What do You think about Keeper Of The Dream (1992)?
Arianna is the daughter of the Prince of Gwyenedd, who has some power of sight, and who for political reasons is wed to the forbidding knight Raine, the Black Dragon, the illegitimate son of the Earl of Chester. Of course our heroine is stubborn to a fault and of course she hates the Normans who have invaded and plundered Wales, and of course she most especially hates the man she's to marry. While this story contains many of your standard HR plot twists, i.e. stubborn beautiful noblewoman forced into marriage for the sake of peace with a man she hates, although strongly attracted to at the same time, hero with the black hearted evil brother, etc., what brings this story out of the three star category is the wonderful addition of the "magical" and mysterious squire, Taliesin. His antics kept me thoroughly entertained throughout, and I especially loved the epilogue with Taliesin. All in all a highly enjoyable romance for a rainy Sunday afternoon. Not the best in this genre, but certainly far above many others I've come across. My only quibble is a couple of the sex scenes between Arianna and Raine were a little bit too, well, ahem, detailed for my tastes and I would definitely not recommend this book for a younger reader because of that. But, if you're in the mood for a medieval romance light on the history and heavy on the bodice ripping this would probably be right up your alley. Four stars.
—Misfit
3.5 starsThis one is a little hard for me to rate. It had moments of greatness and some moments not so great. The hero is passionate and gentle with the heroine then there is a misunderstanding where the hero thinks the heroine betrayed him in some way; he then becomes hard and cold towards her telling her the only purpose she has is spreading her legs for him and bearing him sons. The hero eventually realizes the truth and becomes soft towards her again though not actually apologizing for it... (But to give him credit, I think he does apologize one time for a hurtful thing he said)...Repeats this about 5 times and right there is over half the book for you. I really liked the heroine at the beginning of the book. She was always trying to (literally) kill the hero any chance she got and her antics were humorous. But later, at times, she seemed TSTL. The story did have some good moments that I know will stay with me. I loved both the birthing scenes and scene with the hero on his knees declaring his love for the heroine. I'd recommend this book for medieval romance lovers but if misunderstandings are a pet-peeve you might want to skip this one.
—K
This was my first time reading Keeper of the Dream and also the first time reading the author Pamela Williamson. But from what I understand this book is considered quite a romance classic is certain circles. When it was chosen to be our chat book in one of the reading groups I belong to, I was really looking forward to experiencing the whole hoopla.First of all, I found the book way too long. And there's a reason for that: it's repetative! And it also has a lot of flowery terms that go on forever. It was quite annoying.I enjoyed the storyline. I loved the way Arianna dealt with her conflicting emotions, thought that Raine was an ass, thought that Taliesin had a knack for interrupting interesting scenes. But what I enjoyed the most was the history. The bloody, confusing and scary times that they lived in. 3.5/5
—Leya
