young adult
I feared I wouldn’t like Instant Karma because I don’t
typically enjoy contemporary young adult romances. (I do love young adult
fantasy and young adult historical fiction, though.)
But since I’ve adored almost everything ever written by Marissa Meyer,
I had to give it a go. She won me over
almost immediately when I learned that the twins’ names were Jude and Prudence.
BEATLES! Then, I learned that their
other siblings were also named after Beatles’ tunes! I LOVE that idea!
Sadly, this turned out to be just another teen romance story (and a chaste one at that, for those of you wondering about appropriate material for your teens) and I only finished it due to my loyalty to Meyer. Prudence is a brat. She’s a
control freak. She’s selfish, bossy, prickly, and judgmental. Granted, she’s also smart, studious, and
goal-oriented but it’s the bratty stuff that turned me off and made me dislike
her and get tired of reading about her. Lucky for her, Quint is patient and good-natured enough to help her see
things in a new light. But it wasn’t only that Prudence bugged me. The big dilemma was obvious early and then I
lost patience watching it play out. I ended up skimming the last 15% of the
novel since I already knew where it was going.
Meyer’s writing was great and I’m sure many teens will enjoy
this novel. It just wasn’t my cup of tea. I definitely prefer her fantasy and
action novels.
The narrator of the audiobook (of which I listened to the
first 70% or so) was Rebecca Soler. Her voice acting was pretty good but I feel
she made Prudence sound even more obnoxious than Meyer intended. She did not
have a great male voice and I sometimes had trouble identifying the speaker
during dialogues. I’ll give her a B.
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