Thieves Like Us by Stephen Cole

I chose this book in the first place because its cover was very eye-catching and it gave me the message of the book being about adventure, and turns out I was right. This book is pretty much like the movie National Treasure but for me, I think this book is better with more high intense action.

This book follows the adventures of a 17 year old prisoner who abandoned his parents and expert cypher named Jonah and his way into a new, high risk life. The story begins with Jonah being broken out of jail by a team of four teenagers. He was very amazed and shocked at the same time as he did not know what was going on. As the book progresses, Jonah soon learns that these four teenagers also share the same story with him, all of them have either been abandoned by parents or have had a very rough childhood. The teenagers also have a special "talent" that makes them part of this so called "team". Con, a European girl and an expert in manipulation, both by mesmerism therapy and by using her charms. Patch, a fun loving boy and sometimes maybe too fun but a specialist in lockpicking the toughest doors known to man. Motti, he is often judged as the unusual member of the team, mainly because of his dull personality and his sense of style but very good at security, both in setting it up and breaking into the toughest of the tough. And finally, Tye, Haitian native who grew up as a child pirate, martial arts expert and provides transport for the team. With her pirate childhood, she knows all the tricks that humans can be possibly do such as sensing body language and predicting what someone is trying to do. No one can get a trick past Tye, literally.

Jonah finds out for himself all of the "qualities" these teens have through the mischief and chaos they go through. However, no matter how much their skills and attributes differ, they would always have something in common, they all work as expert thieves stealing priceless artifacts to sell and they all work for the same man. A man that goes by the name of Coldhardt. He is an interesting character in the book as he can be viewed in a good or a bad way. A man in his 50s, he is very smart and wise and acts as the team leader recruiting kids like Jonah who's life is almost down the drain and trains them to be expert thieves using their so called "talents" and give them a second chance in life. But for a price, big risks equals big rewards. In the story, Coldhardt leads his team into the most dangerous mission yet and co-incidentally, Jonah is to play a major part in this mission.

I really reccomend this book to people who like reading about adventure with a twist of mystery and filled with fast paced action. I really enoyed this book as it made me feel what the characters were feeling. I give this book a 9/10, and believe me guys if I love a book, it means its really good. Because let's just say that I'm not that person who likes to read much. LoL. I really reccomend this book and I hope you enjoy reading it ! :D

P.S: hope my review's good . Please comment . :D

Vince Exconde