Impossible by Nancy Werlin
From Goodreads: When seventeen-year-old Lucy discovers her family is under an ancient curse by an evil Elfin Knight, she realizes to break the curse she must perform three impossible tasks before her daughter is born in order to save them both.
I heard about this book a few months ago when the paperback was released with a very eye-catching cover. A while later, my local Books-A-Million had hardcovers on their bargain table, so I snagged myself a copy. I’m very glad I did.
The ballad at the center of the novel really made this book stand out. I remember when I was eight or nine learning an arrangement of Scarborough Fair on the piano and loving how haunting it sounded. Occassionally, while reading the book, I’d flip to the curse and sing it aloud (badly!), just to hear it.
The romance in this book is so sweet. You know that warm, fuzzy feeling? Yeah. This book totally creates that.
It also creates a good amount of mystery and angst. The curse is intriguing, and the things Lucy must do to solve it make it seem nearly Impossible.
The Tear Collector by Patrick Jones
Cassandra lives on tears. It’s what she and her family need to survive. Yet after falling in love with a human, she begins to want more. She wants to be human. How far is she willing to go?
It’s been a while since I read this book, a few weeks at least, and I’m a bit sketchy on the characters, as many didn’t really stand out to me. Overall, The Tear Collector was just ok. It’s an intriguing concept with a drastic ending but not very memorable, for me, at least.
Sweet Voilet by Catherine Palmer
From Amazon
When Violet Rosse’s father attempts to send her away from India, where she was born and raised, to England for an arranged marriage, Violet takes matters into her own hands and runs away. Mr. Rosse enlists the help of Edmund Sherbourne to find his wayward daughter and escort her back to England. But by the time Edmund brings Violet back, they are thoroughly irritated and enraptured by each other. Somehow Violet and Edmund must come to terms with their family, their homeland, and their hearts. Only through God can they discover the future they’ve been dreaming of.
I have such conflicting feelings over this book. The characters were annoying at times. Edmund has some scenes where he’s very chauvanistic. I just wanted to knock his head off. Voilet’s very independent in some ways, which is cool, but she also has moments where she acts like nothing more than a brat.
At the end of the book, the characters hadn’t grown as much as I would have liked. What happened to Moumita, the Indian woman who took care of Violet, seemed to come out of nowhere. This book was okay, and it had some parts that made me smile. In the end, though, a previous book in this series, Wild Heather, was much more satisfying.