Instant Karma by Marissa Meyer

In this young adult contemporary romance, a girl is suddenly gifted with the ability to cast instant karma on those around her—both good and bad.

Chronic overachiever Prudence Daniels is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her. Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to karaoke hecklers, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner and all-around mortal enemy. Soon, Pru begins to uncover truths about Quint, her peers, and even herself that reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed . . . love and hate. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53174679-instant-karma

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My Review: 5/5 Stars 

I've loved Marissa Meyer's books since I first read the Lunar Chronicles, then Heartless, followed by the Renegades series. All so great and Instant Karma is just another great one to add to her stunning collection of great stories. This story follows Prudence. Our heroine is a perfectionist, sometimes overachiever, and may at times be a bit quick to judge those in her town. Especially her lab partner, Quint. After Quint and her receive an okay grade by their biology teacher, Prudence is not ready to accept that fate. Instead she will spend the summer trying to get her partner to do the extra credit work with her because that is the only way they will be able to re-submit their project. Too bad Quint has no interesting in helping Prudence. Especially after their catastrophe of being lab partners. But the universe has different plans for them. Especially after a night out and a bump on the head, Prudence wakes up with the ability to cast instant karma on those around her. She believes justice is finally served. But with these powers she learns not all is what it seems. And the biggest discovery for that is Quint. She realizes he isn't what she judged him to be. He spends almost all his time at the sea animal rescue center and soon Prudence finds herself volunteering too. Not just to get her grade back up but because...well she discovers she cares about the place...and Quint. They spend the summer arguing (a lot) but also working together to not jus the help sea creatures but save the center itself as it struggles to keep afloat. 

This book was such a fun read. I zoomed right through it. Prudence and Quint's banter was hysterical but you can't help but root for the two of them to actually get to know the other better. And Prudence's character development was also fantastic. She was definitely this super perfectionist but getting to know Quint more and accepting that perhaps others can do something she can do better really gave her some perspective. It was nice to see her really changing into a better person. And having those karma abilities brought perspective to herself. Overall, such a great book and fun read. There were also some twists and turns in there too that made the story so much more interesting.