I didn’t read the rest of this series, but I can confirm that the author catches you up easily enough. The premise is a tad underhanded to me, but I guess when Karma doesn’t visit on her own, some assistance is okay. And I can honestly say that Aiden needed redemption here. He may have been young and scared and trying to find his future, but that’s not an excuse for being as cold as he clearly was to the girl he left behind.

That said, he does give good grovel once the truth of both hearts comes out. He does try to make it right. And he does make a point to share his heart without fear. Chuck might be the star though. He’s an excellent friend and ally to all of them and makes me so happy with the dose of Karma served to one horrid person in the end.

I want to thank NetGalley and Boldwood Book for an early copy for a honest review in return. I liked this book. It's sad that this is the last book of The Karma club. I like how we got Sienna's and Aiden's backstory. The rest of the series was funny and goofy but this last book felt realistic. Dealing with loss, alcoholism, abuse and more. I think it was the perfect book for the last couple. Also I loved how all the couples were involved in this book. I thought we weren't going to get a HEA in this book. But I was satisfied with the ending of the series I loved it and would definetly recommend reading it. Once again thank you NetGalley and boldwood book for this ARC

Unbeknownst to me, this book was the fourth installment in a series called the Karma Club. I picked it up as an arc and didn’t realize it until I was already reading. While I found it enjoyable as a standalone, there were some references to previous stories that I believe would have enhanced the reading experience.

In this story, Sienna is forced to reunite with her first love and teenage boyfriend, Aiden, when his brother is getting married to Sienna’s friend and Karma Club member, Astrid. Sienna still holds onto bad feelings for Aiden, who unexpectedly dumped her and ended any contact between them on the way to college. Despite their initial belief in a lifelong love, Aiden had aspirations of becoming a hockey star, which he achieved. Sienna was left in their hometown and, due to circumstances, was unable to pursue her own dreams.

Sienna’s plan at the wedding was to get some light revenge on Aiden but gets way-sided by truths revealed, undeniable chemistry and meddling friends.

The story was an easy read, although I don’t particularly enjoy the second-chance romance trope from a teenage love. However, it did manage to explore some heavier themes. The book is mostly closed-door (with only the start of a spicy scene), and scenes can be easily skipped over.

Overall, this is a good library pick-up, and it may be even better if you’ve read the series.

Thank you, Boldwood Books, for providing this book for review consideration through NetGalley. All opinions expressed are solely my own.

Fun and cute, this was the perfect ending to the Karma Club series! I will miss this wonderful group of ladies and their stories so much. Sienna's character shined so much in this book! I felt like Aiden could've been better as a person overall, especially when trying to get Sienna back. Overall, great read!

Settling The Score is the fourth and final book in the series The Karma Club. The story focuses on Aiden and Sienna. The pair fell in love in high school. Aiden, wanting to escape his abusive father and save his brother and mother, broke Sienna’s heart when he left town for college and asked her never to contact him again. With Astrid marrying Blake, Aiden’s twin brother, the pair come face-to-face for the first time in a decade. Sienna’s friends think the best revenge will be for her to flirt with Aiden and then leave him the way he left her. Sienna’s just not sure she can keep her heart out of it.

I liked Sienna and Aiden well enough, though I did not exactly relate to either. For me, I found the level of hurt that Sienna carried for ten years to be extreme. Also, I didn’t really feel a lot of chemistry between them. I wished Aiden had been fully transparent with Sienna regarding the past, especially after he became more truthful and was desperate to win her back for good. Sienna, for her part, was honest about the parts of her past that had to do with him fairly early in the story. Knowing she still loved him, it seemed like a dumb idea to get involved physically with him. At the end of the day, I wanted them to find happiness together, but the whole thing fell a bit flat for me. I wanted them to see Aiden really fight for her, since he was the one who screwed up their relationship to begin with. I thoroughly enjoyed how they stuck it to Horrible Harvey.

Thank you to NetGalley, Boldwood Books and Clare Connelly for an advanced reader copy (eARC) in exchange for an honest review.

Honestly, this book was not really for me. I found the characters hard to relate to and kind of annoying. It was difficult to get past all of the typos too. I found the storyline completely unbelievable.

In this story, sienna goes on a revenge mission against her ex, Aiden a pro hockey player. However, to no one’s surprise, they end up realizing they never really got over each other. Set at her best friend’s and his brother’s wedding, this story is even more unbelievable as it turns out the friend and brother met while the friend was supposed to be plotting the revenge scheme against Aiden. And to end the book, they help another friend get revenge on her ex! It just seems very childish and unrealistic.

Thank you NetGalley, Boldwood Books, and the author for this ARC!

Settling the Score is the fourth and final book in The Karma Club series. Now it is Sienna Mastrangelo to finally get her just deserts on the love of her life Aiden Carter. Its been 10 years since Sienna and Aiden have seen each other. Now that Blake and Astrid are getting married and her three best friends Sieanna, Bella, and Paige are the bridesmade. Aiden just can't understand how Astrid and Sieanna are friends and that he is finally seeing her after he left her with a broken heart. Sieanna's new plan is to break Aiden's heart and leave him behind without a thought. Now with the wedding day quickly approaching will Sieanna be able to not to get her heart broken again by her true love? I loved all of the books in this series . They are humorous as well as spicy. They are a fast read and all are written be different authors. I would like to thank both NetGalley and Boldwood Books for letting me read an advanced copy of this book.

This book was so fun and cute! A perfect lil summer romance to read on the beach! I want to read more form this author!

For as long as I can remember, I have been a fan of traditional romance. Once I read more, I started to really enjoy both romantic suspense, and romantic comedies. I have to admit that I was very nervous reading a final book of an existing series. Lucky for me, I was able to read this as a standalone.

As I recently read a book from an existing series, and found the side characters (that were main characters in previous books) extremely unlikable, I was definitely a bit nervous about that as well. It was a relief that I really liked the side characters. So much so, that I have plans to go back and read the other books in the series (even though they are by different authors).

Ultimately, I really liked this book, and I loved how it ended. I had several things that I wanted to see in like an “epilogue,” and this ticked all of the boxes. I can truly say that this is one of the most satisfying series conclusions that I have read in a while.

**I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.**

Review: Settling the Score by Clare Connelly
Publisher: Boldwood Books
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Clare Connelly delivers a sharp, emotionally charged finale in Settling the Score, the last entry in the Karma Club series—a spicy, second-chance, enemies-to-lovers romance set against the sun-soaked backdrop of a luxurious Italian wedding. But don’t be fooled by the postcard-perfect scenery—this one cuts deeper than you expect.

Sienna Mastrangelo is done letting heartbreak define her. A decade after NHL star Aiden Carter left her behind, she’s not just dreaming of revenge—she’s about to execute it, Karma Club-style. The plan? Make him fall for her again, then crush him. Clean. Final. Poetic justice. But plans rarely survive first contact with unresolved feelings, especially when the attraction between them is still nuclear.

What elevates this book above standard romantic fare is its emotional honesty. Beneath the flirty banter, steamy tension, and revenge pranks, there’s real pain: abandonment, grief, broken trust, and childhood trauma. Both Sienna and Aiden are carrying baggage—raw and unresolved—and Connelly doesn’t flinch from unpacking it. There’s heartbreak, but also healing, handled with care and complexity.

Sienna shines as a lead—resilient, grounded, and quietly fierce. And Aiden? He’s more than just a brooding sports god. He’s flawed, vulnerable, and unexpectedly tender. Watching them navigate old wounds to find something new was messy in the best way.

Of course, the Karma Club girls remain the heart of the series. Their friendship is what makes these books sing—raucous, loyal, sometimes chaotic, always real. And yes, justice gets served, even to the series’ most despicable ex (Harvey, your day has come).

A few pacing hiccups and some overemphasis on Sienna’s physical description keep this from a perfect score, but overall, Settling the Score is a satisfying, sexy, and surprisingly soulful wrap-up. If you’re here for heat, humor, heart, and healing—this book brings all four.

Best enjoyed with: Prosecco, your best girls, and a killer revenge playlist.
Release Date: July 24, 2025
Recommended if you like: The Hating Game, The First Wives Club, destination weddings with emotional baggage, and high-stakes second chances.

Thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley for the advanced reader copy

This is an ARC review. I want to thank Clare Connelly and Boldwood Books for allowing me the chance to read this book ahead of release day! I am so sad this is the last book in this series because I’ve had so much fun with these ladies! Sienna and Aiden’s love story was a long time coming and I was so quick to dive into it. The last love story of our Just Desserts Group and it ended with all the tension and banter I needed! The payback plan by the entire Karma Club was just hilarious. But what brought some heartfelt deep thought is Sissi’s background and everything she went through…alone. The guilt, unresolved feelings, and misunderstandings on both sides were addressed so well in this book.

Seeing the Karma Club grow in size but mostly in love was the absolute best full circle moment.



“Funny, when they’d initially thought about karma, it had been about avenging the men who’d wronged them, but now she saw it for what it really was: four women who’d been hurt in the past learning to love again, to heal their hearts and find comfort in true friendship. That was the true karma, the true just desserts.”

Do I hear crickets?

Back again with another The Karma Club book. What can I say? These interconnected books are a silly, goofy time. We love rivals-to-lovers situations, and throw in found family and a side of comedy. It's a recipe for success. This book was easy to get into, and the chemistry between the two main characters was realistic. I love a second-chance romance, and the wedding backdrop is unreal. I love that I got to see Sienna's character from the last book come full circle!

📖 / 3.5⭐️

Thank you to Boldwood Books via NetGalley for this eARC in exchange for my honest opinions! #SettlingtheScore #NetGalley

sooo cute was hooked from the beginning
love a good happily ever after. I loved the chemistry between both of the main characters

Omg I finished all of them I even went back and read them all again when I got the opportunity to read this one! I’m in awe of how the authors put this series together! Four authors and four amazing stories! This book is Sienna and Aiden’s yep you read that right! Sienna is getting her own revenge or so she thought!! We already know Sienna’s story thanks to the last book which was heartbreakingly raw and so very real… This story also helps me understand Aiden better.

the Karma club series is about a group of women who meet at an airport and decide to form a club to get revenge on their exes.

The Karma Club series is about a group of women who meet at an airport when all flights are shut down due to a snowstorm. Each woman was wronged by a man and, after several adult beverages, they decided to get revenge for each other. Settling the Score is (sadly) the final book in the series. When Astrid was unable to get revenge on Aiden as she fell in love with his twin brother, Astrid and the rest of the group convince Sienna to get her own revenge during the wedding week for Astrid and Aiden's twin, Blake. This time around, she is supposed to make Aiden fall for her again and then walk away. Unknown to Sienna, one of the things Astrid uncovered during her time with the twins was that Aiden never fell out of love with Sienna. And he's actually a good guy so he and Sienna deserve happiness together. But don't worry, Sienna has not forgotten about her original role in the Karma Club and is not about to let Horrible Harvey get away unscathed, especially when she finds an ally at the wedding.

Reading the synopsis, I was a bit worried that the worst of the exes, Harvey, wasn't going to get his just desserts. So I was especially glad that Sienna hadn't lost sight of that goal. I have absolutely loved this whole series and am incredibly impressed, especially with the last two books, that none of the characters' voices seemed to change throughout the series despite being written by different authors. This book contains all of the spiciness, humor, and heart warming friendships expected of The Karma Club. While each book can be read as a stand alone, I would recommend reading all of them - the other three happen more simultaneously so this one should definitely be saved for last.

What a fantastic score ending story. This is number four in the Karma series, but they can be read as stand-alone as each story is told by a different author and has its own unique twists. This one was great, as not only did we get Sienna and Aidens story, and the dramas that unfold there, in the sunshine instead of the ice. I feel for Sienna, but I also understand Aiden, and I think I felt that as I had read the other stories if I’m honest, and I really loved them all. The setting is beautiful and the story flows like a steady wave, you can feel like you’re there with them, enjoying the games and wedding prep. I wonder if we will get another generation of the Karma club, or if we will just enjoy the perfection that is.

This is the final book in the Karma club series.
Four women meet by chance when they are stranded at the airport. Prosecco and cake lead to sharing their stories of heartbreak and worst exes.
In an attempt to get revenge from each others exes, three girls have got their HEA and it’s Siennas turn now.
Sienna and Aiden were loved each other, till Aiden broke her heart - something Sienna has not been able to forgive or forget. Blake and Astrid’s wedding has brought them together under one room after 10 long years. Will she be able to let go of past hurts to give their future a try ?
This was a beautiful and emotional read. They both were justified in their past actions and I enjoyed their journey to healing old wounds and moving forward with rekindled feelings only stronger than before.

I couldn’t wait to get this book after finishing the previous one because I wanted to see what would happen between Aiden and Sienna.

Aiden was a very likable character in the previous book even with how he handled the pranks against him. I wanted him to reconnect with his first love.

I liked the emotion of the book between Aiden and Sienna. I loved the sisterhood between the 4 women.

I couldn’t stop reading to see what would happen and it was an easy read that I enjoyed.

Aiden and Sienna, what a pair, what chemistry. I loved them together, their vulnerability, sacrifice and their loyalty to those closest to them.

I loved the setting, the friends, everything.

The Karma club were such a support to Sienna, guiding her without her realising and just being great women.

I loved how Blake and Astrid were so loved up and helping Aiden and Sienna find their way.