The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Publisher: Scholastic 
Release Date: September 14, 2008

Rating: 5/5
Synopsis:

"Could you survive on your own, in the wild, with everyone out to make sure you don't live to see the morning?

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before—and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that will weigh survival against humanity and life against love."

Review:
Wow! What an amazing book. The writing was amazing and the plot was amazing and I just could not put it down!

I've heard so many great things about this book, and I couldn't wait to read it. I was not disappointed and it was even better then I thought it was going to be. The whole plot was great (besides the killing) and you just kept wanting to know what was going to happen and who was going to live or die. Even though it is about people killing people to live, the way that the story was told just made it amazing. (Have I said amazing enough yet??)

The characters were AWSOME! Katniss has never been outside (well thats not entirely true) her Districts "walls" and she never thought that she was going to be the person to be competing in The Hunger Games. Peeta is someone who is really willing to do anything it takes to stay alive and he has a very strong will in him. I loved how both of the characters hardly knew each other (they only barley met once years ago) but once they get to the training center they act like they've known and talking to each other their whole lives.

It was very realistic which I loved and the setting was just phenomenal. There was just the right amount of detail so you could picture everything that was going on and could picture just what the arena looked like!

I can't wait to read the rest of the series (I will be doing that very soon)
Oh, and I'm team Peeta!