The Karma Club by Jessica Brody

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School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up—Madison Kasparkova's world is destroyed when her seemingly perfect boyfriend cheats on her. After her mom takes her on a New Age retreat that gets the teen thinking about karma, she decides not to wait for the universe to set things right and enlists her friends' help in seeking revenge on those who've ever hurt them. They create a Karma Club and go about evening the score with their enemies, such as replacing a mean girl's acne medication with a Crisco mixture. Through their club, the girls learn how small choices can have dire or delightful consequences—for them as well as for others. Brody explores the lengths teenage girls will go to in order to restore balance in their chaos-filled lives. This fun, fast-paced read will bring a smile to the face of anyone who has dealt with high school's ups and downs, and will make them think before they meddle with fortune.—Katie Hageman, Gar-Field High School, Woodbridge, VA

Review: The Karma club was reviewed as a very good and suspenseful book. But personally, I think it was very predictiable. The blurb already tells you that her boyfriend is going to cheat on her at a really important party, and the whole plot just seemed a little annoying. Brody tried to make all of the Karma missions have suspense and thrill, but they all happened really fast and by the time they were done they would wait until the next day for results, which of course would be good.

Like most of Young Adult books for girls there is always romance, in this book it isn't really surprising who Madison falls for. Of course Spencer who she and her friends judge as this mean, spoiled and popular brat turns out to be someone else. OF COURSE! he turns out to be this sweet guy who is actually not into the whole popular scene and falls in love with Madison his French tutor.

The book wasn't all bad, it had some good parts, because like all books it had it's turning point. When all the bad Karma they were sending out to other people started turning back on them (The Butterfly effect.) And when the Karma book gets stolen and ends up in the wrong hands. The results of all of the Bad Karma they started sending out to people were all really funny. I think all of the Missions were really creative on Brody's part, but i do think that she shouldn't have been so predictable.

Overall this book gets

2 1/2 stars

This book was

Not Worth Reading