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As someone who normally likes fantasy and magical tales, I didn’t love this book. There is not much story to it, as the threat on Sion is the only action – repeated again and again but that’s it. I did enjoy that Rioghan and Donaill were carefully built characters, products of their backgrounds and experiences and quite different from each other. Rioghan while being a woman of the earth, was quite unable to trust. Donaill, a warrior, seemed to have less of a problem with that than Rioghan, but of course he was much less vulnerable in the almost feudal system that operates in O’Kerry’s creation.
... Read more ›As someone who normally likes fantasy and magical tales, I didn't love this book. There is not much story to it, as the threat on Sion is the only action - repeated again and again but that's it. I did enjoy that Rioghan and Donaill were carefully built characters, products of their backgrounds and experiences and quite different from each other. Rioghan while being a woman of the earth, was quite unable to trust. Donaill, a warrior, seemed to have less of a problem with that than Rioghan, but of course he was much less vulnerable in the almost feudal system that operates in O'Kerry's creation. I was interested in their story, but there was no complexity to it, no richness, no real challenge that I felt had to be overcome, aside from the magical one. I could not connect with the lifestyle of the villagers. For example their rather feudal lord was referred to as a king. Donaill might one day become king, but there was no explanation of the hierarchy - making it difficult for me to picture the world O'Kerry was trying to create.
Many influences in the book, especially Irish and druid, but I'm not sure I found it engaging enough. Ultimately I didn't became involved in the story - the pace was too slow and there was simply not enough going on either between characters or in terms of plot to keep me interested.
Donail wants Rioghan and begins a courtship to win her trust. However, a spell is cast on Donail that places Rioghan in a bind. If she intercedes she must do so with dark forbidden magic to save her beloved, but if she does not, he will remain lost to her and to himself forever inside the enchantment. Her friends the Sidhe plead with Rioghan to trust in the cleanest purest magic of them all love rather than giving up as THE KEEPER OF THE LIGHT for the dark side.
This enjoyable paranormal historical romance acts like a roller coaster going slowly up the first incline before picking up speed. This enables the audience to better understand the heroine who is much more comfortable with Little People than she is with her own people. Donail's courting of Rioghan is fun to observe, but he fails to show the fire of a warrior when his beloved is threatened. Still fans of Janeen O'Kerry or the sub-genre will rate highly KEEPER OF THE LIGHT.
Harriet Klausner
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