Why a Booktrail?
Destination: Windermere Departure Time : 2000s
A moon lit hotel on Lake Windermere? Yes please!
Summer Nights at the Moonlight Hotel
What you need to know before your trail
The Moonlight Hotel sits on the shore of England’s best-loved lake, Windermere, exuding vintage glamour. It’s important to Lauren and has been ever since she was a child and her father worked there. Now, she needs a little pick me up as the man she’s in love with has just proposed to someone else!
So what does girl do in a situation like this? Best friends Cate and Emily suggest a salsa class back at the hotel where her memories are happy ones. The salsa will see them through. They don’t need men. Not to say that if one didn’t come along, Lauren wouldn’t say no!
Locations
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Summer Nights at the Moon light hotel on Lake Windermere?
A hotel which has had so many happy memories for Lauren is now being renovated and she’s worried that her childhood memories and the mark her beloved father left on the place will be erased for ever.
The Lake District and Windermere
Windermere really is a lovely place in real life anywhere but it sparkles here.
“Moon Light hotel with its heart-stopping views, abundant history and gingerbread high teas served in bone china cups”
Bowness
“So blossom -cheeked and perspiring, we teeter up one of Bowness’ steepest hills, the vast grey ribbon of Windermere behind us”
When a place is so special to you that you are transported back to it via memories, it’s often bitter sweet to revisit. Old memories can hurt and confuse but they can also help to heal so this revisit for Lauren is a very special one for many reasons.
The author was inspired by an early morning jog along the lake and wondering what went on in the ornate houses she passed by, and the vintage glamour the place seemed to just ooze.
Streetview Maps
A) Windermere Lake
D) Glebe Road
Booktrailer Review
Susan: @thebooktrailer
Now then, I wanted to read this as I love Jane Costello and that cover just screamed out to me! Did I want to spend time on Lake Windermere and spend time with Lauren Cate and Emily as they go dancing in the stunning ballroom lit with moonlight? Yes I did!
I loved how the hotel held a special place in Lauren’s heart as she used to spend time there with her dad when he worked there. Having such a close connection to a place – not just the bricks and mortar but the real connection to a place really struck a chord with me and I thought this a lovely way to write about a setting in a story – one strong in female friendships and emotions.
The title sounds like a song – a slow and atmospheric theme with crescendos of banter and emotional melodies before the trickle of the story slowly draws to a literary cadenza.
I might need to start thinking about the real benefits of a salsa class… Delightful!
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