ARC Review: Settling the Score (The Karma Club #4) by Clare Connelly
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Series: The Karma Club #4
Author: Clare Connelly
Published July 24th 2025 by Boldwood Books
Goodreads Synopsis
Karma comes to those who wait…
Small town sweetheart, Sienna Mastrangelo has spent years dreaming of payback against her ex. Why should Aiden Carter—NHL superstar and global heartthrob—get to leave her behind while she picks up the pieces of the life he shattered? So when The Karma Club formed, it felt like fate had stepped in. Along with her new best friends they each had a chance to serve up some just desserts on the ex’s that wronged them. But when plans for Aiden’s comeuppance fall through, it’s time for Sienna to settle the score!
Now, with a gorgeous Italian island wedding as her playground, Sienna has one week to make Aiden fall hard, beg for a second chance… then dump him without a backward glance. Throw in a few pranks, some strategic seduction—easy, right? Except their chemistry is hotter than ever, and as the games heat up, so do the long-buried truths...keeping her heart locked away becomes a challenge like none other. But when it comes to this hockey god, there’s no way she’s handing over the key again, even if Karma does have some plans of its own.
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I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. This in no way impacted on my view.
When her heart was broken by her childhood sweetheart, Sienna Mastrangelo has always wondered what she would do if she saw him again. Well, she's about to find out as she is forced to spend time with her ex, NHL star Aiden Carter, when they're stuck together on an Italian island for the wedding of her best friend and his twin brother. Sienna knows she needs to put on a brave face, and plots to spend the week making his life hell, letting Aiden fall in love with her all over again before discarding him like he did to her. But even the best plans can fail, and seeing him in the flesh has stirred up too many past feelings, especially when it becomes clear he had a very good reason for running out of town the second he was able to.
I'd been waiting for this book from the second I realised it would be a second chance romance. The previous books had just whetted my appetite for Sienna and Aiden's story, as we saw snippets into just what happened and why. Until part way through book #3, we thought Aiden was just another player who the second he made it big forgot about everyone back home. However, this was very much not true, and if he could've taken Sienna with him when he, his twin brother Blake, and their mam fled, he very much would've done. I think I was devastated with him when he learnt what happened with Sienna after that night, and he had honestly never forgotten her, no matter how hard he tried. I understood why Sienna was so apprehensive to let him in again, but she had her girls around her to help her see she was worth it, and that Aiden was perfect for her. A fantastic ending to a series I've honestly falling in love with. Each of the authors are now on my auto-buy list, and I hope they create another interconnected series again!
Dates Read:
July 5, 2025
Rating
4 Stars
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