Karma's A Bitch

Bad Girls With Perfect Faces by Lynn Weingarten

I became acquainted with this author's work a couple of years ago when her book, Suicide Notes From Beautiful Girls was on the TAYSHAS list. Then my daughter saw this on the shelf at Target, and asked me to buy it. I thought it was a sequel, so I told her she had to read the other one first. Score one for mom! She read both books, and this one, as it turns out, is NOT a sequel.

It's Xavier's 17th birthday, and he's hanging out with his best friend, Sasha. Sasha is in love with him, but had never been able to bring herself to tell him, but tonight is the night she plans to tell him. After some drinking and dyeing of hair, they head out. Unfortunately, they run into Xavier's ex-girlfriend, Ivy. Ivy convinces Xavier to leave with him, and he, foolishly, does.

Ivy is not good for Xavier. She uses him, and only keeps him around so he won't go to someone else. She also suspects that Sasha has feelings for him, so she will keep him around just to torture Sasha. Sasha knows that the worst thing that can happen is for Xavier to go back to Ivy, so she finds a way to make Xavier see her for what she truly is. Sasha creates a fake profile for a guy their age, and strikes up a relationship with Ivy.

Then one day, Ivy wants to meet this unknown guy. When Sasha shows up, all hell breaks loose. Sasha leaves, and when she comes back, Ivy is dead. Did Sasha do it? Was it someone else? What will Sasha do with this news?

This book answers all of those questions and takes the reader for a wild ride. I like this one much better than the predecessor, and didn't want to put this one down.