I like a good Urban Fantasy story, one that has decent characters, good storyline, and one that doesn't take itself too seriously (has some humour).
Lauretta Hignett has all of this and more.
She has written seven series now, each with a strong female lead, and each series has a lose affiliation with each other, but you don’t have to have read the other series to dive into any of the individual series, making it easy to pick and choose if something doesn’t quite interest you.
Each of the series follows a female lead.
The first series follows Imogen, an immortal who has been travelling through time, trying to understand what, or who she is, and why she is here, and to some extent, how she can end her existence. There is something dark following Imogen through time though, and in this series, it all comes to ahead.
The second series follow’s Sandy, a hairdresser who is in a bit of a bad relationship and things are not going well for her, that is until one day she eats a banana. Of course, the banana just happens to have a vengeance demon trapped in it, and she ends up sharing her body with the vengeance demon. The demon is called Mavka, and she is the rage of wronged women – and she is utterly hilarious. This is a series that will have you in stitches.
Her third series follow’s a young woman called Prudence. Prudence is a little different, in that she is a skeleton. Yup, just a walking skeleton with a soul and a good illusion to make is seem like she has all the coverings the rest of us have.
Prudence is taking on a new job – the role of Enforcer for Washington, keeping everyone in line. She’s not sure she’s up for the job. Everyone else has no doubt.
Series four is about Chloe. Chloe was originally in series two, as a young ditzy hairdresser, until she had a spell removed from her that had kept her as a ditzy braindead blonde for over ten years. Chloe is not a ditzy blonde. She is a highly trained, elite assassin, and now, she is on a mission of vengeance to find and pay back those that left her like that. This series is a little darker than the others, but is one of the best Hignett has written.
The Hidden City follows on from Chloe’s series, and reintroduces Daphne. Daphne was a young girl the last time we saw her, but things have happened to her, and she is now a young woman. She has grown 13yrs in only a few years due to some things that happened to her (they will be explained). Daphne now works for the Otherworld Child Care agency, investigating child welfare. This series is set in an alternative reality for otherworld people – an event has happened that has changed things. Daphne is a brilliant character, she is slightly naïve due to her experiences, but also a lethal weapon, again, due to her experiences. There are some of the best characters in this series, Dwayne is back, the chaos god in the form of a goose, the Countess, and many others. Easily the best of her series.
Her latest series follow’s a young woman, only 17, who is genius level intelligent (think Sheldon), but has been attacked by a vampire. Now unable to attend MIT like she wanted, she has to attend a college that does night schooling and takes on otherworld students. This series is like if a female Sheldon was bitten by a vampire, and had to survive – it is incredibly hilarious, Marie is funnier than Sheldon, she has sarcasm down so well, she can strip people like peeling paint.
Hignett has also written another series, Susan you’re the Chosen One, about a woman who has what she feels is a pretty perfect life, husband, house, good friends, and then it is all taken away. Susan finds herself being accused of being a bit nuts – because, well Susan has magic, and she may well be the chosen one. And she can see otherworld creatures, and no one else (well, ‘normies’) can’t. Funny, witty, a little crazy – but brilliant!
Lauretta Hignett is not to be missed if you love great Urban Fantasy!!
by Conscious_Low1279