Impossible by Nancy Werlin - Review

I picked up Impossible at the book store, I had not heard anything about it or read anything from Nancy before, it sounded like a good book via what I read on the back – and a book that's centered on a musical theme with fantasy and romance can't be all bad.

I was very happy to find out...Impossible leaves nothing "bad" on the table at all...Impossible is a beautifully written, highly original story, about Lucy, a young 17 year old girl, who after having been abandoned by her own mother, and knowing nothing about her father, is a well adjusted and living with her step mom and dad...only occasionally seeing her "crazy" mother.

Lucy does the things most teens do, school, track team, prom, however she has no interest in boys except for Zach, a guy she's known since she was little and even though he's older, he's always been her best friend. He knows all about Lucy's "crazy" mom Miranda, whom only pops up occasionally and only seems to ruin things when she does.

Soon, Lucy's life starts to come undone, first she discovers she is pregnant (due to a rape), then she finds her mothers journal as well as a few letters that Miranda has left for Lucy – all written before Lucy was even born. The letters, talking about a curse, talking about a song that Lucy grew up knowing, a song taught to her step dad who learned it via Miranda, seemingly the only gift Miranda left for Lucy before she went crazy.

Soon it becomes apparent that the song, the curse; it's all linked – 3 seemingly impossible tasks, all to be completed before Lucy's daughter is born – else Lucy herself suffer the same fate of her mother and all the mothers before her.

Can Lucy, whom has the help of her family and good friends like Zach over come the curse, save herself as well as her unborn daughter? After all, no woman has before had the help she has – no other woman in her family has ever had a families loving support behind them. The only way to find out is to read the book...

Impossible is a haunting love story with carefully crafted characters whom lept off the page. It's a unique story, carrying with it just enough fantasy to make it interesting but with enough realism to make you feel like tomorrow you could wake up with the Elvin Knight hovering over your shoulder.

I really loved the speed of Impossible...it all flows very nicely. The only part that seemed a bit rushed was the end, it all seemed to "conclude" very abruptly...it left me kinda wanting more...

Bottom Line - I really enjoyed Impossible, though the ending was a bit rushed, it worked...So I give Impossible a 4 mushrooms and am super excited to read Extraordinary, which is coming out in September!

Impossible
Written by: Nancy Werlin
384 Pages
Published: September 18, 2008
Publisher: Dial

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