Reading Teen

From the very beginning of this book it is awesome. My first impression was that it was kinda like a mixture between The Hunger Games and The City of Ember. It is set into the future where the city, Orokos, is the only known civilization. And, in this future, the rich people are separated from the poor. In this future, people forgot how to use technology. But, this book has more of a fantasy feeling then Hunger Games. I love the creativity that Mr. Wooding put into this book. Very early on in this book, I read a part about an evil kind of creature called Mozgas. The only thing I can say about this scene is that it was very... odd. And a book like this great when there are many oddities in it.Also, a very imaginative part of this book is the concept of Probability Storm. When one of these storms happen, very strange things occur. A new race can be born, you could wake up blind, North and South can reverse. My only problem with this though was that there could've been more info about this. There could have been a lot more to go off of with this.I really enjoyed the characters also. But, right now I must express my nerdishness. The main character, Rail, stopped breathing due to a Probability Storm. So, he now wears a mask over his jaw (as you can see in the cover art) and I think this was very similar to the mask Darth Malak wears in the video game Star Wars: The Knights of the Old Republic. Although, Rail's character was nothing like the evil Malak's. I would have to say, though, that my favorite character was the golem, Vago. I love how his character developed. I love the mystery of it all. Mr. Woodings did a masterful job of making you want to know more about his characters. And this makes the Storm Thief just that much better.This is a great book. Like I said before, it is like a mixture between The Hunger Games and The City of Ember. I highly recommend this book to fans of either of these books. It is truly a great book.Austin (http://ReadingTeen.net/)