Making Waves Review

This time I am going to review Making Waves by: Lorna Seilstad.

Marguerite Westing couldn’t be happier to escape the city to vacation at Lake Manawa and leave her boring suitor, Roger, behind. The lake is just the place for her adventurous spirit to run free. From the first moment she sees a ship gliding through the waters of the lake, she falls in love with sailing and decides she has to learn. The problem is, it’s not something a woman should be doing. Hatching a scheme, she finagles a way to learn from the hansom Trip Andrews. Something about him makes her heart race, but tragedy could very well prevent them from being together, not to mention Roger, who isn’t quite all he appears to be…

I originally read this book a couple years ago and I absolutely loved it. I couldn’t put it down and I was so amused by Marguerite’s spunk. Browsing the kindle store, I noticed it was only a buck and I decided to buy it. The next books in the series weren’t expensive either, so I decided to buy them as well. Before I went onto the second book, I decided I should probably reread this one and it was just as good as I remembered. Once again, I couldn’t put it down.

I have a lot of fun reading characters like Marguerite. I love her need for adventure and pushing boundaries, probably because I have some of those qualities. Marguerite refused to be vanilla. I loved how she set her mind to something and wouldn’t give up. She was rich, but she didn’t mind hard work.

I also love the journey this book took her on. She would sometimes lie to aid in achieving her goals. Just like so many of us, she could easily justify the lies. They were little, so who could they really hurt? The lesson of learning to be truthful is so important and Lorna Seilstad did a wonderful job in challenging Marguerite in this way.

Trip was a great character as well. He could be hot-headed at times, just like his father. I appreciated that his father was tough, but you could really sense that Trip still loved him. Trip’s growth in this book was also good. I wished I could see a bit more of his thoughts while his attitudes seemed to change, closer to the end of the book. There is a whole lot more that could be said about how people could never measure up to his standards and how he learned to let go of that.

The ending was sweet and I just wished there was more because I didn’t want this book to end. Lorna Seilstad’s writing easily wrapped me up in the story. She did a great job with all the different POV’s and they all were unique in personality to fit the character.

I loved this book and I’m looking forward to read the next one!