Review: Stolen Life (Scary Mary #7) by S.A. Hunter

Title: Stolen Life

Series: Scary Mary #7

Previous books in this series: Scary Mary (#1) | Stalking Shadows (#2) | Broken Spirit (#3) | Strange Girl (#4) | Scamming Death (#5) | Mr. Conjure (#6)

Author: S.A. Hunter

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: July 2019

Published by: S.A. Hunter

Source: Purchased ebook

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Synopsis: A few months ago, Mary didn't know she had any living relatives until Jake contacted her. He may live a few states away, but distance means nothing to him. He can go wherever he wants with his mind's eye, except one place. It's a place of death and shadows, and their relative Tracy Rathbone has been trapped there for nineteen years. Jake needs Mary's help to bring her home.

Mary wants to help, but she's cautious. Tracy is in the land of Shadowmen, the terrifying creatures that slip through cracks and take a person's life force. Mary has only ever gone up against one Shadowman at a time and each time she has only barely won. Going up against an army of them would be impossible.

She doesn't need to worry about the Shadowmen though. Tracy has a plan. She just needs Jake to bring Mary to her. She'll take care of the rest. Mary really should've asked more questions about the plan. Because it isn't so much an escape plan as a trade, and Mary's the one being traded.

Abandoned, alone, and scared, Mary must figure out how to get home and take back her stolen life.

My rating: ★★★★☆

This book was really interesting and gave me SO much anxiety! But it was good! So Jake asks Mary for help in rescuing a relative from the Shadowlands, but everything that could go wrong does. Super yikes 😬 And, surprisingly, Vicky is kinda dragged into all this too!

Review: Mr. Conjure (Scary Mary #6) by S.A. Hunter

Title: Mr. Conjure

Series: Scary Mary #6

Previous books in this series: Scary Mary (#1) | Stalking Shadows (#2) | Broken Spirit (#3) | Strange Girl (#4) | Scamming Death (#5)

Author: S.A. Hunter

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: September 2017

Published by: S.A. Hunter

Source: Purchased ebook

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Synopsis: Jenny is a little stupid, at least that’s what Mary thinks. Why else would the teen go to an abandoned house by herself and play a game to summon a monster called Mr. Conjure? Mary doesn’t believe he exists, but Jenny insists that he’s out to get her. She’s so afraid of him that she attempts suicide.

Rachel wants to help Jenny and needs Mary to do it. Mary thinks Jenny needs a shrink, not her. She’s sure Mr. Conjure isn’t real. But something is lurking in the dark, and if it can’t get Jenny, it’ll take Mary instead.

My rating: ★★★★☆

“This is going to be weird,” Rachel declared.
“That’s our normal,” Mary told her.

This one was fun! I don't know if you guys have read any of the Creepypastas where the story is basically instructions to play a spooky game where maybe you’re granted a wish or get a question answered or whatever, and spooky things happen along the way. BUT if you don't play the game right or don’t win, you get dead. Anyway, the premise of this book was basically that, and I really enjoyed it! The way this spook was described, he almost sounded like the Babadook (which is a good movie! Highly recommend!) But yeah, this story coupled with our snarky heroine... I loved it! We haven’t had much snark from Mary since book one, so I’ve really missed this. Glad to see the snark return! Lol.

Review: Scamming Death (Scary Mary #5) by S.A. Hunter

Title: Scamming Death

Series: Scary Mary #5

Previous books in this series: Scary Mary (#1) | Stalking Shadows (#2) | Broken Spirit (#3) | Strange Girl (#4)

Author: S.A. Hunter

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: September 2016

Published by: S.A. Hunter

Source: Purchased ebook

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Synopsis: Gran is the most important person in Mary’s life. Mary would do anything for her. So when Eddie, a freshman at her school, asks Mary for help with his grandma, she can’t say no.

But what he wants is an exorcism.

Mary goes to meet his grandma with misgivings. She’s not sure how she’ll break the truth to Eddie. Elderly people can change. They can stop recognizing their loved ones. They can act like completely different people. Alzheimer’s can do that. Dementia can do that. But a ghost can do that as well.

Eddie’s grandma is possessed. But the ghost swears that she’s protecting the elderly woman because there’s something scarier than ghosts at the nursing home. An angel of death stalks the building.

With Eddie and her friends, Mary must find the angel of death and stop them, but how do you stop an angel? Mary will have to figure that out before the angel strikes again.

My rating: ★★★★☆

I really liked this story—it was very interesting! There were some parts that were predictable, but overall it was good. I really liked Eddie, the kid that came to Mary for help in regards to his grandmother who is acting weird and may or may not be possessed.

Review: Strange Girl (Scary Mary #4) by S.A. Hunter

Title: Strange Girl

Series: Scary Mary #4

Previous books in this series: Scary Mary (#1) | Stalking Shadows (#2) | Broken Spirit (#3)

Author: S.A. Hunter

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: December 2014

Published by: S.A. Hunter

Source: Purchased ebook

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Synopsis: *You look awesome.*

This is a typical text from Jake, the mysterious guy who saved Mary from the Shadowman. After everything had settled down, he started sending little messages to her. They brighten her day and make her feel special. She likes Jake. He's different like her. A freak. They send texts back and forth frequently, and Mary hasn’t told anyone about him. He's her secret friend.

When the TV producer Regina Smith comes to ask Gran for help, Mary pushes Gran to take her up on the opportunity. Regina wants them to go to Alabama to help a group of paranormal investigators, who are making a reality show. They've stumbled onto a real haunted house, and if no one steps in, they're going to get themselves killed. But Mary doesn't really care about that. She wants to go because Jake lives in Alabama. And she hopes to meet him. But when Gran’s kidnapped, Mary no longer hopes to meet Jake, she has to meet him. He’s her only hope of rescuing Gran. But mysteriously, he has stopped answering her texts.

To save Gran, Mary not only has to contend with two malevolent ghosts but also the paranormal investigators who will stop at nothing to capture evidence of the paranormal. If they have to, they’ll put Gran and Mary at risk. They will get the ghosts one way or another.

My rating: ★★★★☆

This installment in the series was really interesting because we get out of town! Mary and her grandmother go investigate a haunted house after the insistence of a ghost hunting show. They don’t want to do it initially, but Mary has ulterior motives. She wants to meet this guy, Jake, who has been texting her for a while now. He’s different like her, in that he has a very interesting ability. But boy is she in for a surprise 😬😂 Unfortunately, her grandmother is soon in trouble and she turns to Jake for help.

Review: Broken Spirits (Scary Mary #3) by S.A. Hunter

Title: Broken Spirits

Series: Scary Mary #3

Previous books in this series: Scary Mary (#1) | Stalking Shadows (#2)

Author: S.A. Hunter

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: July 2013

Published by: S.A. Hunter

Source: Purchased ebook

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Synopsis: Mary has been through a lot recently. She defeated a Shadowman, saved Vicky from a coma, and got a date to homecoming. She's ready for life to settle down and be a bit boring so she can catch her breath and process everything that she's been through. But she isn't going to get any downtime.

She may have defeated the Shadowman, but it isn't done with Mary, and it has her number. Literally. Now a scary monster is calling her house and Mary can't block its number. What does it want? How can she get rid of it? And what will she do when it decides to come visit?

My rating: ★★★★☆

I am enjoying this series quite a bit, I really am, but the romance is still driving me nuts so let's get that out of the way, huh? 😅

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?

Review: Scary Mary by S.A. Hunter

Title: Scary Mary

Series: Scary Mary #1

Author: S.A. Hunter

Genre: YA, paranormal

Publication date: August 2010

Published by: S.A. Hunter

Source: Amazon Freebie

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Synopsis: Mary has always been different. She’d like to be normal, but being able to hear ghosts means she’ll never be like everyone else. She starts her junior year of high school hoping to be left alone, but Cyrus Asher is new and doesn’t know or seem to care that she’s a freak. They start hanging out and all is well until she goes over to his house. Cy’s house is haunted, and not by Casper, the friendly ghost.

But it’s not the ghost that ruins the evening. That honor belongs to Vicky “The Hickey” Nelson with her borrowed Ouija board and stuck-up friends. They make Mary so angry that she uses the ghost to scare everybody, including Cy. He throws her out and Mary thinks she’s lost whatever chance she had with him. But there’s still the ghost to deal with. He’s nasty, mean, and possibly homicidal. Mary has to get rid of the ghost or Cy and his family could be hurt. Or worse.

My rating: ★★★★★

This book was SO good for it being a freebie! It was a lot of fun!