself in this book rather surly, badly tempered, and emotional. Peeta is her polar opposite likable by everyone, managing to rally everyone with his words; I think Katniss even admits he would be a better revolution leader then she ever wood so she is determined to martyr herself so he can live.
4. SOPHIE reviews Catching Fire
I can’t review this without being spoilery, so…
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAH
- The one thing I didn’t like about this book is the part where Katniss finds out she has to go back to the Hunger Games. I think there should have been more of a pause there–for disbelief, for Katniss maybe trying to think of ways out of it, ways to kill herself even. The book started moving at a really fast pace after that point, with Katniss and Peeta preparing for the next Games, and I was like “wait, what? hang on a minute!” It was hard for me to believe that Katniss would willingly go back to the arena, at least not without major depression. One night of drinking didn’t seem to cover it.
- Everything else = awesome. The mockingjay imagery. The clock arena. The rebellion. President Snow being creepy as fuck. HIS BREATH SMELLS LIKE BLOOOOOOD!
- As soon as Wiress and Beetee started talking about the chink in the force field’s armor, I knew the answer to the Games was BRING DOWN THE FORCE FIELD. I was yelling and yelling at them to do it, and then finally they did, and I was like “YES!”
- I find the love triangle a little annoying but mostly interesting. Katniss doesn’t really know how she feels about either of them, because she doesn’t have the freedom to feel on her own terms. I like that she has some makeout time on the beach with Peeta, though.
- This series is reminding me more and more of Scott Westerfeld’s Uglies series. The evil oppressive government, the secret rebellion, the possibly-mythical place for them to escape to (The Smoke/District 13), hovercrafts, face tattoos, genetically modified plants/animals. I was hoping it’d go that way when I first read The Hunger Games. I was like, this government needs to be overthrown, Tally Youngblood-style.
- “This is why we don’t let you make plans.” HA!
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! WHEN IS BOOK THREE COMING OUT!!!!!!!
5. BLANCHE MAZE reviews Catching Fire
Absolutely incredible book
I am once again blown away by this series. This sequel was so intense I didn’t know what to do with myself. (Not to mention that I had the great idea to put the soundtrack of the movie as background music, which made it even harder for my heart to cope.) The plot was really surprising and fast-paced and I was always on the edge because I was terrified for the characters. I love Katniss and Haymitch but absolutely adore Peeta. The new characters (especially Joanna and Finnick) are also absolutely brilliant. The different plottwists throughout the story really make everything all the more exciting. As for the Hunger Games, they were simply horrifyingly amazing. The author created something completely mindblowing and I was as surprised as Katniss with each new incredibly smart thing she discovered. I am terrified for the third and final book, I’m not going to lie, but I also can’t wait to get my heart broken somehow.
I highly recommend this series! Best dystopian I’ve read so far.
“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
6. ELLE BAILEY reviews Catching Fire
Great book
My daughter loves this book! We watched the movies and now she is reading the books! She agrees that the books are so much better because they have more details and are very interesting! Love this series!
7. D. TYLER-ROSS reviews Catching Fire
Catching the passion to win
Hunger Games is a fascinating story about a post-war society in which the known world is divided into 12 districts. Service and manufacturing labor is divided among these districts solely for the benefit of the Capitol, the governing body of the districts, who enjoy a leisure yet empty lifestyle. Control by the Capitol is based on the enforcement of harsh and arbitrary laws that engender fear and distrust among the people. Children between the ages of 12-16 are required each year to engage in a lottery drawing that requires a boy and a girl from each district to participate in a fight to the death where only one child survives. These are the hunger games. The “games” are televised as an annual media event that elicit a frenzy of entertainment, betting, and even sponsorship of favored participants. Starvation drives some children to enter their names multiple times in order to quality for a meager ration of food, increasing their chances of being picked for the games. The story follows two characters, Katniss, a virl who has developed skills of survival in order to feed her family, but along the way has been toughened by the rigors of staying alive, and Peeta, a baker’s son whose family enjoys the privilege of having enough to eat. The two become participants in the games and form an alliance as unrequited lovers in order to stay alive. They capture the imagination of the viewers. Feigning a willingness to commit mutual suicide rather than kill each other, both survive the games.
However, the ruse goes horribly wrong. The opening of Catching Fire finds Katniss being confronted by the president of the Capitol who discloses that he is not convinced by the unrequited lovers angle and he threatens her with harm to her loved ones if she fails to be more convincing. Katniss only wants to return to the life she had before the games. But slowly she realizes that the rest of her life will be in support of the fiction created by the ruse she developed and year after year she will hand over children such as herself and Peeta to the games to be chewed up in the machine created by the Capitol. She will live under constant surveillance and fear until she succumbs to bitterness and alcoholism like her mentor, Haywitch. By a turn of events, she realizes that the worst will be done to her loved ones anyway, and so she becomes at first an unwilling participant in the burgeoning rebellion of the districts. Ultimately, she becomes the very symbol of the struggle. Humans are capable of adapting to the most incredible strains of deprivation as long as their basic needs are met and they can convince themselves that continued survival under those conditions make sense. But when they realize that even continued complacency becomes just as costly as struggle and their lot will continue to deteriorate, revolution becomes their only option. Unremitting hunger and want; government-mandated sacrifice of one’s children; government-sanctioned public beatings against those whose only crime is seeking food becomes the basis for the stand. This is a story of war between good and evil, but also a story of enduring love and hope, the requsites for the survival of the human race. We are not only reminded of the clear lines between good and evil, but how war, no matter how just, or what side we choose, piece-by-piece strips away at the human soul and damages the spirit. That is the true cost of war as embodied in Katniss and Gale, her lifelong friend. Peeta embodies hope and the promise of posterity. Together he and Katniss meet a future they have helped win for their children. I loved this book and the way Suzanne Collins brings her characters alive.
I recommend it to anyone who is ready to be reminded of why we love, why we struggle, and on what terms we are here.
8. LEXI reviews Catching Fire
I LOVE THIS BOOK!
I started the first Hunger Games and read it within a couple days. I went through a whole day without reading the second book (Catching Fire) and I could barely do it! The plot was so big at the end of the first one that I immediately bought Catching Fire. I just LOVE this trilogy. 10/10 recommend!
9. ASH reviews Catching Fire
Oh, snap. She DID NOT just do that. This is not a cliffhanger people, this is inhumane. Like hanging on for dear life by a spider web thin thread totally butt naked (you know that makes it worse)! It’s so worth it though.
Quick overview: Catching Fire starts up not far from where The Hunger Games ended. Katniss is living in the Victors Village with her family. You’d think she could finally be able to relax and live the cushy life. Well that wouldn’t make a good book. There are rumors of rebellion and since Katniss and Peeta won the Hunger Games in defiance they have become the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol, particularly President Snow, is not happy with them. Now Katniss has to worry about looking as in love with Peeta as possible to quiet down the rebellion, but is that what she really wants?
It’s really hard to summarize a book when you’re afraid that everything you say will give away the twist. If you have not read the book DON’T read a whole bunch of reviews or comments! You’ll figure stuff out! Figuring out what’s going on and the twists is part of what makes this so good. You think you’ve got everything and everyone pegged only to find out that you only got half (if any) of it right.
I wasn’t sure what the second book was going to be about but now looking back I think “Of course! How else would it have worked?” The book starts off a little slow, but it’s important for what Collins is trying to set up. I love Katniss and I hate her. She frustrates me beyond belief, but you have to love her. I love how you see and know everything from Katniss’s point of view. You’re just as confused and unsure as she is. It never feels like she’s not a real person. You feel just as scared for her family. You feel her confusion and doubt. You just really feel. I could probably name off a bunch of things that bothered me about the book (I think I mentioned how I HAAAATE love triangles with a burning passion) but you really care about the characters. You can’t even hate Katniss’s team of stylists, who are selfish Capitol dwellers. The book deals with so much more than who she’s going to end up with.
At first I really didn’t want to read it because I know how I am with these books. I get totally immersed, constantly trying to figure it all out. I can’t believe the twists in this book! The ending is just so…epic! How everything just falls into place and makes sense. You see the characters in a whole new light. And then you’re left with the whole butt-naked-spider-thread thing. I’m pretty sure it’s not good for my health, but they say the same thing about oreos and fried chicken.
So what do you read after a book like this? Well, you could look for a book that’s just as addictive and gripping as this (Yeah, good luck with that), or read a book about kittens chasing after butterflies in a open meadow. Then you’ll probably start thinking that there is a secret underground society of kitties just waiting for the right moment to emerge, and you find out that the butterflies are their spies! You see, this is the type of thinking you have after reading the book. It’s beyond epic. Until the third book finally comes out I’ll be hanging butt naked by a spider thin thread.
10. EMMA reviews Catching Fire
last week or last month or 17 days ago or something like that (if time was ever real, it isn’t anymore), the world celebrated the eighth anniversary of the peak of cinema.
on november 20, 2013, the hunger games: catching fire was released, the universe shifted, and we all had to participate in the bittersweet acknowledgment that, even though it was kind of a bummer we would never get a better movie, perfection being achieved on film was pretty cool too.
in the wake of this global parade, i am ready to make a confession.
i saw this movie in theaters five times.
that’s not the end of the confession.
i drank enough extra-large cherry cokes during those viewings to collect every variation on the plastic souvenir soda cup they gave you if you paid, like, $23. and i don’t even know where those cups are now.
if i’d invested all that money in dumb stuff then, i’d be rich enough to hang out with those lizard-looking tech bros and finally achieve my dream (launching a low-level bullying campaign subtle and lengthy enough to destroy their self-confidence until they lose all their money and i have abolished the concept of a billionaire).
but seeing this movie 5 times on the big screen was a good consolation prize.
this is honestly a near-perfect book to me: it improves upon the concept of the first, it has an excellent romance, the background characters are fun and the protagonists are kind of annoying but only because you care about them, resulting in a fun little-sibling energy.
in my head, the hunger games series looks like this:
- the lead up to this book
- this masterpiece
- nothing else
living in delusion is fun. y’all should try it sometime.
part of a series i’m doing in which i review books i read a long time ago, except this time i only got 2 hours of sleep last night, can you tell
III. Catching Fire Quotes by Suzanne Collins
The best book quotes from Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
“Because sometimes things happen to people and they’re not equipped to deal with them.”
“I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you,” Peeta replies.
“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever,” he says.
“I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.”
“You know, you could live a thousand lifetimes and not deserve him.”
“My nightmares are usually about losing you. I’m okay once I realize you’re here.”
“So it’s you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.”
“I realize only one person will be damaged beyond repair if Peeta dies. Me.”
“Really, the combination of the scabs and the ointment looks hideous. I can’t help enjoying his distress.
“Poor Finnick. Is this the first time in your life you haven’t looked pretty?” I say.
“It must be. The sensation’s completely new. How have you managed it all these years?” he asks.
“Just avoid mirrors. You’ll forget about it,” I say.
“Not if I keep looking at you,” he says.”“I always channel my emotions into my work. That way, I don’t hurt anyone but myself.”
“I’m going to wake Peeta,” I say.
“No, wait,” says Finnick. “Let’s do it together. Put our faces right in front of his.”
Well, there’s so little opportunity for fun left in my life, I agree. We position ourselves on either side of Peeta, lean over until our faces are inches frim his nose, and give him a shake. “Peeta. Peeta, wake up,” I say in a soft, singsong voice.
His eyelids flutter open and then he jumps like we’ve stabbed him. “Aa!”
Finnick and I fall back in the sand, laughing our heads off. Every time we try to stop, we look at Peeta’s attempt to maintain a disdainful expression and it sets us off again.”“The bird, the pin, the song, the berries, the watch, the cracker, the dress that burst into flames. I am the mockingjay. The one that survived despite the Capitol’s plans. The symbol of the rebellion.”
“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.”
“We had to save you because you’re the mockingjay, Katniss,” says Plutarch. “While you live, the revolution lives.”
“So I only say, “So what should we do with our last few days?”
“I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you,” Peeta replies.”“I really can’t think about kissing when I’ve got a rebellion to incite. ”
“Aim higher in case you fall short.”
“Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable.”
“We star-crossed lovers of District 12, who suffered so much and enjoyed so little the rewards of our victory, do not seek our fans’ favor, grace them with our smiles, or catch their kisses. We are unforgiving.
And I love it. Getting to be myself at last.”“I guess this is a bad time to mention I hung a dummy and painted Seneca Crane’s name on it…”
“So that’s who Finnick loves, I think. Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. But a poor, mad girl back home. ”
“It must be very fragile, if a handful of berries can bring it down.”
“The idea of being strong for someone else having never entered their heads, I find myself in the position of having to console them. Since I’m the person going in to be slaughtered, this is somewhat annoying.”
“I’m so sorry,” I whisper. I lean forward and kiss him.
His eyelashes flutter and he looks at me through a haze of opiates. “Hey, Catnip.”
“Hey, Gale,” I say.
“Thought you’d be gone by now,” He says.
My choices are simple. I can die like a quarry in the woods or I can die here beside Gale. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m going to stay right here and cause all kinds of trouble.”
“Me, too,” Gale says. He just manages a smile before the drugs pull him back under.”“That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I’m free to act as desperately as I wish.”
“Look, if you wanted to be babied you should have asked Peeta.”
“Katniss,” Gale says softly.
I recognize that voice. It’s the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow. I Instinctively raise my hand to block his words but he catches it and holds on tightly.
Don’t,” I whisper.
But Gale is not one to keep secrets from me.
Katniss, There is no District Twelve.”“I just want to spend every possible minute of the rest of my life with you.”
“I pull an arrow, whip the notch into place, and am about to let it fly when I’m stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta. And it’s so bizarre, even for Finnick.”
“Remember, girl on fire,” he says, “I’m still betting on you.”
“I turn and put my lips close to Peeta’s and drop my eyelids in imitation… “He offered me sugar and wanted to know all my secrets,” I say in my best seductive voice.”
“But I have to confess, I’m glad you two had at least a few months of happiness together.”
I’m not glad,” says Peeta. “I wish we had waited until the whole thing was done officially.”
This takes even Caesar aback. “Surely even a brief time is better than no time?”
Maybe I’d think that, too, Caesar,” says Peeta bitterly, “If it weren’t for the baby.”“Now he’s [Cinna] arranging things around my living room: Clothing, fabrics, and sketchbooks with designs he’s drawn. I pick one up and examine one of the dresses I supposedly created.
You know, I think I show a lot of promise,” I say.
Get dressed, you worthless thing.”“Because I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don’t want to miss any of them.”
“Whose is it, do you think?” I say finally.
“No telling,” says Finnick. “Why don’t we let Peeta claim it, since he died today?”“If I feel ragged, my prep team seems in worse condition, knocking back coffee and sharing brightly colored little pills. As far as I can tell, they never get up before noon unless there’s some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair.”
“As the alcohol overcomes my mind, I hear the glass bottle shatter on the floor. This seems appropriate since I have obviously lost my grip on everything.”
Excerpted from Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
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