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Just ask Imogen Gray: Over two-hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity. Strong as a shifter, faster than a vampire, Imogen's walked the earth forever, always alone, never growing, never changing.

Never learning, either. Her smart mouth and quick temper get her into trouble far too often.

And when trouble comes, she gets hurt. Sometimes very badly, and it can take a long, painful time to heal from severed limbs and disembowelment.

She's tired of it all. So tired.

But she's got a plan. Imogen's on a mission to find the next reincarnation of her father, the only person in the world who knows what she is; the only man who can help get rid of the curse of immortality.

She's got to find him first. For that, she needs to perform a powerful scrying spell, and for that she needs a blood witch.

Imogen …

Just ask Imogen Gray: Over two-hundred thousand years old and teetering on the edge of total insanity. Strong as a shifter, faster than a vampire, Imogen's walked the earth forever, always alone, never growing, never changing.

Never learning, either. Her smart mouth and quick temper get her into trouble far too often.

And when trouble comes, she gets hurt. Sometimes very badly, and it can take a long, painful time to heal from severed limbs and disembowelment.

She's tired of it all. So tired.

But she's got a plan. Imogen's on a mission to find the next reincarnation of her father, the only person in the world who knows what she is; the only man who can help get rid of the curse of immortality.

She's got to find him first. For that, she needs to perform a powerful scrying spell, and for that she needs a blood witch.

Imogen is going undercover at an animal shelter to try and flush out one of these bloodthirsty maniacs. But it's not exactly going to plan, thanks to a blind date with a goblin, a vampire stuck in the late nineties, and one pesky ghost...

Immortal Ghost is the prequel novella to the bestselling Imogen Gray Series, a fun, fast-paced urban fantasy. Content note for foul language, minor violence, suicidal ideation, and references to animal abuse and sexual assault (no explicit scenes at all.)

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pixin@bookwyrm.social reviewed Immortal Ghost by Lauretta Hignett

Solid prequel to a different kind of urban fantasy

4 stars

Imogen Grey isn't amazingly smart, and she has no intuition to speak of, but she is faster than a vampire, stronger than a shifter, and more immortal than...well...anything. Literally nothing will kill her, and having lived as a young woman since the dawn of civilization or so, she's gotten tired or it. Or more accurately, she's gotten tired of pain, because being able to regenerate doesn't mean the injury & healing process doesn't hurt.

It's actually fairly difficult to summarize this book and world setting quickly. It's definitely an urban fantasy book, but she mostly tries to avoid the supernatural elements of it as being Not Worth the Trouble. She's living as part of the human world, and that's where the plot takes place. In some ways Imogen is like the threefold law personified: The more sheer yuck you put out into the world, the harder she'll come down if …

Imogen Grey isn't amazingly smart, and she has no intuition to speak of, but she is faster than a vampire, stronger than a shifter, and more immortal than...well...anything. Literally nothing will kill her, and having lived as a young woman since the dawn of civilization or so, she's gotten tired or it. Or more accurately, she's gotten tired of pain, because being able to regenerate doesn't mean the injury & healing process doesn't hurt.

It's actually fairly difficult to summarize this book and world setting quickly. It's definitely an urban fantasy book, but she mostly tries to avoid the supernatural elements of it as being Not Worth the Trouble. She's living as part of the human world, and that's where the plot takes place. In some ways Imogen is like the threefold law personified: The more sheer yuck you put out into the world, the harder she'll come down if she has to deal with you, and the more you're genuninely trying to help the world, the more likely it is that she'll help you before moving on.

The one thing that really niggled at me is that there are multiple unrelated villains, but they're all predatorily misogynistic men. The only exception is a guy that's more of an annoyance than a full-out bad guy, because he's more of a snot than a predator, and slightly more ageist than misogynistic. But it's a fast-paced prequel, with not a lot of time for development of secondary characters, and even less for the bad guys. There's no hint that anyone from this prequel will carry over into the series

Subjects

Urban Fantasy