Hello everyone! Today is my spot in the “In Nightfall” Blog Tour by TBR and Beyond Tours, and I have a review as well as a playlist for you in store.

DISCLAIMER: A review copy of this book has been sent to me in exchange for an honest review.

And now without further ado, let’s start with the post.

About the book

Synopsis:

In the quaint town of Nightfall, Oregon, it isn’t the dark you should be afraid of—it’s the girls. The Lost Boys meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer in this propulsive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Treatment.

Theo and her brother, Marco, threw the biggest party of the year. And got caught. Their punishment? Leave Arizona to spend the summer with their grandmother in the rainy beachside town of Nightfall, Oregon—population 846 souls.

The small town is cute, when it’s not raining, but their grandmother is superstitious and strangely antisocial. Upon their arrival she lays out the one house rule: always be home before dark. But Theo and Marco are determined to make the most of their summer, and on their first day they meet the enigmatic Minnow and her friends. Beautiful and charismatic, the girls have a magnetic pull that Theo and her brother can’t resist.

But Minnow and her friends are far from what they appear.
And that one rule? Theo quickly realizes she should have listened to her grandmother. Because after dark, something emerges in Nightfall. And it doesn’t plan to let her leave.

Title – In Nightfall
Author – Suzanne Young
Genre – Young Adult Horror Fantasy
Release date – March 28th, 2023

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

Review

In Nightfall, we follow Theo and Marco who have to live with their grandmother in Nightfall during the summer as their punishment. And it won’t be a fun vacation because their grandmother has one rule: to be home before dark. Theo and her brother don’t think much of this rule because they want to have fun during their summer break and so they start meeting some new people. Soon they’ll start to regret not having listened to the ONE house rule…

When you tell me that there are going to be vampires in a book, I’m always all in! So I just had to read this book. I enjoyed the setting and the descriptions that we got of Nightfall, and was immediately intrigued by the house rule of the grandmother.

I was a bit disappointed however because I found the pacing to be a bit too slow for my personal liking. Also, the “real” action only appears very late in the story. And another thing that made me rate the book only 3.5/5 stars is that I didn’t like the characters. Not because they were supposed to be unlikeable, but because there was just something that didn’t make me “click” with them. Even though the vampires appear late in the story, I really liked the way they were written by the author.

Overall, “In Nightfall” is a great read that I think many of you will certainly enjoy. I just had too high expectations, which I should have set aside. And after I did just that, I enjoyed reading it. If you love books about vampires set in small towns and mysterious things happening, then this will have to be your next read!

Where to buy?

Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository | Indigo | IndieBound

Spotify Playlist

About the author

Suzanne Young is the New York Times bestselling author of The Program series. Originally from Utica, New York, Suzanne moved to Arizona to pursue her dream of not freezing to death. She is a novelist and an English teacher, but not always in that order. Suzanne is the author of the critically acclaimed Program series, as well as Girls with Sharp Sticks, Poet Anderson, All in Pieces, Hotel for the Lost, and several other novels for teens. 

Author links:

Website | Instagram | Goodreads | Facebook

Tour Schedule

March 27th
Midsummer Night’s Read – Review
And On She Reads – Review
Book-Keeping – Review, Favorite Quotes

March 28th
Kait Plus Books – Promotional Post
Balancing Books and Beauties – Review, Book Look

March 29th
DB’s Guide to the Galaxy – Review
The Literary Huntress – Review, Creative Post: GIF Review
One More Chapter – Review

March 30th
Mallory Books – Review, TikTok, Creative Post: Annotation Art
Rae’s Reading Lounge – Review, Favorite Quotes

March 31st
Confessions of a YA Reader – Review
The Sleepy Bookworm – Review

April 1st
Stuck in Fiction – Promotional Post
The Review Booth – Review
The Clever Reader – Promotional Post

April 2nd
Reading Stewardess – Review
Phannie the ginger bookworm – Review, Playlist
bookloversbookreviews – Promotional Post

Instagram Schedule

March 27th
ninebookishlives – Promotional Post
bookish.with.janelle – Review
fictionalfey – Review, Playlist
daniereads87 – Review
hollymbryan – Content Creator’s Choice

March 28th
lisashelves – Review, Favorite Quotes
neverknotreading– Promotional Post
brittyoreads – Review
balancing_books_and_beauties – Content Creator’s Choice

March 29th
tbrandbeyond – Promotional Post
nissa_the.bookworm – Review
pluvioreads – Review, TikTok
onemused – Review
_leahreads – Content Creator’s Choice

March 30th
bookishlifeofkels – Promotional Post
spoonie.reads – Review, Playlist
hoadingbooks.herdingcats – Review, Favorite Quotes
silveryquills – Review, Favorite Quotes
bookdreamr – Content Creator’s Choice

March 31st
bookdemonio – Promotional Post
my.bookish.mind – Review, TikTok
dreaminginpages – Review
thesleepybookworm – Content Creator’s Choice
thecleverreader – Content Creator’s Choice

April 1st
amysbookshelf82 – Review
ohyouread – Promotional Post
littlelibraryadventures – Review
thereviewbooth – Content Creator’s Choice

April 2nd
writingrosereads – Promotional Post
quirkylitlover – Review
cozybooktraveller – Review, Playlist
bookish.by.trade – Top 5 Reasons to Read In Nightfall, Journal Spread
bookloversbookreviews – Content Creator’s Choice

*A review copy of this book has been sent to me in exchange for an honest review. This hasn’t influenced my rating.