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 (Don't You) Forget About Me is an unforgettable novel that will haunt readers long after they're finished; Quinn has written a deliciously creepy novel that fans of Neil Gaiman will devour. It's so difficult to find good horror YA novels, but Kate Karyus Quinn has alleviated my concern with DYFAM. It takes a lot to scare me as a reader (the first time I read a Stephen King horror novel, I complained how it wasn't creepy enough), but Quinn's novel was a chilling novel that is genuinely terrifying. DYFAM is such a strange novel, but it's an uniquely told gem that readers will be frightened by. 
 What if your life was so terrible that you need to forget yourself? Skylar's mind is jumbled due to the fact that she is addicted to a purple drug that erases memories; she is trying to run away from the haunting memories of her sister through the Forget Me Not drug. Skylar lives in a terrifying paradise called Gardnerville where no one dies or get sicks, but the teens go insane every 4 years and commit life-threatening actions. During 4th years, it's not uncommon for teens to go on murder rampages and so, the town's reformatory is filled with teens. 
 DYFAM is told in a non-linear format and much of the story is told through the use of flash-backs. With each flashback, Quinn gives readers a taste for what really happened to Skylar and Piper. Each flashback was masterfully executed because they really drew me in and helped create an aura of mystery, while subtly giving readers hints. This novel is a puzzle; at first, I was totally confused but the more I worked at it, things started to come together in a bloody brilliant manner. 
 Gardnerville was something so vicious and amazing; I loved how Quinn showed that everything comes with a price. The setting is so intimidating and eerie that it feels like its own character in this novel and in a way, Gardnerville is much more than just a setting. Gardnerville feels alive and I could feel the thumping of its black heart with each turn of the page. This is a setting that readers will love visiting and at the same time, they will be instilled with an irrevocable fear of Gardnerville. 
 Piper isn't the main character of DYFAM, but she is easily my favorite character in this novel. There are so many differents angles to Piper's character and her character undergoes so many transformations throughout this story. There is a grand difference between the Piper in each flashback, but in every scene that she makes an appearance in, Piper shines and steals the scene. Piper is dangerous, reckless, but I was drawn to her like a fly to a flame and I couldn't tear myself from any scenes in which Piper was prominently featured. She is a magnetic character and there's denying that Quinn developed her character intricately with an eye for details. 
 (Don't You) Forget About Me is a novel that will surprise readers with its shocking and mindblowing plot. This book will mess with your mind in the best of ways to the point where you will have no clue what will happen next except that it won't be pretty. DYFAM doesn't give readers the ending they expect, but it does give them the ending they deserve -- a brutal, justified conclusion that concludes this novel's storyline with a bang. 
 DYFAM is a brutal, creepy novel that is best read in broadlight for readers' sake; this isn't straight horror by any means, but it's just so wonderfully messed up and crazy. I need more YA stand-alones like DYFAM and it proves that not every book needs to be apart of a series. I immediately wanted to seek out Another Little Piece after reading DYFAM and I have decided to read it sooner rather than later. I am obsessed with DYFAM and this is one of my favorite novels of the year by far.