The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy, and President Coriolanus Snow's origin story. While the Hunger Games trilogy showed us the life of a teenager from District 13, Ballad offers the perspective of an ambitious and self-entitled teenager who grew up in the Capitol, bitter and disgruntled because his family lost all their money after the districts' First Rebellion.

Coriolanus Snow is a complicated and interesting antihero. He is calculating, but he somehow still has a moral compass. He always thinks ten steps ahead, but he can still fall in love.

While there are so many other characters from the Hunger Games trilogy with more colorful back stories, The Ballad of Songbird and Snakes is still an entertaining read. Worth reading if you're a fan of the trilogy.