Mary: The Summoning by Hillary Monahan

Mary: The Summoning (Bloody Mary)

by Hillary Monahan

Teens Jess, Shauna, Kitty, and Anna follow all the rules, but when their summoning circle is broken the vengeful spirit of Bloody Mary slips through, and as the girls struggle to escape Mary's wrath, loyalties are questioned, friendships torn apart, and lives changed forever.

Reviewed by boghunden on

4 of 5 stars

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This book has been on my preorder-list for a while and that's not gonna change! I love the Bloody Mary legend and thus this was a must read for me.

I was expecting this to be a scary book, so I was very carefully planning when to read it, due to being a girlygirl who don't want to be alone at nighttime when reading stuff like this. Turned out to be a good thing, because this really was a scary read! A couple of chapters in, I started worrying if it was gonna go down the teenage-drama road instead, but turned out it didn't, yay! The drama that is in this book is completely fair!

I liked the way this book was being told, the writing style was really good. It was scary, yet funny at the same time, which means I kept me breath several times throughout this book.

As for the characters, I really liked them. Except for Mary, she's a bitch (ofc!). And the name Kitty....you know it's gonna be scary when you name your characters that, right?! :)

All in all, a really great book!

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