Review: A Fable, Parable, and Love Story for Everyone
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 3, 2012
Don't try to put this story into a slot. It won't fit. The characters and situations break free from any genre that might try to capture it. Ms. Martin has created a world that might run parallel to ours in many ways but it is magically different. There may be fuzzy, poisonous snakes and witches that can cause one to turn a blotchy purple, but at its heart, it is a world with the same problems and values as ours. People are just as torn, just as confused, just as thrown off track. Should they take the easy way and play it safe? Should they listen to their hearts? And if they do, how illusive is happiness? Is it worth fighting for? Along each bend in the road, comes a life lesson or reminder for the human in all of us. Aesop would love it, this story is right up his alley, except...and it is these exceptions that keep the reader turning the page. The Enchanted Cottage is wonderment and reality woven into one glorious tale. Read it.