The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Collins takes another dive into the hunger games universe, what a shame the pool was empty.

Unlike the original trilogy were Katniss's character was fully formed over the three books. Collins has attempted to do the same with Snow in one and this is where the problems start. There is little to no character arc for Snow.

Starting the story as unlikable, untrustworthy and completely self interested and ending about the same. Some of the secondary characters are more interesting than Snow himself. Instead of showing the fall of Snow's Family and then his bloody and poisonous rise to power. Collins takes the reader through less than a year off Snow's Life at school, including the 10th hunger game. The rest of Snow's rags to riches story is covered the last few chapters and written withsuch lack of enthusiasm I wouldn't be surprised If this wasn't a quick cash grab.

One of the biggest redeeming features of this book was the Narrator in the audiobook version, who does an amazing job voicing all the characters. For this reason alone the book is worth listening to and is the reason I gave it the rating I have.