Monster High: World's Scare

by Jacque Aye, Megan Brown, Siobhan Keenan (Illustrator)

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fantasy

136 pages, Paperback

Published June 23, 2026

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♥]

Yayyy, more Monster High!! The plot is plotting, and the series is super fun to follow. I love the little imps, I'd die for them.

[crypt]

While Hoopla doesn't get individual Monster High comics anymore, they DO get the collected graphic novels and I snagged World’s Scare with my remaining borrow of the month. I really like Caroline Shuda's art for the MH world (and the imps! The imps were so cute!) and I like the direction that Jacque Aye took in continuing the storyline introduced in New Scaremester with the ghouls navigating their grief in their own ways (even if I still can’t quite believe Monster High would just kill off two classic horror monsters like that… and Lothar’s punishment is just reform school? When a monster is dead???)

Anyway, World’s Scare wraps up the loose ends I complained about in the New Scaremester series (Hexiciah’s whereabouts, Lothar’s accomplice, who CryptCrier is, etc.) and manages to strike a balance between its heavier plot points and the creepy-cute vibe Monster High is known for. I know it’s not a popular opinion, but I really like this canon and the direction it’s heading in.

[Sesana]

Direct sequel to New Scaremester. This has most of the same strengths and weaknesses. The story is good, and the characters are mostly as I remember them. The villain reveal comes out of absolutely nowhere and doesn't really make a lot of sense, but whatever. There's also the same tonal weirdness. I do think Aye has dealt fairly well with showing Draculaura and Frankie's feelings of grief and responsibility, as well as Ghoulia's guilt over the events of the previous miniseries, but it also feels really, really heavy in a book filled with bad spooky puns.

[Natasha Nurse, Esq.]

I was expecting to be wowed but that was not the case.

[Anouk⭐]

I don't think I liked this one as much as other MH series I've read. The writing was a tad boring but the final chapter was infinitely better!