Wow. Okay so I posted my review on The Hunger Games about 2 weeks ago I believe and everyone said I would probably like Catching Fire even more then the first book. And I have to admit, they were right. I loved it. You learn alot more about Panem and the characters from the first book. You also meet alot of new characters in this one aswell. I believe that made Catching Fire alot more interesting. However, I have to admit that I found Catching Fire to be a little slower in the beginning then in The Hunger Games. It took a while for anything to happen but at the same time, once things started to happen there were alot of twists and shocking moments. When you think you have everything figured out, the whole story changes. I think that is what made CF better then the Hunger Games. I highly recommend picking it up after you have read the first book but be warned, the ending leaves you with a huge cliff hanger and august is going to take forever to get here now.