A great and terrible beauty, by Libba Bray

I recently re-read this book. It is a mysterious and compelling story that follows a Victorian girl who has been brought up in India until the murder of her mother on her 16th birthday forces her father to send her back to England. In England she is sent to a boarding school for upper class young women. Gemma soon discovers that a mysterious young man she saw in India has followed her, and he has explanations for the haunting visions that begin to plague her. But are his explanations truthful, or is there another, darker explanation? Gemma is thrown into a world where she doesn't know who to trust or who to turn to for help. The book is a combination of fantasy, horror, historical fiction, and a little romance.

Impossible, by Nancy Werlin

"Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme....." The old folk ballad is at the heart of this modern tale of a 17-year-old high school Junior whose ordinary life is ended with a date to Prom, a rape, and the discovery that she is one of a long line of women doomed to bear a child and live the rest of her life insane. The fairie king responsible for her fate has her in his sights and is looking forward to breaking her fighting spirit. Lucy has nine months to fullfill the terms of the curse or fall prey to her magical stalker.

Nancy Werlin is an author that I enjoy reading, and this newest book is as good or better than anything I've read of hers. Impossible to put down.

Gossip Girl, by Cecily von Ziegesar

I guess I have too high expectations, even for chic lit. This one was a dissapointment for me. Full of people who if not for their fabulous wealth, good looks, and designer clothes, would be in trouble with the law.