The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

by Suzanne Collins

Tigris was no great beauty, but she had a sweetness, a vulnerability that invited abuse.

why is she me

This reaping day, like most, was shaping up to be a scorcher. But what else could you expect on July 4th?

ok wait why did i never know panem is supposed to be like the usa after the usa

They would have to move to some obscure neighborhood and join the grimy ranks of everyday citizens, without status, without influence, without dignity.

awww i feel so bad

The disgrace would kill his grandmother. It would be kinder to toss her out the window of the penthouse.

i’m gonna toss myself out a window

As she took his hand, her touch sent a tiny electrical spark up his arm, and he felt as if a bit of her onstage charisma had been transferred to him.

Ok charisma

“I like yours, too.” The girl’s dress was a faded, printed thing, nothing to remark on. But Lucy Gray said, “Polka dots always make me feel happy,” and the girl beamed.

This whole scene is so girlhood if they werent locked in a cage at a zoo on display by the government and about to die

“Hippity, hoppity.”

Please stfu

circus troupe,

New troupe alert😈😈😈

In one movement, the tribute yanked Arachne forward and slit her throat.

Im sorry what. Deserved i guess?? Just didnt see that coming