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Although I enjoyed Hunger Games, the present tense put me off at first. As to 1st person, I see its advantage as forcing the story to be more linear. There is no starting with an action involving character 1. Then action involving character 2, then 3 and so on until they all come together at some point. 1st person narrative can't do that very well. Flashbacks can work, though.
Linear story-telling is both a strength and a weakness depending on the story.
As a man, I do find it harder to follow a 1st person book from a woman's point of view. That said, I am now reading Outlander (1st book in series) and enjoying it.
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