Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin

Here's a quick bit from Nancy Werlin's website: What does it mean to be extraordinary? Phoebe finds herself drawn to Mallory, the strange and secretive new kid in school. Soon the two girls are as close as sisters . . . until Mallory’s magnetic older brother, Ryland, appears. Ryland has an immediate, exciting hold on Phoebe—but a dangerous hold, for she begins to question her feelings about her best friend and, worse, about herself.

Soon she’ll discover the shocking, fantastical truth about Ryland and Mallory, and about an age-old debt they expect Phoebe to pay. Will she be strong enough to resist? Will she be special enough to save herself?
My Take
Sometime back I read Nancy Werlin's Impossible, another faery tale.  Ms. Werlin does the faery realm quite well in my opinion.  Phoebe, the main character in this book was a very nice girl and completely likeable.  In some ways, she was almost too good.  She never seemed to find much trouble and breezed about life.

Overall, I liked this book.  I didn't particularly love it, but I liked it well enough.  The description of the faery world, towards the very last part of the book was wonderful.  I particularly enjoyed it once everything was explained, again toward the last of the book.  At that point, the excitement was ramped up quite a bit too. 

There was zero drugs, and drinking in this book and very minimal mentions of sex.  I would say this could easily be for 13 and up.  I'll give this book 3 little innocent kisses!

   
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"Impossible" by Nancy Werlin

I recently finished reading Impossible by Nancy Werlin.  It was my first faery story.  :)  Here's a bit about the book:

Lucy is seventeen when she discovers that the women of her family have been cursed through the generations, forced to attempt three seemingly impossible tasks or to fall into madness upon their child's birth. But Lucy is the first girl who won't be alone as she tackles the list. She has her fiercely protective foster parents beside her. And she has Zach, whose strength amazes her more each day. Do they have enough love and resolve to overcome an age-old evil?

Inspired by the ballad "Scarborough Fair," Impossible combines suspense, fantasy, and romance.

I've always loved the song Scarborough Fair and thought it an interesting thing to base a curse around it.  I really enjoyed this book.  It was a great read that thankfully showed a healthy relationship between Lucy and the adults involved in her life.  Her adoptive parents were supportive, helpful, and very involved.  So often in YA novels the adults are either MIA or so deeply embroiled in their own problems they're non-existant.  It was nice to see a book that included adults in a healthy and perfectly acceptable way. The love story between Zach and Lucy moved at a great pace and sucked you in to their feelings for one another.  The characters were believeable and warm.  Oh and the cover is lovely.  I'll have to read more faery tales.