Overseas by Beatriz Williams

• All Critics: 33
• Positive: 20
• Negative: 13

• Dear Author | 9 May 2012

  I’m thinking I might like time travel after all because what is more romantic than a love that transcends time. Oh, and of course, ends happily.

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• Between The Covers | 29 May 2012

  Unfortunately, I found the dialogue between Kate and Julian to be so over-the-top that I found it unrealistic. I couldn’t picture anyone saying the things Kate said to Julian...There were quite a few ‘nobody actually talks like this!’ moments.

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• The Literary Life of the Well-Read Wife | 23 Jul 2012

  It was one of those books that made me sigh when I finished it, because I didn’t want it to end.

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• Library Girl Reads and Reviews | 1 Jun 2012

  The writing is excellent with great descriptions, well-developed characters, and a fantastic storyline

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• Jenn's Bookshelves | 12 May 2012

  Overseas is a book that truly took me away to another place and time... Kate and Julian have a classic love that you don’t see a lot anymore in fiction, a romance so deep time and distance can’t stop it.

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• YA Librarian Tales | 24 May 2012

  it's not boring precisely but I will say I skimmed a lot of this book because it was much too lengthy.

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• Of Books and Reading | 6 Jun 2012

  A good harmless fantasy and romance read always helps once a while. I actually cannot wait to read Beatriz William’s next book.

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• Publishers Weekly | 5 Mar 2012

  at heart this is a delicious story about the ultimate romantic fantasy: love that not only triumphs over time and common sense

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• Diary of an Eccentric | 15 Aug 2012

  Williams made me care about Kate and Julian and made me believe their story, no matter how unbelievable it really was. I honestly was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book

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• Rosario's Reading Journal | 3 Jul 2012

  I know the "jolly good" type of language was supposed to be because he was from about 100 years ago, but it sounded very, well, like the American idea of what an Englishman would sound like. It just felt wrong, even faintly embarrassing

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• S. Krishna's Books | 10 May 2012

  I was completely and utterly hooked on the story. Despite its length, if I'd had time, I would have devoured the book in one sitting. That's how easy to read it was, and how badly I wanted to know what happened.

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• Kirkus Reviews | 1 May 2012

  When answers finally come, they arrive in a rush of derring-do and credulity-stretching chicken-and-egg explanation.

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• Pure Textuality | 10 May 2012

  the beginning of the book I found incredibly boring...It took me FOUR days just to get past page 50. I honestly don’t think I’d have finished the book, if I hadn’t committed to doing a review,

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• The Australian Bookshelf | 2 Aug 2012

  With a beautiful, uplifting ending, Williams’ has created a timeless, old-fashioned love story complete with a passionate heroine and a charismatic hero that will surely have you believing in eternal love!

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• Mrs. Q Book Addict | 10 Jul 2012

  Overseas is the type of book that fully consumes the reader. You’ll want to hide, and not be found until you’ve finished. This one is difficult to categorize, but very enjoyable!

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• Thrifty Reader | 22 Aug 2012

  The secrets Julian keeps? I know if he told them to her, the book would have ended in a totally different way but the whole keeping secrets to protect you shtick got on my nerves. And there was a bit of an overuse on italics.

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• Romantic Historical Lovers | 6 Jun 2012

  Julian is just a little too perfect. His speech, interspersed with ‘frightful’, ‘rotter’ and ‘jolly’ is logical given his place and time of birth, yet it was sometimes distracting and plummy

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• Kees2Create | 1 Jul 2012

  Williams writes with an almost poetic voice and creates an original plot that is so romantic it will warm even the coldest heart. This is a book that will hold a place of honour on the bookshelf and will be read and reread until it falls apart.

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• Historical Novel Society

  Not only does Beatriz Williams make Wall Street dealings sexy, but Overseas offers a superb array of high concept ideas –and melds them into an original, addictively readable package

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• Peace Love Books | 19 May 2012

  though the idea was cute and romantic, Overseas fell short in its actual execution. The story was too drawn out and the characters needed to be more unique and true to themselves.

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• Under My Apple Tree | 26 Jul 2012

  There is very little meat to the historical fiction and the time-travel was totally implausible and circular, not even remotely believable.

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• Chick Lit Cafe | 10 Jun 2012

  All of the plot threads – the time travel, the mystery, the paranormal romance – had me under a spell. I was so lost in this book

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• Pop Culture Nerd | 16 May 2012

  Williams's prose flows easily and she keeps the action moving forward...It's escapist and romantic and grand and that is nice enough.

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• All About Romance

  I didn't buy the motivation of either evil person. I also struggled a bit with the solution to the time mystery. The author would have done better to leave us guessing or provide a more scientific answer.

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• Book Reporter | 11 May 2012

  This is a light, melodramatic read with a good deal of romance and swooning that holds great feminine appeal for dedicated readers of romance.

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• azlememoriallibrary | 1 Aug 2012

  It was absolutely addicting, with plenty of mind-bending twists. It is a true romance that transcends both time and space

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• Open Letters Monthly

  more schmaltz than a Bayonne bar mitzvah. Overseas is pure confection, a great big stack of sugar-flowers, and the effects of consumption are the same in both cases: a certain light-headedness

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• Library of Clean Reads | 23 Aug 2012

  I had high expectations for this book, and I was disappointed. I felt the story could have been so much more, with a better developed plot.

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• Allen & Unwin

  History meets romance meets suspense! Compelling, original and wildly romantic, Beatriz Williams' prose is stunning and the plot edge-of-your-seat gripping. Overseas is an absolute triumph

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• Scandalous Women | 1 May 2012

  OVERSEAS is the epic love story that Titanic wanted to be, if James Cameron weren't such a hack. Julian and Kate join the pantheon of romantic leads, next to Elizabeth & Darcy, Scarlett & Rhett, Jane & Rochester

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• Domesticated Bliss | 27 Apr 2012

  Overall I really liked this book, I'm a fan of all things romance and I really connected with both Kate and Julian's characters

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• Melody's Reading Corner | 11 Jul 2012

  Overseas has definitely won me over with the unforgettable characters and the interesting premise as well. Author Beatriz Williams' style of writing is smooth and enticing

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• Misbehavin' Librarian | 28 Jun 2012

  Story jumps around so much I found myself lost with not real connection to the couple. Found hero a little too good to be true...Everything happens way too quickly for this jaded reader

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