This book is the first in Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn trilogy. It is the story of a group of thieves led by a man named Kelsier on an impossible mission to overthrow an extremely oppressive government. It's also the story of Vin, a teenage girl who has worked as a member of such crews for her whole life. As part of Kelsier's crew she learns to use powers she has barely understood until this point. 
 This book took me a long time to get into. I borrowed my boyfriend's copy over a year ago and started it a couple of times, but other things kept getting in my way. I'm glad I finally took the time to read it through because it's a great story. The main characters are really likeable and the magic system used is well-developed and unique. Once I finally sat down with this it only took me a few days to read and thelast half especially sucked me in. Sanderson's story comes together beautifully and could function as a stand-alone book, luckily it's not one and I still have two more books' worth of time to spend with these characters.