Making Waves

I love bargain books and this is one of many I've accumulated. Making Waves, by Cassandra King, was originally published in 1995 and I found this 2004 first mass market edition on the sale rack. The picket fence on the front cover first caught my eye and the title prompted me to read the back cover.

In a small Alabama town, a beauty shop and a funeral set the stage for characters with familiar traits of people we know or have read about. The story is about love, friendship, betrayal and loss with a bit of humor and mystery in the mix. But be warned, it also has offensive language sprinkled in and teetered between promoting and degrading Christianity, which I found unsettling.

This book is also written in first person by four of the book's characters using chapters to change viewpoints. I didn't think it flowed as well as staying within one first-person viewpoint or using third person. However, everyone has their preferred style of reading and writing so others may prefer this one.