In Nightfall

By: Suzanne Young

Narrated by: Elena Rey

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

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.

©2023 Suzanne Young (P)2023 Listening Library

Critic reviews

"A delicious tale filled with desire and bite." —Kirkus Reviews

“Atmospheric and chilling, In Nightfall is a campy, creepy, fangtastic thrill ride to the last page! I dare you not to read this in one deliciously bloodcurdling sitting.” —Amalie Howard, USA Today bestselling author

“Suzanne Young’s In Nightfall breathes life into the vampire genre. Female villainess vamps reign supreme with the wittiest dialog since Buffy. Move over, Sunnydale: Nightfall is about to become the vampire capital of the world.” —Diana Rodriguez Wallach, author of Small Town Monsters and Hatchet Girls

Pleasantly Surprised - YA

I purchased this book, because I saw the author post about it on Twitter. Rarely do I purchase YA, but I wanted to give this book a try. I was pleasantly surprised. Some YA is more Adult than Young. This was a perfect YA and I would feel comfortable listening in the car with my teens. It reminded me of the movie Lost Boys. I did correctly guess the antagonist about halfway through the book, but I am also in my 40s and listen to hundreds of books a year. Again, this is a perfect YA book. This book kept me intrigued and I finished it within 24 hours.

The characters, the plot, everything was great!!

I loved everything! I feel like making this book into a series somehow, like a return to night fall would be awesome! This book was very enjoyable, entertaining, I didn’t want it to end.

Descriptive writing kept me listening

Downloaded this book after seeing the book signing story. No such thing as bad publicity. Great story and awesome narration.

In nightfall

I don't usually read books about vampires but the story sounded good so I gave it a try and I'm glad I did. the only complaint I have is that there was so many character. names and that sounded alike.

honestly I wish it was longer

the book was actually really good, but i felt like it didn't live up to it's full potential. there were a lot of things I really wish were expended upon but overall still a very good read. I wasn't the biggest fan of the ending but that's just my personal preference and stuff, there was nothing objectively wrong with it.
other then that, the narrator was amazing.

loved it

liked it so much just couldn't put it down hope to read more by this author

It's fine?

I think this was a decent casual listen but I found myself waiting for the story to really pull me in and it didn't until the last handful of chapters.