Funny book with great characters

Bet Your Bottom Dollar (The Bottom Dollar Series Book 1)

By: Karin Gillespie

Rating: 5 of 5

I loved this book. I live in the South and while, to a degree, the individuals in this book were a bit over the top, they are completely based on types of people you can run into every day. They made me laugh but still warmed my heart as it was obvious that they cared deeply about one another.

While the story is centered around Elizabeth Polk, her friends and family in Cayboo Creek were a great part of why I enjoyed the book. From finding Atalee’s dentures in different places in the store to Taffy’s incessant desire to be “high class” without understanding exactly what that means, I was kept laughing throughout the book. Even the blurbs at the beginning of each title were hysterical and a source of fun to share with my husband.

The story had some very sad moments and those rang true also. The author has a beautiful way of bringing these characters to life and making you care about them. This made the fun times fun and the sad times a source of grief for me as a reader.

Mixed into the fray is the struggle of a small town with Mom and Pop businesses having to deal with the onslaught of chain stores coming in and putting local business into the ground. The town is trying to fight back but it seems like that fight will be part of later books in the series. I just finished this book and plan on getting the next two in the series in pretty quick order.

I enjoyed the book tremendously and recommend it to anyone who loves the South, funny characters, and/or books that show a slice of life in a humorous and heart warming fashion.

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