My main problem, I guess, was the book’s somewhat slow pace and the way that the realistic and fantastical elements were portrayed.
Although the reader knows much of the mystery in Impossible already, there are still some puzzling elements, and the way the story is woven is very interesting. There’s also something about completing three tasks that’s really appealing, which is probably why some variant of completing tasks shows up in a lot of fantasy novels. In any case, the plot itself was pretty creative, and I loved the use of the song “Scarborough Fair”. 😉 And obviously the author intended for the reader to know about a lot of things before Lucy does. In any case, I’m too lazy to rewrite the summary. There probably could have been a lot of things cut out of the book, or maybe the plot just could have been changed a bit in terms of sequence. Perhaps one of the main problems with the book is that the reader knows way too much about the plot from the very beginning, whereas Lucy doesn’t find out about the curse and all of that until after page 150. Impossible wasn’t great, and it had an odd balance of fantasy and realistic elements, but I did enjoy some parts of the book, and the story did keep me reading. Inspired by the classic folk ballad “Scarborough Fair,” this is a wonderfully riveting and haunting novel of suspense, romance, and fantasy.” But will it be enough to conquer this age-old evil? A beautifully wrought modern fairy tale from master storyteller and award-winning author Nancy Werlin. Unlike her ancestors, though, Lucy has family, friends, and other modern resources to help her out. “Lucy is seventeen when she discovers that she is the latest recipient of a generations-old family curse that requires her to complete three seemingly impossible tasks or risk falling into madness and passing the curse on to the next generation.
On the evening of Lucy Scarborough’s seventh birthday, after the biggest party the neighborhood had seen since, well, Lucy’s sixth birthday, Lucy got one last unexpected gift.
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