Couldn't finish it. Put it down after 30 pages. Boring, one-dimensional characters with little or no personality. The author has no creativity with her scenery or descriptions. The strange events that happen are not so much strange as they are unoriginal. Even "Twilight" was a more creative and exciting read . . . ( )

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Lucy can’t complain—her life could be worse. For example, she could still be living with her insane bag-lady of a mother, instead of her wonderful, supportive foster parents. Or she could be pregnant at seventeen, like the dozens of girls her foster mother treats every year. But when her mother returns one day at school, singing her own haunting version of “Scarborough Fair” and referring to an unbreakable curse, it seems like a bad omen that’s hard to ignore. And when prom night goes horribly awry, Lucy begins to wonder if perhaps she’s cursed after all.

Wow. I can’t really say that I was expecting this book! A beautiful cover, a fairy tale idea and a lyrical, flowing, almost skimming prose style—but a story that felt like a kind of sort of better version of Breaking Dawn. What to make of it?

Maybe if I hadn’t read Breaking Dawn first I could have enjoyed it more, because even though Impossible is definitely better than Breaking Dawn, the teen pregnancy love story theme feels a little tainted. And the elfin antagonist of Padraig Seeley is a bad guy you can see a mile away—a little subtlety would have been nice.

However, Impossible has something that Breaking Dawn definitely didn’t have, and that’s wonderful, sympathetic protagonists—however 2-D the supporting characters might be. Lucy was believable, likeable, determined, relatable and strong, without being an iron-willed warrior woman. Don’t get me wrong, those can be fun to read about; but it’s nice every once in awhile to have a character that can be vulnerable, too. Zach, as well, made a sweet addition as the literal boy-next-door-turned-soulmate; even if I was a little bothered by the fact that everybody seemed to take a fairytale curse pretty much as an everyday thing.

All in all, if you can accept the world as somewhere between ours and the mythical beyond, this touching romance is one of the best rainy day books I’ve ever read.

The Final Verdict: Smooth, surreal and lovely, despite a few character flaws. ( )

Picking up this book, I wasn't sure what I was getting into. I've never heard of this author & I had no clue what the book was about. While magic & spells aren't usually my taste, I am glad that I read it. I'm a sucker for a good romance & this one didn't let me down. ( )

I first got interested in this book because I love the song Scarborough Fair. The premise seemed interesting and unique.
Unfortunately there were many things in this novel that prevented me from giving it five stars.
First of all, every character was too perfect, too nice, and too understanding. In a book that was slow plot wise, there should have been more character drama to make it more interesting. But everyone was just too perfect. No one seemed to make mistakes or do things that would give the novel some spice.
Also, the "romance" between Lucy and Zach was adequate at best. They were friends then boom! All the sudden they are in love. And the romance after that was just all right.
The writing was also weird. The point of view would change multiple times in a single paragraph. I would get so confused!
I was expecting more fantasy, but it was pushed to the background. That's good for people who don't like fantasy, but bad for people who love it.
It probably deserves less than four stars in hindsight, but the overall charm the novel exudes makes me rate it higher. ( )

Seventeen year old Lucy Scarborough has a real-life secret haunting her - her real mother's not only alive, she's a mad, homeless bag lady. Unfortunately, that's not the worst of it. The women in Lucy's family are faerie-cursed. By the time she's eighteen, if Lucy can't break the curse she'll be pregnant, give birth to a baby girl, and go mad. And the cycle will repeat until one of the Scarborough women breaks the curse by completing three impossible tasks. With her friends and family firmly in her court, Lucy's up for the challenge - but will the subversive, suborning lure of the evil fay prove too appealing to resist?

You'll have to read the book to find out. Possibly not the most realistic or PC slant to take on teen pregnancy, but it's well told and ultimately satisfying. ( )