Nitya Chawla

Anticipated to be the most exciting book of 2020, The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes hasn't let me down. Suzzaine Collins has written this exceptional yet so sublime piece in just 528 pages. Revolving around a teenage Coriolanus Snow, the entire book is way too engrossing and gripping. Divided into 3 parts- "The Mentor", "The Prize" and "The Peacekeeper", the book is set to revisit Panem during the 10th Hunger Games - 64 years before the original trilogy and expose some extra layers of beliefs about Mockingjays and Capitol’s history. It tends to track the origin of "iniquitous" Snow in a much mesmerizing way. Apart from President Snow, the book also focuses a little bit on Lucy Gray who is the female Tribute from the District 12. Collins, through this book once again proves that she has mastered the art of creating a captivating World around multiplex personalities who must tussle with the complications of chaos and control. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO EVERYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN THRILLER AND ACTION-ADVENTURE GENRE.