Top 10 Tips for Writing Paranormal Fiction

by Krys Kingston

Atmosphere. The setting will have a large part to play in the atmosphere of your story. There is a reason a lot of paranormal fiction takes place in remote castles, derelict mansion, stormy sees, or fog bound streets. The setting of each scene is like a casing, shaping the mood and tone of the words within.

Ambiguity. Don't give everything away. Keep your readers guessing . Part of what makes paranormal fiction so successful is the allure and fear of the unknown.

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Book Review by Becky Beach

Becky Beach

Rose: The Awakening – Krys Kingston 

This is another book that tells a tale of London, but this time it is the darkness and fog of Victorian London that we find on the page.

Rose Maines is left destitute after the death of her father and finds herself living in an East End lodging house with her mother.

The book follows Rose as she meets Mr Oliver Weir following her mother’s appointment as his housekeeper. They immediately form a bond that drifts between love and hate, seemingly dictated by the moods of Weir.

A the book moves forward, you begin to fear for Rose, but she maintains an unusually steady and cool head despite the mysteries unravelling around her.

The book is supernatural, but with more of a leaning towards the type of tale of the unknown that would endear an adult to it rather than teens who had discovered what lives on the other side through more commercial publications like the Twilight series.

Kingston uses wonderful imagery to engage the reader, something that keeps the pages turning, “It was there that I found sleep, deep within the veins of the city that flowed with life as London awoke.”

Well written and fast paced, with very skillful use of short punchy chapters, Kingston has started her trilogy with aplomb.

So often the fog hides a greater darkness, and Kingston brings the velvet curtain of society as we know, and into a place where we’d not want to find ourselves alone. Murder, death, and the undead stalking the world of the living await as we look forward to the next two installments of this trilogy of books from Kingston.

Book Review by Richard Tearle

Historical Novel Society