Instant Karma

by Marissa Meyer

An irresistible hate-to-love romance about a girl who suddenly has the power to cast karma on the people around her and the lab partner who thwarts her plans and steals her heart, from New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer.

Chronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and irritating residents of her coastal town. She dreams of a world in which people might actually get what they deserve… Pru’s dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled after a night out with her friends, when she wakes up with the sudden, wondrous ability to cast instant karma on those around her. Though it seems almost too good to be true, Pru is not one to ignore such obvious signs from the universe. She giddily starts to make use of the power, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner.

Quint is annoyingly cute and unexpectedly noble, especially when it comes to his work at a rescue center for local sea animals. When Pru resigns herself to volunteering at the rescue center for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and what the universe might really be trying to tell her about Quint—not necessarily in that order. Her newfound karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed… love and hate.

• ISBN10: 1250618819
• ISBN13: 9781250618818
• Publish Date: 3 November 2020
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Feiwel & Friends
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[writehollydavis]

3.75/5. OMG the animals, the rescue, and Quint, they all made this book absolutely delightful. Prudence? Not so much. I was incredibly annoyed with her and felt like there could have been some sort of backstory or justification for why she acted so judgemental and self-absorbed which could've made me sympathize with her a bit more. Even just a sentence about how 'her parents always seemed to like and focus on Jude more, so she always tried to be perfect to win them over', or something like that. But there was no explanation for why she acted so uptight and snooty. I had to keep from rolling my eyes and frustrated sighing so many times. I'm glad I pushed through the beginning because once we got to the animal rescue, things got a lot more interesting. I'm still on the fence with the enemies to lovers, because I cared about Quint too much to have him fall for Prudence, but hopefully in the happily ever after of Instant Karma, she changes for the better.

[alindstadtcorbeax]

Star Rating: —> 4.5 Stars

Just the fun, fluffy cuteness that I needed to avoid that bookslump I was headed towards. Thank you, Instant Karma !