Mockingjay Review

It's been almost ten days since Mockingjay hit the shelves.

I'm so sad that it's already been released and I've devoured it. The end of a favorite book series is hard to swallow.  It's like when I was finished with Breaking Dawn...I just didn't want it to end. Ever. That's why I sent Steph all of those desperate letters.  Pleading with her to continue the story.  Wolves, half-breeds, vamps...I didn't care.

I feel the same way with Mockingjay.

I just didn't want it to end, but if the Hunger Games had to come to an end, Suzanne did a fabulous job tying up all the loose ends.

This third book was nothing short of spectacular.

She had all the important elements...suspense, thrills, romance.  It was all accounted for and present.  I loved the twists and turns of this final installment.  She kept the reader guessing until the very end.  I had a few possible endings conjured up in my mind and I didn't guess it.  I wasn't even close really.

To wrap up the high-lights, without giving any spoilers...

Katniss is still the fierce rebel,

girl on fire,

she's been from the beginning...

and she's still saving Peeta.

Gale is still at her side.

Haymitch still has her back.

Together they fight the Capitol until the very end.

The Mockingjay lives!

I cheered towards the end

and kissed my book.

I was in nerd heaven.

I definitely don't regret this...

 

I still feel just as passionate about it as the day I got it.

If you haven't read the series yet (even though I've told you to countless times), you should run out and buy the whole trilogy!  You won't be sorry!!

If you loved the Hunger Games, then I suggest you give The Maze Runner by James Dashner a try.  I read it last year after Catching Fire came out and I love it!  The sequel, The Scorch Trials, will be out on October, 12th!

What book or series of books are you into right now?

Mockingjay Countdown

So, the countdown is on!  "For what" you may ask.  

For the Mockingjay, of course.  

I've been counting down since last September, 

when I consumed Catching Fire in one solitary day.  

It  just wasn't long enough.  

I was left hanging...

what happened to Peeta?  

What will happen to Katniss?  

Is Gale in on the whole thing?  

Does District 13 really still exist?

Will the rebellion be successful?  

Who will Katniss fall in love with...or will she at all?  

Seems only fair that she would have to eventually choose between Peeta or Gale.  

I fell in love with this trilogy back in 2008.  I had finished the Twilight Saga and I was desperately searching for something to fill the void.  Steph Meyer mentioned on her website that she had just read The Hunger Games...and it was one of those books that you "take to dinner and read under the table."

That was enough for me to run out and buy it that day.

I read the first book in two nights...and I had to wait almost a WHOLE year for Catching Fire, which I turned around and read in ONE DAY...and now I've been waiting almost another year for Mockingjay, so the anticipation is high.

If you have not read the first two books, I highly recommend that you do.  They're amazing.

Yesterday, Mimi asked me if I've read the Hunger Games...and if Mockingjay was part of that series.

My response to her was "asking me if I have read the Hunger Games is like asking me if I love Twilight."

12 days!  I can't wait!

Have you read the first two books?

Are you Team Peeta or Team Gale?