Review: Stalking Shadows (Scary Mary #2) by S.A. Hunter

Title: Stalking Shadows

Series: Scary Mary #2

Previous book in this series: Scary Mary

Author: S.A. Hunter

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: October 2011

Published by: S.A. Hunter

Source: Purchased ebook

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Synopsis: Mary’s back, and she has to save Vicky from a supernatural threat. Helping her nemesis is the last thing Mary would choose, but she may be the only one able to save the cheerleader.

While on a date, Vicky gets into a car wreck that leaves her in a coma. Through dreams, she reaches out to Mary for help. Mary isn’t happy to help her, but she’s willing to do almost anything to get the cheerleader out of her head. All Vicky can tell her is that something is clawing at her.

My rating: ★★★★☆

Mean girl Vicky is in a coma and has reached out to Mary via dreams for her help. Crazy, right?

Maybe she wasn’t dreaming. Maybe she’d been abducted by aliens, and Vicky was their Pod Queen!

😂 Reluctantly, Mary agrees to help out the mean girl and save her from a shadowy creature that is out to get Vicky. One thing I liked was that Mary didn’t do this all by herself. She actually went to an adult for help regarding this shadow creature. It almost never happens in a YA book, but I do like when it does. Especially because Mary’s grandmother is awesome! Oh! And they now have a pet, Chowder, who is a ghost dog! 😂 He is the best though!

But back to Mary...

“I wish I had a normal life. Like I could sit here and tell you about a new dress, or a party, or something nice, and not about ghosts and Shadowmen. I try to stay strong. I really do, but I wish I didn’t need to.”

😩 My poor girl. I really feel for Mary and her abilities. But her duty to save the cheerleader, who she doesn’t even like, is very admirable. She is just that good a person, and I love that about her.

She’s still in a coma, which I’m not really averse to, but there’s still the Shadowman. What type of superheroes are we if we can’t save one airhead cheerleader?

Very true. Lol.

So after what happened in the last book with Cy pulling away from Mary, I was hoping that in this book they would work things out. They don’t. They’re still not together in this book and I am still not okay with that. I love them together! They were so cute! 😭 Oh, and not only that, but...

They’d bonded over trash-talking Vicky in the first place. It made her angry that he’d finally bent to the popular girl’s will.

EXACTLY! Hanging out with Vicky, Cy? Really? REALLY?! WTF! This is so frustrating and it just makes me sad. Especially because Mary still likes Cy.

Mary didn’t think Hallmark made a card that would cover how she felt about Vicky: ‘Sorry you were in an accident and put in a coma. Stay away from the boy I like.’ It didn’t even rhyme.

Oh but there is something else going on with Cy’s older brother Kyle, who I absolutely hated in the last book because he was such a dick. In this book, however, Kyle has changed. He’s no longer an asshole and he almost looks up to Mary now. I mean, she did save him from a murderous ghost, so yeah, I get it. But that ending and what it’s implying? Do not like 😬 I was really afraid there was gonna be a love triangle, cause we all know how much I hate those, but there wasn’t. However, the way her love life is going... I’m not into it, I gotta be honest.

But that being said, I really enjoyed this book as well. I liked the story and the irony of having to help Vicky. Mary is such a great character and I love her. I also love her best friend Rachel. And Chowder was the cutest! I’m still upset that Mary and Cy aren’t a thing, but I’m really hoping that will change in the future. I’m really enjoying the series so far though! It’s a lot of fun!

Have you read this book? If so, what did you think about it? If not, what do you think? Does it sound like something you might want to read? Leave me a link to your review or comment below! 😊