Review: A Winter Dream by Richard Paul Evans

4.5 stars for A Winter Dream by Richard Paul Evans.

A Winter Dream is a dramatic yet heartwarming story about dreams and dreams come true.

Throughout history, dreams have been a source of wonder to humanity. While some believe that dreams are the very secret to understanding life, others believe that life itself is a dream.

Do we dream our dreams and have them too? Dreams.. there are those that come to us in our sleep when our mental gates are unlocked and unguarded and there are those that we create with our hearts. A Winter Dream has got both kinds, thus gifting the story a surreal mix of fact and fantasy and making it an enjoyable tale of wonders.

It is a fact of life that we may be cuising through life on a set course, then, in just one day, everything as we know it changes. Ultimately, this story is about learning to accept changes, daring to dream and making it come true by finding the courage, heart and discipline; a theme that can not be more apt to be read at Christmastime.


Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 30 Oct 2012

*** Favourite quote 1 ***

The greatest falls - of towers and hearts - happen when beliefs are built upon assumptions.

*** Favourite quote 2 ***

Is it wisdom to search out what will hurt us most? Is painful truth better than ignorant bliss?

*** Favourite quote 3 ***

My mind was reeling. Finally, everything made sense. And nothing did.

*** Favourite quote 4 ***

Oftentimes it's the smallest, seemingly inconsequential acts that make the biggest differences in our lives.

~ A Winter Dream
Richard Paul Evans

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Joseph Jacobson is the twelfth of thirteen siblings, all of whom are employed by their father’s successful Colorado advertising company. But underneath the success runs a poisonous undercurrent of jealousy; Joseph is his father’s favorite and the focus of his brothers’ envy and hatred. When the father seems ready to anoint Joseph as his heir, the brothers make their move, forcing Joseph from the company and his Denver home, severing his ties to his parents and ending his relationship with his soon-to-be fianceé. Alone and lonely, Joseph must start a new life.

Joseph joins a Chicago advertising agency where his creativity helps him advance high up in the company. He also finds hope for a lasting love with April, a kind woman with a secret. However, all secrets hold consequences, and when Joseph learns the truth about April’s past, his world is again turned upside down. Finally, Joseph must confront his own difficult past in order to make his dreams for the future come true.

*Blurb from author's website*

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