When Diana finds the perfect apartment, she starts to believe that her run of bad luck has finally come to an end. Unfortunately when things seem too good to be true, they usually are. It turns out the fully furnished apartment also comes with strange dreams, a disappearing front door, and her very own monster. She has no desire to play babysitter for the ancient entity she's been tricked into guarding, even if she manages to keep it from eating her. When she escapes from the cursed place things don't get any better. She finds herself stuck between two realities and her new world is filled with strange beings and a monstrous moon god. Diana is not ready to give up on sanity though, despite the fact that her world will never be the same again. She decides to fight to make sure her new reality is one worth living in. And if that means taking on Fenris, the huge green monster intent on catching the moon and destroying civilization so that he can return to his universe, then so be it.

A. Lee Marinez's CHASING THE MOON is ultimately a story about a woman struggling to find her place in a chaotic world. Ripped out of her comfort zone and tossed into a universe with no rules, she is forced to figure out who she is and what she wants out of this new life. She tries to resists the change, at first simply wanting to go back to how things were, and later trying to fit her old life into the new world. But she quickly comes to realize that if she accepts her new reality she can impact things for the better. Although Diana is the focus, all of Marinez's characters really come to life in this story. Diana's monster companions bring a lot of levity to the story and had me laughing out loud quite a bit. Her kooky neighbors remind me of some of my own personal acquaintances, and even the beings trying to destroy civilization are like- able.

Martinez has created a fascinating and delightful world that will leave you simultaneously confused and amused. It's a place where traditional physics don't apply, monsters sit around debating philosophy, and you can have almost anything you wish for. The book offers a humorous look into the chaos of the universe and intriguing insights into the human condition. Martinez does an outstanding job of making you feel connected to the characters despite the strange setting because they have the same type of thoughts and feeling that the rest of us experience in our own confusing (if not so bizarre) world. Overall CHASING THE MOON is witty, fun, and satisfying. Anyone who likes to consider the big questions about life and the universe is sure to enjoy this comedic satire about the impending end of the world.

Book Summary

Diana's life was in a rut - she hated her job, she was perpetually single, and she needed a place to live. But then the perfect apartment came along. It seemed too good to be true - because it was.

As it turns out, the apartment was already inhabited - by monsters. Vom the Hungering was the first to greet Diana and to warn her that his sole purpose in life was to eat everything in his path. This poses a problem for Diana since she's in his path...and is forbidden from ever leaving the apartment.

It turns out though that there are older and more ancient monstrous entities afoot - ones who want to devour the moon and destroy the world as we know it. Can Diana, Vom, and the other horrors stop this from happening? Maybe if they can get Vom to stop eating everything...and everyone.