Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

Title: Impulse
Impulse #1
Author: Ellen Hopkins
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Release Date: January 23rd 2007
Pages: 666
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Blurb:
Tony's painful childhood memories can be quelled only through pills. Vanessa has a secret that keeps her coming back to the blade. And Connor seems to have the perfect life on the outside, but his inward battle with his parents, his peers, and himself give him one last choice - to pull the trigger.
These are three lives that would have been cut short if not for the hasty intervention by loved ones. Or fate. Now they are given a second chance at a better life - but only if they help one another, and if they find the strength to let go of thier inner demons. For good.
(Blurb from my edition)

My review:
OH MY F***ING GOD!!!! This book seriously tipped me over the edge into amazement! I accidentally started yesterday (I thought I was going to read Inheritance #2), but I couldn't put the book away until I was finished. And now I feel like crying because it's over.
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins is an AMAZING masterpiece! She writes her novels like poems and that gives the whole story a so intense feeling that you just read with your jaw dropped, drooling. Seriously. The story is about these three youngsters who meet at the Aspen Springs home for mentally disordered. A lot of things happens in such short time and it was very sudden that I looked up and saw that I was halfway through. They meet and have a huge influence on each others lives, both good and bad. I won't give you any spoilers, you'll have to read it yourselves! And TRUST ME, you will NOT be disappointed!

Hopkins is an amazing author. Her writing style takes away all the unnecessary elements, and that is one of the reasons why it was so intense. I normally don't read poetry or what resembles it, but I loved this book! I got to read more of her! She made me feel 100% how the main characters did, and if they had a hard time, I could feel it in my chest. No kidding. I've never felt so combined with book characters before, but that may be because of the character of the story. This was not a fantasy-novel. This was a novel which describe some very real feelings and things that are going on in the world. Hopkins didn't have to take me to a new world. She just used our own.
I love fantasy, but I must say, I've NEVER been so impressed by a book that takes place in our own world. I can only say one thing to you guys: READ IT READ IT READ IT READ IT!! You will be astonished by how deep this book will set marks in you.

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Eragon by Christopher Paolini

Title: Eragon
Inheritance #1
Author: Christopher Paolini
Publisher: Paolini International LLC
Release Date: 2002
Pages: 730
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Blurb:
When young Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his adopted family meat for the winter. But when the stone brings a dragon hatchling, Eragon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. Overnight his simple life is shattered, and he is thrust into a perilous new world of inescapable destiny, magical forces, and powerful people. With only an ancient sword and the instruction of an old,mysterious, hermit storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a Emperor whose evil and power knows no bounds. Can Eragon take up the mantle of the legendary Dragon Riders? The fate of the Empire may rest in his hands…

My review:
As you can see in the blurb above, Eragon is the story about a farm boy who stumbles upon on of the greatest legend of the Empire: Dragons. A lot of things happens during the book, and I would really like to tell you all about it, but I won't be a spoiler! I just want to say that you HAVE to read it! I know it may be more attractive to read the new releases, and I really have that feeling too, but the minute I grasped that book and read the first page, I was caught. I was caught in the amazing universe of Algaësia, where an evil king and an underground rebelgroup fight each other. All this falls upon Eragon when he finds a dragonegg.

Paolini is a wonderful author. He is capable of making the reader know the characters inside out, and additionally not only read their feelings, but FEEL the feelings yourself! There were times in the book where I felt like weeping, raging, laughing, blushing and so on. I can't wait to read the rest of the series! :D

I couldn't let go of the book, until I finished. Even then, I wanted to continue and continue and continue. There were so many great things about this book, so many of them which I can't express in words. To fully understand why I think this book was so great: READ IT! This was actually also Paolini's debut novel, and I think that's freaking amazing! :D

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Books Mentioned:
Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis
The Possibility of You by Pamela Redmond
The Lost Daughter by Lucy Ferriss
The Roots of the Olive Tree by Courtney Miller Santo (pub date August/September 2012)
A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash (pub date April/May 2012)
Birds of a Lesser Paradise by Megan Mayhew Bergman
Matched by Ally Condie
Crossed by Ally Condie
The Healing by Jonathan Odell
Arcadia by Lauren Groff
Overseas by Beatriz Williams (pub date May 2012)
Forbidden by Ted Dekker & Tosca Lee
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Inheritance by Christopher Paolini

Blogs Mentioned:
Bengal Reads (Simply Kayla's Reviews)

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Books Mentioned:
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (Sofie)
Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral (Sofie)
Divergent by Veronica Roth (Kayla & Sofie)
A Song of Ice and Fire Series by George R.R. Martin (Sofie)
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (Kayla)
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo/Men Who Hate Women by Stieg Larsson (Kayla)
Wake by Lisa McMann (Kayla)
The Fault in Our Stars (Signed) by John Green (Kayla)
Until There Was You by Kristan Higgins (Kayla)
(Won)Embrace by Jessica Shirvington (Kayla)
BedBugs by Ben H. Winters (Kayla)
Broadway Baby (Signed) by Alan Shapiro (Kayla)
The Bad Always Die Twice by Cheryl Crane (Kayla)
Death Cloud by Andrew Lane (Kayla)

Blogs Mentioned:
The Story Siren
Reviews by Sofie
A Cupcake and a Latte

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