Transcendence (Transcendence, #1)

Transcendence (Transcendence #1)

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When a visit to the Tower of London triggers an overwhelmingly real vision of a beheading that occurred centuries before, Cole Ryan fears she is losing her mind. A mysterious boy, Griffon Hall, comes to her aid, but the intensity of their immediate connection seems to open the floodgate of memories even wider.

As their feelings grow, Griffon reveals their common bond as mem...more
Hardcover, 1st Edition, 336 pages
Published June 5th 2012 by Walker Childrens
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☆Jessie☆  (Ageless Pages Reviews)
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4.25 out of 5 stars

First, immediate thoughts upon finishing this quick read of a teenage paranormal novel:

That was a lot of fun! That was original and wholly compelling, and it managed to be all that and more without a love triangle or a heroine who is too stupid to live! It can be done!

Though Transcendence inevitably hits a few bumps that keep it from being perfect, it was perfectly enjoyable and fully diverting for the few (far too short!) hours i...more
Sharons  Bücherparadies
Achtung, es könnten wenige Spoiler enthalten sein!


Ich bin sehr gut in dieses Buch rein gekommen. Es ließ sich sehr flüssig lesen und der Schreibstil ist relativ einfach.


Nicole, auch Cole genannt, wird immer wieder und wieder von Visionen heimgesucht. Besonders schlimm war es aber beim Besuch des "Tower of London". Dort trifft sie dann auf den geheimnisvollen Griffon, von dem sie von Beginn an absolut begeistert ist.

Als sie dann wieder zu Hause ankommt, bemerkt sie wenig später, dass auch Griffon...more
Cornelia Zass
Seit Wochen versuche ich schon an das Buch “Für immer die Seele” von der Autorin Cynthia J. Omololu heranzukommen, um es euch vorstellen zu dürfen. Endlich hatte es bei Lovelybooks in einer schönen Leserunde geklappt und ich durfte das Buch mit dem kunstvollen Cover in Händen halten und natürlich lesen.
Seit Februar 2013 ist dieses 384 Seiten umfassende Kunstwerk im Dressler-Verlag erhältlich.
Danke möchte ich sagen, für diese tolle Leserunde bei Lovelybooks und an Katja.

„Ad vitam aeternam - bis...more
Karen  Yingling
Cole is visiting the Tower of London when she is overcome by a weird vision from the past and feels faint. Her sister Kat is concerned enough that she accepts the invitation to tea by Griffon and his friend... it doesn't hurt that both boys are hot! Cole is intrigued by Griffon, but doesn't get his contact information, so is surprised when Kat finds out that he lives not far from them in San Francisco. Griffon sheds some light on the faintness and visions that Cole is experiencing-- she is Ahket...more
Sarah
‟Für immer die Seele“ von Cynthia J. Omololu ist der Auftakt zu einer Fantasy-Jugendbuch-Trilogie, der mit der Wiedergeburt ein Element zum Thema macht, welches bisher in ähnlichen Romanen kaum Verwendung fand. Die Trilogie versprach in ihrem ersten Band also durchaus Neues, konnte mich aber leider nicht überzeugen.

Inhalt: Die 16jährige Cole, eine begabte Cellistin aus San Francisco, hat Visionen von vergangenen Zeiten. Als sie mit ihrer Schwester Kat bei einem Ferientrip den Tower of London bes...more
Tintenelfe
Als Nicole, die von allen nur Cole genannt wird, mit ihrer Schwester Kat zum ersten Mal den Tower of London betritt, wird sie von kurzen aber sehr intensiven Visionen einer Hinrichtung im 16. Jahrhundert heimgesucht. Sie entdeckt eine Inschrift in den Zellen der Festung, die sie eigenartig berührt. Im Tower lernt sie auch Griffon kennen, einen Jungen, der von ihren Visionen zu wissen scheint und zu dem sie sich sofort hingezogen fühlt.

Wieder zu Hause in San Francisco nehmen die Visionen zu, auch...more
Tamara
Immer öfter hat Cole erschreckend reale Visionen. Zu Orten, die sie nie zuvor besucht oder gesehen hat, fühlt sie sich seltsamerweise verbunden. Alle Versuche, sich selbst einzureden, dass das nur Zufall ist, scheitern. Der Einzige, der anscheinend Ähnliches erlebt hat und ihr nun versucht zu helfen, ist Griffon. Doch kann sie an etwas glauben, das sich mehr als nur unglaubwürdig anhört?

"Für immer die Seele" hat keinen allzu guten Start hingelegt. Der Anfang war etwas schleppend, doch nach den e...more
Marie-Claire
Als die 16-jährige Cole den Londoner Tower besichtigt, wird sie von einer unglaublich realistischen Vision heimgesucht: Sie erlebt eine Jahrhunderte zurückliegende Enthauptung! Und dieses Erlebnis bleibt kein Einzelfall. Wohin Cole auch geht, was sie auch berührt, seit Kurzem fühlt sie sich ständig in andere Zeiten und an fremde Orte versetzt. Wird sie vielleicht verrückt? Nur einer scheint sie zu verstehen: der Amerikaner Griffon, den sie in London kennenlernt. Doch Stück für Stück entdeckt Col...more
J.C. Phillipps
Transcendence is the kind of book that hits my sweet spot. It's based in reality but an enhanced reality, a magical reality. It's here and now but with a fun twist: reincarnation.

I really loved the way C. J. Omololu weaved the snippets of memory of Cole's past lives into the narrative. The flow was smooth and I always felt as though I was right there with her. The overall writing is fabulous. I love good writing where I might think, "Wow, I love how she put that," without being yanked out of th...more
Mary
Reviewed from e-galley provided by the publisher via netgalley.com.

When sixteen-year-old cello prodigy Cole (short for Nicole) starts having visions of the past while visiting London, she's afraid she's going crazy. She feels as though she's walked the streets before--though they're slightly different. And at the Tower of London she practically envisions a beheading--her own! Then she passes out in the arms of the amazingly attractive Griffon and feels an intense attraction to him. Once she's ba...more
Kristin
I will say this, I love time travel books. Especially those by Connie Willis (just saying check out her books if you haven't). But, until yesterday, I don't believe I have ever read a book dealing with reincarnation. Who know it could be so much fun?

Nicole "Cole" Ryan was just a normal sixteen-year-old girl (minus the whole child prodigy bit). Until she started to "fall" into visions. Visions of things that happened in the past. No, not her immediate past, but from times long ago. We first meet...more
Reading Vacation
Transcendence was a novel full of mystery and suspense. The main mystery of the novel focused on the main character Cole trying to discover who was after her. This was because in a past life of Cole’s, she had possibly killed this person. I loved how Cole gathered clues from flashes from her past life. Each new flash brought new questions that had me on the edge of my seat. Her life as a famous musician sounded exciting and glamorous. I think it was cool how this career path factored into Cole’s...more
Seleste deLaney
Full review at http://wickedlilpixie.com/2012/06/09/...

A couple of things drew me to Transcendence. First, London. I love London. I've been a couple times and can't wait to go back. So when I saw the whole bit about visions of death at the Tower I was hooked. And then I saw the cover again, and the loved both the spooky feel of it as well as the fact that it looked like both characters were people of color. Yes, I get that she's paler than him, but for some reason, in my head, I saw her as a min...more
Jenny
Rating: 3.5/5

Transcendence starts out strong, an emotional and violent vision assaulting our heroine as she wanders the Tower of London with her sister serving to yank us into the story as we can't help but wonder how a woman with so tragic a fate as the one in the vision is linked to sixteen year-old Cole. Things continue in a rather fascinating vein from there, numerous flashbacks to both the woman facing public execution as well as a young Italian immigrant with an extraordinary talent for mu...more
Mrsinserra
At first I wasn’t sure what to think, I was sucked in but started to dislike Griffon pretty much right away. I thought this book had the making of a beautiful disaster, but yet again, I was wrong. This book is beautiful, but certainly not a disaster. After Griffon comes clean, there was no way to not like him. He is totally lovable.

Cole is confused, pretty much throughout the entire book, and I don’t blame her. Just when you think you know what is going on, you, the reader, are left even more co...more
Mundie Moms & Mundie Kids
A captivating storyline with plenty of romance, mystery, historical references, suspense and reincarnation. Transcendence introduces readers to an incredible world, fascinating characters and a unique story line. I've not read a lot of YA books that tackle reincarnation, and I was really surprised with how much I enjoyed C.J.'s story. I found it to be an incredibly intriguing, fun read. I didn't think this would be a story that I would get as swept up in as I did, and I really enjoyed it.

Being...more
Canadian Reader
While on a vacation visit to the Tower of London, high-school junior and cello prodigy, Cole (Nicole) Ryan experiences a waking dream, a hallucination in which she is not an observer, but a participant. She finds herself to be a young woman in 1538 about to be executed within the walls of the tower grounds. When Cole comes to, dizzy and disoriented among the many tourists, Griffon, a young fellow American also from San Francisco, comes to her aid. He later provides the initially incredulous Cole...more
Sabrina
Short and Sweet:
Transcendence started a little slow for me, but I ended up really loving Griffon and Cole. I also loved the unique take on past lives and the fact that the author didn't try to answer all of the accompanying spiritual questions. :) I loved the resulting mysteriousness and look forward to the next book!


To Elaborate....
Cole has been having vivid visions of moments that happened long ago. She had hoped that they would just go away, but after an intense trip to London where her visio...more
Crystal
Transcendence By: C.J. Omololu

Overview: This story is about Cole, a girl who begins to have visions from the past when she goes on a trip to London. While there she literally bumps into Griffon a handsome boy who seems to understand what she is going through. When she returns home without his info she figures that’s the end of it. But she can’t get him out of her head and when her sister sets up a surprise date she discovers he lives right in the same area. Griffon believes the visions Cole is h...more
BAYA Librarian
This novel has an interesting paranormal concept that plays out in a disconnected, melodramatic plot with forgettable characters. It may appeal to younger teens who still love vampire stories, or are bored of vampire stories but still want that romance-between-beings-with-eternal-life thing. It may also interest readers interested in the concept of reincarnation.

San Francisco high school student and cello prodigy Cole Ryan is visiting the Tower of London during summer vacation when she is overco...more
Kelly Hager
Something weird is going on with Cole. All of a sudden, she's started to have these weird sort of visions, where she experiences life from someone else's perspective. She's about to be executed at the Tower of London. Other times, she's a cellist as part of a traveling orchestra. And the visions seem to come whenever she's around two specific people: Veronique, her friend and student (Cole is a prodigy when it comes to the cello) and Griffon, her crush. Turns out that she's one of a group that c...more
Annmarie (World of Books)
Review: What were my expectations of this book? Hmm I thought it sounded interesting enough and I figured I would enjoy it but never did I think I would end up liking the book so much.

From the first page, I was hooked. I could hardly believe it myself as I looked down and realized I finished the book in a matter of a few hours but it was just that good. Everything about the book from the characters, details, even the little things they said had me smiling and eagerly reading on.

Another cool fac...more
Mary (BookHounds)
MY THOUGHTS
REALLY LIKED IT


Cello player and high school student, Cole (Nicole), keeps have breaks with reality, triggered by her location, where is transported back in time and reenacts history. At first, she feels like she is just a witness, but then the flashbacks become more personal and she feels like these things have really happened to her instead of just seeing them through her eyes. She meets Griffon, who rescues her at the Tower of London and he seems to be stalking her and turns up unex...more
Amber
Transcendence was amazing! I couldn't put this book down. There was so much mystery and suspense. If you are interested in reincarnation, this is a great pick for you. The unique storyline was so captivating. I simply can't say how fascinating this story is.

I actually think it would be just amazing to be able to remember past lives. To see how different the world has become through the years, centuries even. Cole and Griffon were two Akhet's, people who can remember who they were in the lives t...more
Jan
This engaging fantasy takes us into the world of reincarnation. Cole Ryan, on a visit to the Tower of London, is staggered by a sudden and overwhelming vision of a beheading that occurred centuries ago. Worse, she is the executioner's victim in the vision. She is rescued by Griffon, a young British teen, but she is even more confused by the intensity of her reaction to him, as if she has known him in--you guessed it kids!--a past life.

When she returns to San Francisco, she is astonished to run i...more
Deborah Milagros
Book: Transcendence

Author: C.J. Omololu

Length: 336

Published: June 5, 2012

Format: Hardcover (read e-book)

Source: NetGalley

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I requested this galley from NetGalley (http://www.netgalley.com) several weeks ago and received no answer. Last Friday, I requested a different book and a couple of hours later, I received four messages from them. I guess they were having issues with their systems since I was approved for two copies of the same book. Plus, I received two emails denying the reques...more
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Inhalt
Gerade noch befindet sich Cole (Nicole) zusammen mit ihrer Schwester auf Tour durch den Tower von London, als sie plötzlich in eine ganz andere Zeit abdriftet und miterleben muss, wie sie kurz vor der Hinrichtung steht. Als Cole knapp vor der Enthauptung wieder in der "normalen" Zeit zu sich kommt, findet sie sich in den Armen von Griffon wieder. Die Vision soll nicht die Letzte gewesen sein und auch mit Griffon kommt es zum Wiedersehen. Tief in ihr spürt sie eine vertraute Verbundenheit...more
Lesen mit Cupcatz
Endlich seit langem ein Buch, in dem ich mitgefiebert habe und es Nachts nicht mehr aus der Hand legen konnte (geschweige denn morgens während der Zugfahrt). Nachdem einige Blogger von dem Buch geschwärmt hatten, und mich der Klappentext auch ansprach, MUSSTE ich das Buch lesen und es hat mich in keinster Weise enttäuscht. Achtung: Es handelt sich hier wieder um eine Trilogie ;)

Die sechzehnjährige Cole (kommt von Nicole) macht mit ihrer Schwester Kat Urlaub in London. Im London Tower erlebt sie...more
Kristina
More of a 2.5 stars to me. Interesting concept! I didn't really have any specific expectations for this book, the book jacket summary sounded alright and I was on a YA book check-out binge at the library, so I grabbed it. It turned out to be an enjoyable read! The book is a little heavier on the romance story and lighter on the workings of the whole past lives and ahket organization and all of that than I would have liked, but I am hoping book 2 will further develop that aspect. There's also a q...more
Brandi Kosiner
To be honest, I was so close to putting this book down. I am not really a fan of prologues and I felt that this one didn't do the story justice. Yes, it is very important to the story, but I feel like it would have been better placed after she meets Griffon.
That said, once I got into this story, I completely fell in love with it. I love this idea of love through time and once I was able to bond with Cole, I really felt for her. Her love of cello is an awesome addition to the story, and I felt...more
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I write as C.J., but you can call me Cynthia. My YA novel DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS came out in early 2010. My next book TRANSCENDENCE came out in June of 2012, followed by the sequel INTUITION in June of 2013.

You might notice that I only give 4 or 5 star reviews. That isn't because I love everything, it's because I only review things I really love. As a writer, I know all that goes into making a book...more
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