Review: A delightful holiday tale of love returned.....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2012
If you are in need of something that will, once again, give you faith in humankind, whether it is the holiday season or not, this tale will nearly guarantee its hopeful return.  Set in Pennsylvania Dutch country, this is a delightful tale of one man, Oliver Eberstark, who sacrificed a number of years of his life for the sake of two needful boys, only to have them stripped away from him in a few moments notice.  It is a universal tale of trials, betrayals and sacrifice that is made for the sake of others that only becomes entirely dismissed but erodes into being made a villain by the family these sacrifices were made for.  Now, take this tenuous plot line and sprinkle it with the Christmas season, throw in a dash of winter snow and place in a magical place called Opelt's Wood and you have the ingredients for a novella that will brighten even the gloomiest winter's day.