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I didn’t like the narrator for this audiobook, but Suzanne Collins’ writing pulled me through. This book is a worthy addition to the Hunger Games series and does a great job showing how Coriolanus Snow ends up the way he does in later books. It also provides plenty of food for thought. I did think the main “villain” was a bit of a cardboard cutout and there were several times I wanted to yell at the characters for being dumb. All the same, Collins’ writing is strong enough I enjoyed the ride anyway. If you’re a fan of the Hunger Games, do read this book.

This was the first book I read this month for the Orilium Magical Readathon! I read it for the Alchemy class prompt which was “has a circle on the cover”.

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, please check out this video by Orilium creator BookRoast: