Impossible by Nancy Werlin

Recommended to 14+ due to a rape scene
2.5/5 stars
3.5/5 on the Happiness Meter
Genre: Fantasy

Impossible tells the tale of Lucy who has a relatively normal life except for the fact that her mother lives on the streets. Soon after Lucy's birth her mother seems to go insane, leaving Lucy to the loving care of Soledad and Leo. When the former next-door neighbor returns from college for the summer Lucy starts to realize just how good looking he really is. Still, he is older than her and Lucy has a slight crush on the slightly nerdy guy taking her to the prom. Lucy's life quickly falls apart after she is raped by said guy who turns out to be more than he would first appear. Lucy's life quickly turns into a sort of nightmare once she realizes that she is pregnant and that she has more in common with her mother than she first believed. Soon Lucy finds herself faced with three impossible tasks, the only things that can spare her from being cursed with the same fate as her mother.

This wasn't a terrible book by any means, it simply wasn't a great book. I found the romance implausible. Zach sacrifices much more than he needs to for Lucy and, despite her recent rape, Lucy doesn't mind getting physically close to another man. I do not claim to know anything about rape and the horrors rapists inflict on their victims but I thought that it took a lot of counseling and work before a rape victim was able to get physically close (in a romantic way) to another person again. One thing I do like about this book is the portrayal of the wicked elf king. He is extremely devious and he is just as I always imagined an elf king would be.