So I guess I'll write about the form that I've come to notice about monster books.. Most of the ones that I read basically follow the same form and story development, with very little diversions.
So! First, there is always a description of the setting and the main character. Its very moody and descriptive and they always try to make you form an opinion about the character by giving you details about his life or by guiding you through the way his life normally goes and usually they sneak in that he has a love interest or some sort or that he has a family or people close to him. Also, I say HE because it usually is a male main character. The story moves along setting you up for the creepy things to come, usually there is a roadtrip or buissness trip or someone new moves into town.. Something that happens that is out of the ordinary for the character. This is when the story takes a turn.. The story gets wierd, the characters begin to get paranoid, they start to put together certain clues.
Then you meet/figure out who is the monster.
The rest of the novel is spent with the characters desperately trying to figure out how to stop it/kill it. The girl(love interest) or family members always get captured and brought to the monster's lair. The main character always has to save their asses.. Which means he needs to make a plan, you get a hint that 'at this point it may go wrong,' in which it usually does and then the guy has to come up with something on the spot in order to save her/them. Their plans never go quite right, but they always save who they need to save and kill/capture the monster. sometimes they escape or there is some hint that it wasn't the last you're gonna see the monster..
Thats always the basic formula. Of course its always fleshed out with secondary characters and subplots, but thats the main theme of all monster novels. :)
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