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Customer Reviews for Revell Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Revell Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
It's 1895, and spunky Marguerite Westing is thrilled to discover that her family will summer at Lake Manawa! Escaping her boring suitor, Roger, Marguerite stumbles upon two new loves---sailing and her instructor, Trip. But when her father's gambling threatens to ruin them all, will she marry Roger to save her family's name and fortune? 368 pages, softcover from Revell.
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27 out of 3187%customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Review 1 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Very Cute Book!
Date:September 6, 2012
Ruth
Location:Salem, AL
Age:35-44
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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This was such an easy read. I'm a caregiver and a teacher. This was so nice to sit down and appear in a different time period and enjoy it! Enough suspense to keep you in it but lots of fun to read. Thanks for offering it for the ereader.
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Review 2 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Enjoyable, great characters, good story
Date:August 30, 2012
prayingpeg
Location:Joplin, MO
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
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Value:
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Entertaining characters, well developed plot, loved the ending.
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Review 3 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Average
Date:August 24, 2012
bzzybee
Location:Riverside, CA
Age:25-34
Quality:
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I thought this story started out interesting, albeit predictable, but seemed to meander midway through to a speedy finish. At some point the story took a different focus, toward her father and seemed to lose steam and foundation. I also found the main character, Marguerite, increasingly inconsistent, e.g. spunky, daring, rebellious; yet still winy and passive in the face of her distastefully impending engagement. On the other hand, Trip's character seemed both well developed and stupendously mature next to Marguerite's. Overall it wasn't a bad read, just okay.
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Review 4 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
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Date:August 19, 2012
Rebeca
Age:25-34
Gender:female
Quality:
4
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Value:
4
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Meets Expectations:
4
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keeps you interested through the whole book, like the stroy line
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Review 5 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Loved it!
Date:August 17, 2012
reading for fun
Location:California
Age:45-54
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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5
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It was a very fun and funny book and at times made you cry at injustice. Very well written. The heroin was easy to like and the story and plot easy to follow! Thanks!
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Review 6 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
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Date:August 16, 2012
iluvJesus87
Location:Alabama
Age:45-54
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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Meets Expectations:
5
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I love the story. It kept me interested. I didn't want to stop reading it.
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Review 7 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
A step back in time..
Date:August 10, 2012
Rhejoyce
Location:Central California
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
4
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Value:
5
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5
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I enjoyed stepping back to a setting not so long ago but so very far removed from today's hurried summer vacation escapes. I loved the sailing component & longed for more along that line. The dating/engagement rituals were very well written in this story.an enjoyable summer 'read.'
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Review 8 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
This was a nice light read
Date:August 1, 2012
Nattyann
Location:Miramichi, NB Canada
Age:45-54
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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3
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This is what I call a fluff read. I enjoyed it. There was no heavy thinking involved just a good escape.
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Review 9 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
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Date:July 24, 2012
readn4fun
Age:Over 65
Gender:female
Quality:
4
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Value:
5
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Meets Expectations:
4
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I truly enjoyed the book "Making Waves". I felt I was on a wonderful adventure with the characters. The book is well written & accurate info for the time period.
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Review 10 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
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I liked the book very much. I would recommend it.
Date:July 9, 2012
peachcircle
Location:Alabama
Age:45-54
Gender:female
Quality:
4
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Value:
4
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4
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The book kept my attention. I enjoyed the drama and could not wait to find out what was going to happen next.
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Review 11 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Historical Fiction...I love it!
Date:June 15, 2012
nelle
Location:Iowa
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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5
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It was very interesting since I live in Iowa. I didn't know anything about lake Manawa. Good writing, good reading!
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Review 12 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
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Date:May 1, 2012
Quality:
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Once I got through the first couple of chapters this book really grab ahold of me and I flew through it. I thought the author does a wonderful job of weaving God throughout the book. Great beach reading.
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Review 13 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Surprisingly Good!
Date:June 11, 2012
Jenn
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I wasn't expecting anything more than an easy read and a lot of fluff, to be honest, but was pleasantly surprised with the depth of emotion the author portrayed in each of her characters. I laughed and cried! Loved it!
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Review 14 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Ouch
Date:February 5, 2012
Quality:
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I'm constantly in search of new authors for my book reviews. This title was suggested and didn't make the cut.
Flaws were in writing, character building [or lack of], plot, and inferences to the LORD.
Flaws were in writing, character building [or lack of], plot, and inferences to the LORD.
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Review 15 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
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Date:June 27, 2011
L Rain
Location:Toronto
Age:55-65
Gender:female
Quality:
4
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Value:
4
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Meets Expectations:
4
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Easy read. Fun for summer escape. Good values. Historically accurate.
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Review 16 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Not worth reading
Date:June 17, 2011
dingo4mum
Location:Vicoria, Australia
Age:25-34
Gender:female
Quality:
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Value:
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Meets Expectations:
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I started this book with great expectations, and was sadly let down. I found the main characters poor, unrealistic, and I couldn't identify with them. Very rarely do I leave a book unfinished, but with this one I couldn't bring myself to waste any more time muddling through this one.
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Review 17 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Very good book
Date:May 27, 2011
Stefanie
Location:kansas
Age:25-34
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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Meets Expectations:
5
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Yes the main character may be "flippant" in the beginning, but like most christian books you have to give the character time. And as the story unfolds they end up either receiving Christ or growing in their spirituality. I never put a book down after only a few pages. You have to give the author a chance to take you on a journey! That's the fun of reading!!!
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Review 18 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
Read the whole book
Date:May 17, 2011
readingmom
Addressing the reviewer who found the main character's attitudes distasteful in the first few pages, she is correct, and that is part of the set-up of the plot. Without spoiling the story for others, I would like to say, however, that the main character is dynamic - that is, she changes and grows spiritually - throughout the story. So you have to read the whole book.
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Review 19 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
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Date:May 11, 2011
Buguru
Location:Australia
Age:45-54
Gender:female
I couldn't read more than a few pages of this book because I didn't like how flippant the main character was. Sure, her boyfriend was boring, but does that excuse her desire to see him struck dead ? How could she joke about planning to murder her mother? Her flippancy towards Almighty God was the last straw. If the author was trying to show distaste toward this kind of carry-on, it didn't come through.
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Review 20 for Making Waves, Lake Manawa Series #1
Overall Rating:
I love the ebook!
Date:April 27, 2011
Candyce
Age:25-34
Gender:female
Quality:
5
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Value:
5
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Meets Expectations:
5
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This was a wonderful story and I've already bought the second book. This was my first ebook to buy from CBS and I really enjoyed it I will buy another ebook for sure.
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