Review: Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance (The After Cilmeri Series) (Kindle Edition)

Review:Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance (The After Cilmeri Series) (Kindle Edition)
Author: Sarah Woodbury

Amazon Description: 

A medieval man with an uncertain destiny, Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales, faces treachery and deceit at the hands of friends and foes alike ...

A modern woman with a troubled past, Meg's life is in tatters when she slips through time and into medieval Wales ...

Only by working together can Meg and Llywelyn navigate the shifting allegiances that threaten the very existence of Wales--and create their own history that defies the laws of time.  

Review:

I wanted to like this book-I really did.  The premise was so enticing-a modern day woman whose life has not been great so far ends up being transported to the 1200s to the court of  Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales. However, what started off as a great premise just falls flat.  The character development is unfortunately just not there-we know the character as well in the beginning as the end and the author does not give us any reason to like them or hate them.  The plot was also hard to follow-at times it read like a military novel with a lot of talk of battles, etc and unless you have a very thorough knowledge of Welsh history was difficult to follow.  Although I didn't care for the plot, it could have been salvaged with a different ending-the book ends abruptly with Meg being whisked back to modern day Pennsylvania.

As a romance, this book isn't one. There are no love scenes or kissing. The characters romantic development is flat and hard to believe. Literally, Meg arrives in the 13th century and then seemingly marries Llywelyn a few days later.  As a fantasy, the book is always not one. The premise could be great for a novel-how would a modern day woman act in Wales? What could she contribute? Once again though, the book doesn't go as far as it should-Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales, seems to accept Meg without any question and Meg doesn't contribute much except what she remembers from history.  She seems to accept life in Wales in the 1200s without much thought or trepidation.    

Overall, the book gets two stars because I could finish it but needs some help.  I get that the author loves Wales and her Welsh history but decide what the book is going to be-if you want it to be a romance, make the characters fall in love, not just say they're married.  If you want it to be a time travel fantasy, make it somewhat believable-what was the purpose of this story? I'm going to skip the rest of the series.