Another book picked out by my Baby Sis (she is really good at it). Monster by A. Lee Martinez is the book and it is worth reading every single page. It is one of those genre defying books that mixes fantasy/scifi/urban/humor/daily living and one demon girlfriend from Hell. Seriously though this is one of those books I bought 'cause it was Baby Sis's turn to pick and tossed it on the TBR (To Be Read) pile and didn't think about it for about a week. I finally got around to starting it and did not put it down until I was finished, one of those books I start after dinner and next time I look up the sun is rising through the mist.
Monster is a guy with a really unique ability, every time he goes to sleep he wakes up a different color. The best part is that each color comes with a super power, for instance when he is blue he is invulnerable to violent harm, when he is Purple he has no sense of smell (which in his line of work is a good thing). He only knows what power the color is if he has been it before. Monster also has a pest control company, we are not talking raccoon's and mice here, think yetis and trolls and such, the official term is cryptobiologics. Monster also lives with his succubus girl
friend he summoned from Hell and is now regretting as she is very territorial and a bit of a nag. Monster meets the human girl Judy when he comes to capture a Yeti who has decided to occupy and eat all the ice cream at the Food Plus Mart where she works. Turns out Judy is a bit of a magnet for these fabled creatures and this keeps her running into Monster until eventually her apartment is destroyed by several of these beasts. Turns out Judy has a destiny and it is teaming up with Monster to help stop a cosmic parasite from destroying the universe, no biggie.
This is a great light read, nothing to heavy just a lot of fun. The dialogue is set at the perfect pace, and the story if fairly easy to follow. I love how the author sets this fantastical idea in the everyday mundane world, making cryptobilogic hunting as normal as being a plumber :-) If you need a stand alone book to just enjoy this is one that you should get, almost any type of reader (over the age of 16) will probably like it a lot. I give it 9 out of 10 yetis.
What book has somebody suggested to you that turned out surprisingly good? Which super power do you think is associated with chartreuse? Do you have any cryptobiologics living in your house? I have one that trashes my kitchen every time I try to clean it.
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