Monster High: New Scaremester, Vol. 2

by Jacque Aye, Keryl Brown Ahmed, Ben Kahn

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Young Adult

160 pages, Paperback

Published September 23, 2025

About the author

As a woman who suffers from depression and social anxiety, I’ve made it my mission to candidly share my experiences with the hopes of helping others dealing with the same. This extends into my fiction work, where I pen tales about woeful women trying their best, with a surrealist, magical touch. Inspired by surrealist authors like Haruki Murakami, Sayaka Murata, and Lemony Snicket, my stories are dark and humorous with a hint…well, a bunch…of absurdity.

Reviews

[♥Milica♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

The plot is heating up!! I'm really looking forward to seeing how it's going to develop from this point on. This volume felt too short, but in a good way, I was having so much fun and then it was over. I hope we won't have to wait long for new issues.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't love all the story choices, but I absolutely love getting to see original Frankie and Ghoulia again.

[Rebecca Rakes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute wrap-up, and they included some of the one-off comics as well.

[teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute storyline. Wrapped up well. Can’t wait to read what releases next!

[Frank Chillura (OhYouRead) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have been desperate for more Monster High since the movies stopped releasing years ago. It felt like every few months there was a movie and doll releases lined up. And while my wallet may have hated it, my collection and little gay heart were in love with every single second of it. The live action movies felt like we may finally get back on track, but the changing of mythos and back stories threw a lot of people off. Even with those changes, it still felt incredible to see my faves up on the screen again. Needless to say, this feels like a return to my happier days.

The one major change that makes me so incredibly happy for is that there are more queer characters now. Everyone gets the representation they deserve and with Clawdeen and Torelai, well as Valentine and Sheldon, leading the march, it makes me so excited and bursting with queer joy.

I hope this isn’t the end of these books, because I never get tired of reading about these characters. I hope this means we’ll get even more books, dolls, and movies in the future, because I desperately need them!!

[Eva B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun!!! Still hard to get used to Frankie being a girl lol, I mainly am interested in G3 despite growing up on G1, but this was super cute. I love that Frankie's design for the dance was the same as her Stitched in Style doll, and she and Johnny were super cute together! Wish we saw more of Lagoona though, she feels like she's being excluded from the story despite being one of the main ghouls since the beginning of the line. Give my girl some time in the spotlight!

[Eyla · Rating 4 out of 5]

The drama is a little over the top but I do enjoy the conspiracy plots, and I love that apparently the other series will continue those plots?? Big focus on Cleo's relationship with Ghoulia is always appreciated too because their friendship is soooo sweet. The art is also beautiful, can't wait to dive into the other series!

[Geo Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This arc was interesting, and the last issues have by far been the best. Good for teen audiences

[Anouk⭐ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these comics so much! The art is gorgeous and the nostalgia on-point. I hope they will make collected volumes for all the Monster High comic series because I want them all!!!!

[Aleksandra Mikołajczyk · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Ylenia Damiani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Romance and missing fiends (monster friends), I wish monster high was around when I was a kid!