If you’ve spent a while on my website or you follow me on social media, you probably have one of these questions. Here are the answers, no beating around the bush.
About me and my work
Who is Kassfinol?
I’m Kasandra Finol, a Venezuelan author of paranormal romance and horror published on Amazon KDP since 2012. Kassfinol is my pen name. I’ve spent more than 14 years building worlds with supernatural beings that aren’t made of cardboard, romances that carry real weight, and dark humor that shows up when you least expect it. I have more than 24 novels and stories published in Spanish.
How many books have you published in total?
More than 24 novels and books published independently, participation in more than 15 anthologies by other authors, and more than 40 stories available free on my website. It’s a lot of years writing and I’m not stopping. I love writing and being read.
Do you work with a publisher or do you publish on your own?
I publish on my own, with no middlemen, and I love it that way. Editorial independence lets me publish what I want, when I want, without anyone demanding specific themes or setting conditions on the content.
That said, I also take part in anthologies with other women authors, and I recently won first place in a contest whose result will be published by a publisher. So I’m not closing doors, I just don’t depend on them.
Do you accept reviews, or can I get one of your books to review?
I love reviews. So much that I’ve given away my own digital books just so people would tell me afterwards whether they liked them and leave their comments. If you want to review something of mine, write to me on social media and we’ll talk about it.
About my books
Do you write books about the devil?
No. I understand where that idea comes from, especially in a context as religious as the Latin American one, but no. My books have supernatural beings, some of them tied to mythologies of angels and demons, but in my stories everything has a reason. If people bothered to read, they’d realize things happen the way they happen for concrete narrative reasons, not to offend anyone.
Fun fact: when I wrote the Invocation Series, I was still going to church every day as part of a youth community. So no, I don’t write out of disrespect for anyone’s beliefs.
Do your books have a happy ending?
If they’re romance, yes. For a story to be romance, the couple has to end up together in the end, that’s the rule of the genre and I respect it. Now, a happy ending doesn’t mean the road to get there is easy or predictable. My characters complicate their lives, make questionable decisions, and go through situations that aren’t always comfortable to read. The happy ending is earned, not given away.
In horror it’s a different story, there I promise you nothing.
Do your books have explicit sexual content?
Most of them do, but with nuances. I write a single sex scene per book. If you’re looking for literary porn in my pages, you won’t find it. The romance and the tension between the characters carry far more weight than the explicit scenes.
The exception is the Children of the Night Saga, which has no sexual content and is suitable for young readers. Everything else is aimed at adults.
Do you write series or standalone books?
Both, it depends on the project. I don’t like stretching a story just because, or squeezing dry something that’s already well told. When a story needs a saga, it’s a saga. When it resolves in one book, it’s one book, period.
In my romances in particular, I like each couple to have its own book. That lets me develop the characters in depth without any story getting crushed under the others.
Is there romance between the books, or is each story a different couple?
Each book has its own main couple. It’s not one continuous story with the same couple across several volumes; each installment gives a different relationship its full space. That said, characters from one book can show up in the next ones because they belong to the same universe.
When does the next book come out?
I have books written that aren’t published yet: book 5 of the Becoming a Zombie Series and books 3 and 4 of the Un Mundo de Sombras Saga. The texts are ready, but I’m waiting on covers and corrections from my editors. I don’t work with publication dates because I’d rather publish when the book is really ready, not when the calendar demands it.
Are your series connected to each other?
Only two: the Invocation Series and the Immortal Princesses Duology share a universe. Immortal Princesses is a spin-off of Invocation, so it makes more sense to read it after finishing the main series.
The rest of the sagas are completely independent universes. You can read the Children of the Night Saga, the Becoming a Zombie Series or the Un Mundo de Sombras Saga without having read anything else.
The world I build
Where do your supernatural beings come from? Why aren’t they like the usual ones?
Because I get bored writing what already exists exactly the same way. When I create a new supernatural being, whether it’s the Children of the Night or the Shadows, I try to bring something to the genre that wasn’t there before. I focus more on the character’s psychology than on their powers. I want people to love them or hate them, but to really feel something when they meet them. A character that provokes no reaction is a character that doesn’t work.
When I reinterpret familiar creatures like vampires, angels or demons, I break the rules but keep the plausibility of the world I build. If something works a certain way in my universe, that logic holds from beginning to end.
Are the Children of the Night a mythology of your own?
Partly, yes. I took the best of the supernatural beings I know and built a world with its own rules and its own way of acting. They aren’t taken from any existing mythology, they’re mine.
The Un Mundo de Sombras Saga goes even further: there the supernatural world is created from scratch. I always connect that world with the human one because I love making life complicated for the humans in my books. That’s where I have the most fun.
What sets your paranormal romance apart from the one translated from English?
Honestly, I grew up reading the greats of the Anglo-Saxon genre. Jr. Ward, Stephenie Meyer, Kresley Cole, Gena Showalter are my direct references. From them I took what I like most: strong characters, honest dialogue, relationships with real tension. Japanese narrative also influences me in the graphic descriptions and the hand-to-hand fight scenes.
The difference is what I add: dark humor, sarcasm, clever insults, and characters who talk the way real people talk, not the way characters talk when the author is idealizing them. My protagonists are Latin American women writing in Spanish, with everything that implies culturally.
How to start reading me
Can I read something of yours for free before buying?
Yes. I have more than 40 stories of different genres available directly on my website, no registration or purchase. You can read them and share them freely. It’s my way of introducing myself before you decide whether you want more: Kassfinol free book.
Where do I start reading you?
It depends on what you’re looking for.
If you want adult paranormal romance, start with the Invocation Series from book 1. When you finish it, move on to the Immortal Princesses Duology, which is its spin-off and makes more sense once you know the universe.
If you’re underage or prefer romance without explicit content, the Children of the Night Saga is your entry point. Four books, young adult paranormal romance, no adult content.
The rest of the sagas and standalone books can be read independently, following the internal order of each series.
And if you want to try before committing to a saga, the free stories are waiting for you: Kassfinol free short stories.
Where to find me and buy
Where can I find you?
I’m on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X as @Kassfinol. That’s where I share news about my books and where you can write to me directly.
I also have a podcast called La Caja de Herramientas del Escritor, but fair warning: that space is exclusively for writers. There I talk about editorial marketing, narrative technique and self-publishing. If you’re a reader and not a writer, it’s probably not for you.
Where do I buy your books?
On Amazon KDP in Kindle and paperback. If you live in Venezuela, I have a direct purchase option available on my website: Buy my books for Venezuela. And if you want to buy my digital books directly from me, you can go to the Kassfinol store, payments are via PayPal and prices are cheaper than on any other site.