I discovered the wonders of dystopian novels this year when my class read The Giver, and then I read The Hunger Games because my friends said it was good. I'm glad I listened.

HUGE hunger games fan here!! I own the trilogy but haven't read the ballad yet cause I heard it wasn't as good but you all seem to like it so I'll give it a shot. It seems interesting since you know it's from Snows perspective but I heard it has lots of songs in it and as a fan of the hanging tree and deep in the meadow the sounds encouraging! My favorite characters are Katniss obviously, Prim RIP, Rue RIP, Finnik RIP and gosh so many characters die! I love it anyway though and am glad so many others do too!

If you liked the Hunger Games, I think you'll like The Testing by Joelle Charboneau. It's kind of similiar and just as good.