Instant Karma is a young adult contemporary romance/light magical realism by Marissa Meyer. I adored this book. It is one that I recommend everyone pick up and read if you want to put a smile on your face. It has everything you could hope for in a young adult romance- characters that exhibit great growth, a sweet romance, animal rescuing, and plenty of laugh out loud and swoon worthy moments. If you can't tell- I really, really loved Instant Karma. 

In Instant Karma we meet our two main characters- perfectionist and control freak, Prudence and her would be love interest- mysterious, slacker Quint. This is a hate to love romance that took me by surprise. At first, I wasn't so sure that I was going to like Prudence. Quint is such a nice guy, and we learn early on that he really isn't a slacker, he is just spending all of his time helping out his mother's struggling animal rescue center. But Prudence does not cut him any slack, and she is just plain rude to him. They are partners on a science project and Prudence wrote Quint off so quickly that she wouldn't let him help and she basically set him up to disappoint her. But when they get a redo and Prudence starts helping out at the animal rescue the real magic between the two of them starts. I will say, once the story got going, the plot was a little predictable, but in the best way. Instant karma gave me all the warm fuzzies.

I loved everything about this book! I loved the hate to love romance between Prudence and Quint. I loved all the adorable animals we got to meet at the rescue. I loved the character growth that Prudence exhibited. And I loved how her magic instant karma helped her see the light on some of her flaws, which is no easy feat for a teenager. Yes, Prudence is flawed, but seeing her recognize and strive to do better was just as heartwarming as the romance was. And I even flipped flopped between favorite characters. I started out loving Quint hardcore, but Prudence won me over in the end. I was really hard on Quint with something that happened at the end of the book. I felt like he knew the real Prudence so well by that point that he should have known better! (let me know what you think in the comments below if you have read Instant Karma! You will know what I am talking about!) 

Bottom Line- I think this book is great for fans of magical realism and straight up contemporary romances alike. The added light tough of karma magic woven in to this great story was a lot of fun. I loved Instant Karma and I think you will to. This was one of my favorite YA contemporary reads of the year!