ARC REVIEW - Chasing The Moon

by Abstract Book - October 12, 2020

Title: Chasing the Moon

Author: S.M. Soto

Genre: Second Chance Contemporary Romance

Type: Standalone

POV: Dual

Release date: 28th Oct 2020

My rating: 💋💋💋💋💋

A modern-day retelling of the Greek Myth of Selene and Endymion.

He was the sun, and she was the moon. A love like theirs was never destined to last.

Selene Drake has always been the girl that blends into the background.
The wallflower.
Quiet.
Unnoticed.
Sweet as can be.
It never bothered her, she preferred slinking into the shadows.

When she first laid eyes on Endymion Black, she fell irrevocably in love with him.
The bad boy.
Cold.
Distant.
Handsome as ever.

For years, she pined after the unattainable boy who had somehow burrowed his way into her heart.

Until everything changed.

One unforgettable night bridled with passion and forbidden lust destroyed her naïve heart and reshaped her innocent soul. It sent her fleeing from the only town she’d ever truly known.

Six years later, Selene is back in Dunsmuir and the boy she spent years loving in silence, has now turned into a man. A man with his sights set on her. Somehow, the tables have turned, and this time around, he’s the one doing the chasing, determined to claim her heart as his. Only, he doesn’t realize, she has a secret of her own.

One with the potential to change their lives forever.

Chasing the Moon is a full-length standalone romance with a guaranteed HEA.

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I fell in love when I was just eleven years old. All it took was one glance, three unsteady breaths, and five measly seconds to turn me to putty. There was a foreign swarm of butterflies so powerful it made me nauseous. My heartbeats were irregular, and since then, nothing in my life has been the same. The first time I laid eyes on Endymion Black, I fell irrevocably in love with him. He was an enigma in our town —the stranger everyone wanted a piece of."

“Chasing The Moon” is a standalone romance by the best selling author S.M. Soto. Told in dual perspectives, this book is the modern retelling of a greek mythology and has all the damn feels!!

Since the moment I read HATE THY NEIGHBOUR by this author , I have always been a die hard fan of hers! The way she molds the story with a killer plot line and always gives the best emotions through her books is what makes them so special for me. This book had a certain sort of spark , that some rare books have. A spark that keeps you hooked into the story and doesn’t let you go until you reach the last page! To say in short , this book was utterly perfect in every damn way!

Endymion and I were ill-fated and doomed from the start. I should’ve figured it out sooner, what with all the mythology I read, but I get it now. We are star-crossed lovers, never meant to be. He is the sun, and I am the moon. I’ll always chase him, and he’ll always run. I wonder if there will ever be a day when he’ll chase the moon?"

Selene is the cutest and innocent character that I have read. The first time she saw Endymion Black was when she was a mere child. Standing in the grocery store with her , she thought that he was the most beautiful boy she had seen. Not That he noticed her back. And she wasn’t the only one smitten with the new boy in town. Several other girls had their sights on him and were not letting him go. For years she pined after him , went where he went , in hopes that someday he would notice him. But he never did. That is until night everything changed. Selene got what she wanted or for it to be ripped away from her arms in such a ruthless way. So she ran away. Now after years she is back and with her comes a huge secret that might just destroy or bind both her and Endymion’s lives. For years she was the Moon and He was the Sun. She was the one chasing him, but this time things will be different. It is time for the Sun to chase the Moon.

For so long I thought I was over this. Over him. I was wrong. I thought I left my love for him somewhere between the stars and the moon. But it turns out, my love for this man never left, it never waned. It’s always been there, lying dormant, waiting for him to wake me from this eternal slumber."

Endymion Black was a newbie in town. He hated the attention he got. All he wanted was to leave the town and live in peace. That is until he met the little girl who was obsessed with moons. From her moon shaped bag to her moon shaped necklace , everything about her was pretty and Innocent. She was the only one who believed in him. She thought he never noticed her , but he didn’t know how to tell her that he did. So much!
That is until she went away. Years went away and Soon Endymoin forgot the girl obsessed with the moon. But now she is back and now he is not letting her go. Why had he never noticed how pretty she was before?? This time he was going to make her his. But Selene has a secret. A secret so big , that it could change his whole life and make him hate her in the end.

For a long time, I wondered if I ever really loved Endymion . Could love truly be one-sided? Could you have so much hope and love for a relationship, for a future that wasn’t promised, even if the other person didn’t know you existed?"

This book had me hooked right from the start! It is practically impossible for anyone to not read this book in one sitting. The raw way in which Selene pined for a boy who never noticed her , had me blinking back tears! This author is the true master of manipulating people's emotions and she did an amazing job in this one! Selene and Endymion are gonna stay with me forever and I am definitely going to do a re-read of this book. It is just that perfect! A definite recommendation to all the contemporary romance lovers out there!