Language: G (0 swears, 0 “f”); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Leopold Lang had to decide whether or not to support Hitler and the Nazis, and the consequence of his choice was death. The Lang children flee for their lives, leaving behind their home, their country, and their family name. Years later, the descendants of those Langs are discovering their ties to the Lang home of Falcon Point, but reclaiming their heritage puts them in danger of ending up like Leopold Lang.
While the Langs’ story is compelling and intense, I had a hard time getting past the first quarter of the book. I felt tricked into loving the original Lang children and investing myself into their lives when the story abruptly changed points of view to one of their descendants – long after WWII was over and the Langs I had been introduced to were dead. The book became impossible to put down again once hit men were hired and characters were running for their lives. My favorite part of the book is how exciting it makes family history; I certainly wish there were letters and secret messages from my ancestors for me to follow into foreign countries.
The characters mentioned are implied white, being of European descent. The mature content rating is for alcohol use; the violence rating is for gun use, knife use, other weapon use, and murder.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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