Early reviews for 'Retreat to the Lakeside Cottage'

I like to be transparent with my reviews so here are the first six available from book bloggers and reviewers on Net Galley. There are no others at the moment (12th August 2024).

 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Five star reviews

1. Lovely and entertaining and also a story about writing books, perfect. This was such a lovely story. The characters were all so different and each chapter dealt with a different character. A great summer read. My thanks to netgalley and the publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this book in return for an honest review.
 
 
2. I loved this book. I felt like the characters were my friends by the end and I missed them when I finished it! I love it when you learn about something new while reading a novel, and I learned a huge amount about writers, their writing methods, publishing and agents. It was fascinating. This series set in a holiday cottage is inspired, and I hope there are more books to come.
 

3. Rula organises a retreat for writers at Lakeside Cottage in the Lake District. Peace and quiet, lovely surroundings, a break from everyday life, nice food - the perfect conditions to get lots of writing done, what could possibly go wrong?
What a lovely book, I really enjoyed it! Loved the characters and their background stories, along with their interactions during the retreat. I also loved how the presence of a new writer at the retreat gave the experienced ones an opportunity to give really useful insights into writing, writers, agents, publishing and a whole host of other information. A really good story, very VERY highly recommended.


4. I struggled with this but only in the way it was told in chapters by different people. But it is a good story and deserves its 5 stars . Some great twists I did not see coming. You follow 5 writers / not writers at a writers retreat in the Lake District . It is a intresting read. Makes you think about authors in a different light even though Erin Green says it is made up**. Read it . A good summer read . Nice ending*
 
*the punctuation gaps and spelling error is in the review – so I left it. 
** the details about our industry are true but the dramatic plot events occurring in my book are made up (I can't write about my fellow authors).  
 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Four star review

5. This book tells the stories of five women who attend a writers retreat at the beautiful Lakeside Cottage.
We start with Brontë, a would-be writer who is gifted the retreat by her boyfriend, but feels way out of depth alongside the other published authors.
As each woman's story gradually unfolds we see that none of them have the perfect life.
This is different to the Erin Green books I've read before. Slower and more wordy, but a very good read.
 
 
6. Erin Green's latest book returns to Lakeside Cottage but can be read independently.
A group of writers are booked in to the cottage for a week of writing. The group are a mix of of writers some established, some self published and one brand new writer..
A funny enjoyable book with well drawn characters some likeable some not. It gives an insight into the struggles that authors can face trying to find inspiration, develop a plot or believable characters. Writing is hard work!
Erin Green writes readable fun stories which are engaging and well written.