Dark. Mesmerizing. Raw. Powerful. Riveting. This book is all of those things! Man, Chistine Fonseca really outdid herself with Transcend. I totally loved it, in a creepy dark and disturbing way. This book is written in a kind of stream of conscious way. You kind of get completely immersed in Ien's head and the whole book is very much from his point of view. It totally rocked! I liked it even more than The Phantom of the Opera. 
 Ien is such a compelling character. It was hard for me to be mad at him. I mean he does some pretty crazy stuff and through it all I was still rooting for him. Ien's mind is so chaotic. It is a very intense book, but so well done. 
 The writing is incredible. Stream of conscious is such a hard writing style to do. It is confusing and can be really frustrating, unless it is well done. I'm not sure if it even was stream of conscious but it seemed that way to me. And it was done amazingly. I couldn't tear my eyes away from the page. I love the Phantom of the Opera feel to it- it was dark and dangerous and raw. There is just this gritty feel to it. I can't get over how much I loved it. I expected to like it a lot and maybe even love it, but Transcend truly blew me away. It is pretty different than the other books that I normally read but it was such a great choice. If you are looking for a dark book, or some wonderful and stupendous writing- you NEED to read Transcend.