Daughter of Time

3.75 stars

Meg has a toddler daughter, Anna, and just recently buried her abusive husband, who she’d been trying to leave. When Meg and Anna are driving one night, an accident spins their vehicle, but when they wake up, Meg thinks someone is playing a prank. They have woken up in the 13th century, and the man taking care of her is the Prince of Wales (when Wales was still its own country). At this time, the Prince, Llywelyn, has made a tentative peace with the Prince (King?) of England, but still has people coming after him, including his own traitorous brother, Dafydd.

I quite enjoyed this time travel/historical fiction/romance. The chapters alternated points of view between Meg and Llywelyn. I did prefer the chapters from Meg’s show more POV, likely due to a. being a woman, and b. being able to “picture” how one might react shifting in time from present day to the 13th century! I liked the pronunciation guide (for Welsh) at the start of the book. Apparently this is a prequel to a series, but I haven’t (yet) read any of the rest of the series (though I plan to continue now!) show less

I am not usually into the historical romance genre, but there is something about the idea of going back in time that I find fascinating.

A good read. I liked the author's quest for historical accuracy even while she messes with the timeline.

I’m addicted to the After Cilmeri series by Sarah Woodbury. It’s a time travel plot in which modern Americans find themselves transported to medieval Wales. The audiobooks (and the narrator's accents) are especially delightful. The first book, Daughter of Time, is a prequel in which Meg ends up in the court of the King of Wales, and their tumultuous relationship develops. Throughout the series, characters travel back and forth in time, so fun ensues as medieval characters encounter the modern world and modern characters contemplate starting a “new” life in the past. I’m thrilled that there are 17 books in the series so far, and I look forward to experiencing them all!

This was one of the better, more psychologically realistic time travel romances I've read in a while. (That's not saying much -- I had kind of given up on time travel romance because I'd read one or two dreadful ones, but I'm not sorry I gave this one a chance.) The characters were believable and the plot moved along nicely. The story ended at a reasonable stopping point with no annoying cliffhangers (I'd been starting to worry).

The main problem I had with it was that the writing was kind of clunky -- no glaring gramatical mistakes or anything like that, but it just didn't draw me in. The dialog could get a little stiff, too.

Still, it was a fun excursion into medieval Wales and I may well read the next installment!

The story itself is good. I don't like all the complicated names and spellings (the only reason for four stars instead of five), but the author did a good job with the dialogues (and I think she does try to make some effort to help us readers understand things better because of all the terms and so on). Meg is a woman who has just come out of a rather bad marriage that eventually ended in her husband's death. A mother-daughter outing takes an odd turn when an unexpected car accident transports them back in time--to Wales. Meg finds herself facing the Prince of Wales, who finds himself attracted to the two of them. She has no idea how she got there or why she's even there. She's not sure how she'll get home or if that's even possible. show more But she knows one thing: she loves the Prince.

The Prince of Wales has had quite a number of women come and go in his life, but none have ever produced an heir. Meg seems to attract him in ways that no other woman ever has. Even though he's childless, he's already accepted her daughter, Anna, as his own.

Along with romance, there are twists and turns in the story leaving you to wonder if the author will allow history to change or somehow bring Meg and Anna back to the present day/future in an attempt to leave history as it is. I'm sure you'll enjoy this read. show less

I have a vague idea I may have read this book way back in 2011 or 2012 when it was first published, but have never done a review. So I have just read this book again.

This was a great story, only took me 3 hours to read it in one sitting. Deserves the full 5 stars.

It is numbered as 0.5 because it is the prequel of the series - the story of when and how Meg found herself in 13th century Wales and became the spouse of the last true Prince of Wales - Llewellyn ap Gruffydd.

Book 1 in this series starts off with 2 American teenagers, Anna and David, travelling through time (from 2012 to 1282) to a place called Cilmeri (pronounced Kil-mary) in Wales.

History says that Llewellyn was killed by the English at Cilmeri in 1282.

In Book 1, these 2 show more teenagers crashed through time and killed the English soldiers, leaving Llewellyn slightly wounded. But he did survive.

History says that Wales was conquered and subsumed by the English after Llewellyns death in 1282. The Welsh people never forgot.

But this review is supposed to be about the prequel. The story of Meg, became the wife of Llewellyn and the mother of both David and Anna.

Meg does tell Llewellyn some things of the future, uncluding the day he would die and also the difference between 13th century peasants and 20th century humans. Not necessarily of their technology, but more of how people themselves have changed.

A very interesting book. Cannot wait to read more of this series.

5 stars because, as I said above, I could not put this down!!! show less

Very interesting story about a mother and daughter who time travel back to the days of Llewelyn, the last true prince of wales. It was a fascinating look at such an extraordinary time period.
This was a prequel to an existing series but not sure why it wasn't written first!