I bought this book ages ago and it's just been taking up space on my bookshelf. But I kept hearing about it (people comparing it to other books I've enjoyed), so I figured it was time to dive in. "An epic love story," they claimed. To be honest, ever since Twilight I've been scared of anything labeled as an "epic love story." But this one apparently had faeries. One can only resist the call of faeries for so long. Impossible, thankfully, is about love. And not just between a boy and a girl, but also between children and their parents, between best friends.

The book follows seventeen-year-old Lucy Scarborough, who is being raised by foster parents. They adore her, she adores them. Aside from Lucy’s crazy biological mother Miranda, who pops up every now and again to wreak emotional havoc, everything else is peachy in Lucy’s life. A little too peachy, to be honest. That is, until the day Lucy finds out she’s cursed. If she doesn’t break it, she will go insane. Just like her mother did. Just like all of the Scarborough women. There is a way to break the curse, but none of her ancestors have been successful. And Lucy’s time is running out. As the name of the book would suggest, Lucy’s situation seems impossible. Or... it’s supposed to.

The first sixty or so pages feel forced; the plot laid out in a way that’s almost too obvious. The flow of the writing is what kept me invested in these first sixty pages. Which says a lot, because there was a disconnect between the "normal" elements of Lucy's life and the "fantasy" elements that felt jarring at times. Sometimes downright silly! I found it hard to latch on and really believe what was happening. When Miranda shows up on the night of Lucy’s prom and starts chucking glass bottles at Lucy, it was hard to keep from laughing. I just kept thinking, "My god! This is ridiculous!"

When Zach, one of Lucy’s closest friends, began to play a more vital role in the story, I got hooked and devoured most of the book in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down. The love did feel pretty epic. And I was buying it. But then came the proposal and Werlin started to lose me again...

Although the circumstances Lucy finds herself in are awful, I still didn’t feel for Lucy the way I wanted to. There's a complete lack of conflict within her relationships. While I’m as much for love conquering all as the next girl, there wasn’t much for love to conquer. Everyone was behind Lucy, fell all over themselves to help her, and didn’t ask too many questions. Or any, really. I wanted to feel her struggle. I wanted to be right there with her, consumed with her hardship. I wanted to truly feel like it was impossible for her to succeed. I wanted the odds to be so against her that I felt I was going to collapse under the weight of it... and then have love pull her out of the wreckage.

The story was told well, but the race against time felt more like a leisurely walk to the finish line. As readers, we always assume--and hope!--that our hero/heroine will ultimately succeed. But we want the urgency, the fear, the threat of impossibility. What if she doesn’t succeed? What then! Those questions--and needing to know their answers--are what makes us turn the page. I never doubted that Lucy would succeed. Which, somehow, made me feel a little less invested in her plight.

Would I suggest it? I’m on the fence. It was an entertaining read, and I gobbled it up in only a few days. But I was left feeling a little cheated.