Initially, Beyond the Moon was a bit slow and I wasn't fully engaged, so I set it aside for few days , and instead read another time travel novel. When I resumed Taylor's novel, engagement finally kicked in. and the plot became interesting. BTM is a great mixture of historical fiction and romance, We are in modern day England which alternates with WWI.England and France. Our modern day heroine Louisa is committed involuntarily to a psychiatric hospital after doctors' surmise she is suicidal. The hospital shares grounds and buildings with an old hospital which is about to be torn down. While exploring the old hospital, she finds herself in that hospital when it was new and meets a WWI soldier Robert who is there recuperating after being wounded during battle in France, However, Louisa alternates between the psychiatric hospital and the WWI hospital until a fall in the decrepit building sends her there during WWI. Louisa and Robert become attracted to each other . Louissa seems to be in WWI England forever. There are many plot twists where Louisa travels back and forth across the timeline. These twists make the plot exciting and suspenseful as we wonder if the couple will live happily ever after and in whose time will they reside? Taylor gives extraordinarily graphic descriptive details of the battlefield action on the front lines. This is a must read for fans of historical fictio.

My Review: I couldn’t really get into the story. It was confusing as it bounced from the past to the present over and over and sometimes entwined them. Told from WWII as the hero’s pov and present day via the heroine, it just didn’t quite pull it off for me.

I had put the wrong review on I still need to read this book my apologies please forgive me I will review this book once I finish it.

This was a thoroughly engaging book, with two plot lines running throughout and merging together at certain points.
We follow a young woman called Louisa, in 2017. She was brought up by her grandmother when her mother died and her father didn't want her, but recently her grandmother passed away. Louisa had dealt with mental health issues whilst she was at school, due to being bullied about nude photos that were taken while she was drugged and passed out at a party. She was also sexually assaulted. She gets drunk on evening on top of a rather infamous cliff called Beachy Head, which is a popular spot for people wishing to commit suicide. Due to her inebriation and foggy weather, Louisa is found injured and is sent to a mental health hospital.

We also follow Robert in 1916 as he faces the challenge of being a Lieutenant during WWI. From a well of family, Robert is an officer in charge of a squad of soldiers, and not only has to lead them in ill-managed raids across no man's land, but also has to write home to the loved ones of those who died in service. Robert is sent home to recuperate when shell shock leaves him blind.

I did enjoy this book, but it did felt a little unfinished to me. The WWI chapters were very well researched and written beautifully, capturing the companionship between those serving and helping the soldiers, and the horrors of war. The romance was very instant, and I would have liked a more slower paced one so that we could invest more of our feelings in the couple and have some more angst, which is something I enjoy in my romance.

Overall, I thought it was a very decent time travel romance, and would recommend it to people who enjoy such stories.

Trigger warnings for gore, surgical descriptions, blood, bodily fluids, trench injuries, wartime injuries, sexual assault, loss of a loved one, mental health issues, medication (in terms of mental health) and talk of suicide and suicidal thoughts.

I received a free electronic copy of this time-traveling novel from Netgalley, BookSirens, Catherine Taylor, and Cameo Press Ltd. Thank you all for sharing your hard work with me. I have read Beyond the Moon of my own volition, and this review reflects my honest opinion of this work.

Beyond the Moon is an exciting tale covering two periods of time. The transitions are done very well and you are instantly aware of whether you are in 2017 in Coldbrook Mental Hospital in England or in France at the same location, Coldbrook Hall, in 1916, or in several places in France, for the most part Number 16 Military Hospital, Amiens, France, again in either time frame. Fortunately, Catherine Taylor explains this better than I can - it is a very easy read, with your mind doing all the time flipping through her excellent prose.

The protagonists are well defined, pleasantly so except for those very few very bad ones, and the settings are also easily pictured. There are no great splashing mysteries, just those joys, those sorrows of people separated by hardship and war and the uncertainties of Europe during The Great War. The history is handled very well, times and locations are well presented. Beyond the Moon: A Haunting Novel of Time Travel and WW1 was an altogether satisfying read. I am pleased to recommend this novel to my friends and family.

I thought I would enjoy this book, but I just couldn't get pasted chapter seven. The writing style is good and the descriptions are not bad. I just couldn't get into the story line. It wasn't dull, just hard to keep track of and slow going. So for me it's a DNF.

The break down is this- Louisa loses her grandmother, who raised her. She drinks a bit too much, has an accident, and this leads doctors to believe she made a suicide attempt. They commit her. While locked up for psychiatric care, Louisa experiences the phenomenon of backward time travel. While there, she falls in love with a soldier blinded in WWI.
Does this sound like Outlander or The Time Traveler's Wife? Good. It should. It reads just like that. I reviewed a copy of The Chocolate House recently and could say verbatim what I wrote in critique of that story for this one. Is it bad? No. Is it original? No.

I enjoyed reading this book. It begins by introducing us to WWI soldier, Robert, who has been wounded and is in a rehab facility...they year is 1916. THe author then flips us to 2017 and a young woman,, Louisa, who is injured while while mourning the death of her beloved grandmother. What they have in common is that they have been placed in the same facility...100 years apart. Their lives become entwined as Louisa finds herself being transported back into time and meets Robert while he is a patient. The story moves along as the author takes us back and forth in time following both their love story and their own stories. Through their eyes we see the mistreatment of patients in a psychiatric hospital, and of prisoners of war. We also see the efforts of medical staff to save lives in a time of war when injuries are atrocious. The author has us explore the ideas of time travel and reincarnation as she seamlessly takes us back and forth in time to get these star-crossed lovers to reunite. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and publisher for an ARC copy of this book in return for an honest review, which this has been. #NetGalley #BeyondtheMoon

Beyond the Moon takes Louisa Casson on a trip through time during one of the toughest times of her life. Somehow, she slips through to her same location but in 1916. There, she meets Robert, a wounded patient with whom she feels an instant connection.

I love a good time travel novel and the premise was interesting. I enjoyed reading this book, but I felt that it left a lot out. I think if some of the remaining questions had been answered, it would have merited more stars.

Do you believe in reincarnation, time and space mobility, or eternal love? Louisa learns about it all. Yes, you have to suspend your beliefs but the author entices you to do this. It's a love story, a study in psychological drama, one for the history books... The author has put together an intriguing plot, well thought out characters, and just enough mystery to keep the reader engaged. Paired with the author's superb writing skills this is a very enjoyable read.

I enjoyed this WWI historical fiction/look at contemporary mental health care/time travel/romance. Louisa is thought to be suicidal and sent to a treatment center that the government has outsourced to a for-profit outfit (that IMO ought to be brought up on charges). While there, she encounters a World War I soldier and is able to work as a VAD nurse in France during the war. Interesting and enjoyable. I mostly liked the WWI historical fiction part.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for a free e-ARC of this book.

Time travel, WWI, an insane asylum, romance, suspense, what's not to like? Well, I really liked the characters. I really liked the story. However, this was a little slow for me.

I appreciate receiving this book via the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. The love story was sweet and I liked, the main characters, Robert and Louisa, but, unfortunately, I really didn't enjoy this book. It was really slow in places and so it didn't keep my attention.

I really enjoyed Beyond The Moon. historic romance blended with time travel? What could be better! And no, it's not just like Outlander (at all).
Louisa is a medical student in 2017 when she suffers a fall from a cliff after attending her beloved grandmother's funeral. After she is rescued and take to the hospital, the medical professionals incorrectly determine it was a failed suicide attempt. As she struggles to survive in a mental hospital that predates WW I where treatment is poor and the caregivers are heartless and uncaring to say the least, she discovers a wing of the hospital which is off-limits since it has been condemned.. Louisa hears a voice calling for help and following the sound she discovers a blind patient in a single room. After their conversation and other clues Louisa realizes that the patient -- Robert Lovett -- a talented rising artist, who has been wounded fighting the Germans that she is not in 2017 anymore, but rather the early days of the first world war -- a century earlier.
Louisa and Robert's lives become intertwined as they both fight for survival -- he as a military officer and then captured POW and she, impersonating a WWI nurse in France. Their struggle to find each other again and for Louisa -- to keep her impersonation undiscovered keeps the reader engrossed in the story to the very end.
Taylor's work is well-written and researched. I highly recommend Beyond The Moon.
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Net Galley provided the book for me. It was a little slow started for me almost have up but I am so glad I didn't. I ended up really enjoying the story,the characters were so believable and It's hard to switch back and forth in time centuries and still continue to keep up with the story. Much emotions are displayed very nicely if that even makes sense which I mean you feel the emotions. I don't like to tell the whole story of the book then you won't read the book! It's a review not a book report!! I will read more of this author's books!! A lot of thought and research went in to the book!! Need to read!🙉🙈🙊

This story was a very slow starter for me, and I almost gave up until about a third of the way through, but I liked the writing style and premise so I kept going and ended up really enjoying the second 2/3 of the story.

This book should be made into a movie. They wouldn't have much trouble designing the sets. The descriptions in the book are perfectly rendered and paint perfect pictures for the reader. And the story moves beautifully between present and past with Louisa. The action scenes are riveting and the love story is touching. I really enjoyed reading this book.

Beyond the Moon by Catherine Taylor is a time-traveling historical romance about Louisa Casson and Robert Lovett. The story is told through both perspectives with our first perspective being that of Louisa Casson. She has recently lost her grandmother, whom she took care of, and stumbled to some cliffs near their cottage and decided that it would be the perfect place to get drunk. *umm...no** She stumbles and falls and when she comes to she tries telling doctors that she merely had too much to drink and could not find her way back. Unconvinced the doctors believe that Louisa attempted suicide due to the loss of her grandmother. She also has a history of depression, so pretty much she's stuck in a rut. The doctors end up placing Louisa in a psychiatric institute known as Coldbrook Hall. While in Coldbrook Hall Louisa finds herself upset and arguing with staff that she is sane and does not belong there. She stumbles upon an old wing of the hospital while on a smoke break wherein she meets Robert Lovett who is injured and possibly blind. She realizes that he is not someone from 2017 and instead is a soldier from WWI. A romance begins to bloom as Robert and Louisa get to know one another and she comes to the realization that perhaps she is traveling back to 1917 for a reason. Beyond the Moon started off as a strong read. I liked the premise and characters and felt like this was going to be a new favorite, but then the instant love trope occurred and I am not a fan. However, I carried on because I still enjoyed the characters and the writing style. Catherine Taylor weaves in history about WWI effortlessly and I really enjoyed reading Robert's story of being a soldier. Even more so was Louisa's character, who in 1917 is known as Rose Ashby and she is a volunteer nurse during this time. I also can't help myself, but I was also really frustrated with some of the nursing things that were talked about in the story. I understand that it was a different period and advances in medicine were very different at that time, but still. There were some things that were very unrealistic to me. One of them being a character who needed a blood transfusion and as soon as they were receiving it they immediately were revived from the clutches of death. I may be being a bit picky, but there were a few instances where I felt the book was wrapped up too nicely with a perfect ending

I loved this book! The author combined one of my favorite subjects (time travel) with one of my favorite time periods (The Great War) and anchored the story with well-developed characters who engaged in dialog that moved the story forward. This title was requested from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Absolutely adored this book.
The story is set in 1916 where Robert Lovett is suffering from shell-shock at Coldbrook Hall and 2017 where Louisa Casson stumbles into the hospital room of Robert. Although the novel is set in two different times it is very easy to keep track of which period you are in.
It appears to be Catherine Taylor's debut novel and I can't wait to read more of her work. I highly recommend this book.