This egalley was provided by NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

3.5 stars

For nine months of school, Pru has been assigned to work with Quint on a biology project. Now, the final presentation date has arrived and, as usual, Quint is late! Again! Good thing Pru stayed up late to complete her part and practice the presentation. Hopefully Quint would eventually show up with the typed report. He does indeed arrive with report in hand and a smile on his face. Pru does not understand how he can be so lackadaisical. When they get their grades back the next day (which is also the last day of school), Pru received a C! And Quint's grade is better than hers!

Two people could not be more different. Serious, school-minded Prudence and happy-go-lucky Quint. Will Pru be able to talk Quint into redoing their project over the summer for a better grade? Will they learn to work together? And maybe like each other because of their differences? Lots of Beatles references.

The first-person narrator is a high school girl who only seems to care about her grades and punctuality. She lives her twin brother and despises her lazy lab partner. Prudence and her four siblings were all named after Beatles songs by their record store-owning parents. After summer begins, she learns there are reasons people do things! She falls in love and learns the importance of rescuing marine life. And there’s some karmic powers earned and lost along the way. Good for fans of Sarah Dessen.

It's the end of Prudence's sophomore year, and she is ready to be done with school and with her lab partner Quint. When she gets a grade she think she unfairly deserves, she takes it out on Quint. One night, after karaoke, Prudence discovers that she enact karmic justice on people around her. That is, of course, except for Quint. In her attempt to get a better grade, Prudence tries to get through to Quint and will learn a lot more about him and herself in the process.

This a very fun beachy summer romance. This will definitely appeal to YA romance readers as the setting is very atmospheric and the tone is fun. The biggest problem with Prudence herself. Although this is a journey for her, at times she was a bit obnoxious and hard to relate to. Also, her karmic punishments sometimes seems too harsh, such as when there is a car accident. While not a perfect book, this great for romance readers and fans of Meyer's previous works.

Prudence does not like her lab partner, Quint.  She finds him lazy and irresponsible.  Quint finds her unwillingness to truly see him frustrating.  One night, Pru hits her head and wakes up with the ability to enact instant karma on anyone.  With a tightening of her fist, that angry, rude customer is escorted out by the police.  While Pru has  no idea why the universe has granted her with this power, she happily accepts the ability to give karmic retribution whenever she thinks she’s witnessed a wrong.  However, it doesn’t always work out the way she thinks it should,  especially in relation to herself and Quint.  As Pru is forced to work with Quint over the summer, she starts to see the truth about him and why he’s often late to class.  As they get closer, a mystery abounds and Pru is forced to take the blame, incurring Quint’s wrath.  While the mystery is quickly resolved, it does provide a much-needed tie-up for the end of the book.  Not Meyer’s strongest work, but it should be loved by her fans as well as other fans of YA romance.  Recommended for grades 9+.

I was given an egalley in return for a review..

I was so excited to read a contemporary romance book by one of my favorite authors. I was even more excited about it being my first book read as a reviewer. Unfortunately it fell flat for me.

The synopsis sounded so good. But I feel like it was just too many things in one book with the power of dishing out karma, the romance, and the volunteer work with the center that neither got the attention it deserved. I was actually most interested in the volunteer work and I don't think the power was needed at all.

Prudence is a hard main character to like. She's self centered, overachiever, and a control freak. I really just did not care for her. She grows a bit in the book but not as much as I would like.

I wish it would have been a two sided story so we could get to know Quint a bit more. We get so little info about him.

The relationship between Quint and Prudence feels forced as well.

I did really enjoy the end of the book though. It was wrapped up very well.

Instant Karma was fun and very different from her previous books — a good summer YA story with a big heart. I enjoyed following the (somewhat predictable) course of their relationship.

This was charming! I truly appreciated the reminder that as good as we are on our own, we are so much better with collaboration.

Caution- There are spoilers in my review!

I am entirely grateful to Fierce Reads and Netgalley for this e-book, in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely love Marissa Meyer, so I was very excited to see that she was coming out with a new book. And I was very curious, since this book wouldn't be like her other ones.

It started out slow at first, and I wasn't sure if I would like it. And then I absolutely fell in love with it! I couldn't put the book down. I wanted to know what would happen between Pru and Quint. What would happen with the rescue center? How was this book going to end? The universe surely wouldn't let Pru take the fall and Shauna off the hook! The ending didn't disappoint.

I really hope that this is going to be a series! I would love to read more about these characters!

There’s certainly plenty of swoony romance in Marissa Meyer’s excellent and beloved sci-books, so it’s no surprise when she pulls off such an adept foray into rom-com with a small helping of magic. High schooler Prudence is a girl with plans for her future and she can be quick to judge. Her meet-cute with biology project partner Quint is anything but; Pru hates Quint’s lateness and lack of attention to detail so she decides to do her part of the project alone. Unfortunately the team grade considers how well the partners work together and worse, Quint’s half of the uncoordinated project earns the higher marks.

Pru convinces the teacher to give her a chance to raise her grade and she persuades Quint to give her another chance to collaborate by agreeing to volunteer at the marine mammal rescue center run by Quint’s mom. Pru’s gradual understanding of the important work done at the center unfolds along with her struggle with her own judginess - a head injury suffered during a fall at karaoke night leaves her with the ability to administer “instant karma.” At first it’s fun for Pru to observe bad behavior and call down a karmic response that she can’t control when the consequences are satisfyingly simple, but when she causes a serious injury to a classmate, Pru has to question her own fitness for handing out just outcomes. At the same time, Pru learns to respect Quint’s choices and plans, setting the scene for satisfying romance.

Interesting families and a touch of mystery give the reader lots to like. EARC from NetGalley.

I'm a little bummed out, I must say. I'm usually SUPER into Marissa Meyer's books (like literally all of the other ones) but this just wasn't doing it for me. I think it was because I wasn't really the right demographic here. Perhaps if I was an actual teenager, I would've been more intrigued. I wanted more from the romance!

I just, didn't like Prudence. She started off very narrow-minded, harsh and judgmental. That's cool, I'm all about waiting for that character development! But I found myself waiting. And waiting. And waiting. She got a liiiiiiittle bit better at the very end, but. Sigh.

Like I said, I'm a huge fan of Meyer's fantasy series so maybe that's why contemporary fiction didn't do it for me. I just felt like not much was happening. If you're a fan of Meyer, I'd still say give this book a shot simply for all of the interesting information about sea animals and wildlife preservation.

Wow. I have always loved Meyer's writing, but this story wowed me. I knew very little about ecotourism prior to reading this book. The main character, braniac overachiever Prudence, is a whiz in business, marketing, and all around academics. She just happens to have a horrible science partner, or so she thinks. Due to a deal with Quint to improve her grade on their project, she spends time learning about the Sea Rescue center Quint and his mother run. I absolutely loved this book! Pru's feelings on sea animals mimicked mine when I was her age, and didn't know any better, so that portion of the book really resonated with me. Parents: there was no sexual content in this book! It's perfect for high schoolers.

Cosmic Justice! Enemies to lovers, and little bit paitence.

Take a ride with Prudence where all fun and games involve lists and being on time. Productive is her middle name and no-nonsense is her game. Or maybe take a seat next to Quint, relax, and learn how to float through life without a care in the world. His excuses are golden and everyone loves him.

Working together is a nightmare. And Prudence needs Quints help just one more time over the summer. And in order to get it, Prudence has to get her hands dirty and suck up to him like the rest of the world. But there's more to slacker Quint when she spends a day in his shoes.

Full review on goodreads. I enjoy this author and couldn’t pass this one up. It was very different from her other works but still a cute read.

Pru is a hard-working diligent student who has suffered all year with an irresponsibile, slacker lab partner, Quint. Of course, things aren't always what they seem. and when Pru volunteers at Quint's mother's marine animal resuce, she learns a lot more about him. The story line was pretty good but I don't enjoy actively disliking the main character. Recommended for fans of summer rom-coms and meet cutes.

Though I like Marissa Meyer's other work, this book was really hard to get into. Prudence was a character that was just unlikeable to me. I read the first quarter of the book and DNF. I wished she had a little bit more sympathy and redeeming qualities in her. Also, she was very quick to judge and doesn't take criticism well. There was mention of her perfectionism, but I wished it was balanced with her talking about her attempts to understand and mitigate it.

Although at times I felt this book couldn't make up it's mind as to what it wanted to be, it was a fun read. The characters are likeable, the overall storyline enjoyable, and overall, I would recommend the book.

I had such high hopes for this book. I love Marissa Meyer but Prudence has not redeeming qualities at beginning of the book and is very hard to like. She’s so short-sighted and judgmental that I just couldn’t get past it. This was a DNF for me.

I absolutely love Marissa Mayer’s writing! I will continue to support her because she has the most amazing work! I enjoyed Instant Karma. It was the a great summer read and of course who wouldn’t want the power to hold the ability to perform instant karma on others! Quint was adorable I enjoyed his character a lot. Sadly, I can’t say that for Pruedence. I thought she was annoying, childish and arrogant. But besides that minor dislike I still enjoyed this amazing story and the overall message.

OMG, this was truly the perfect summer read. I have to admit, it started out a little slow--and initially, I found the protagonist, Prudence, super annoying...which is kind of the point. She's a perfectionistic control freak, and the kind of person who takes over a group project not because no one else is doing anything, but because she doesn't trust them to do *anything*. Which is exactly what happens with her biology lab partner, Quint. Prudence sees him as a brainless slacker, and basically does their final collaborative project on her own--which results in a grade of C.

Prudence is horrified: she's never gotten a C before! She insists that Quint work with her over the summer to revise their project. In exchange, he insists that she volunteer at the marine wildlife rescue center his mom runs.

This is where the plot picks up. It probably goes without saying that these two polar opposites will attract, but their relationship is a slow burn and they really come to understand one another in a satisfyingly complex way. It's believable and utterly charming. I read about the last third of it in one shot on my porch on a summer evening, and channeled some of the best memories of summer childhoods, devouring a book in one gulp.

The slowly developing friendship was a joy to read. A mix of the predictable and unpredictable twists with hidden depths. Sometimes I thought the book was trying to do too much and failing with the various family subplots.