Initial Impressions 10/9/15: It's like M. Night Shayamlan meets The Giver Quartet. 
 This was SUCH an interesting concept and I will say that I was totally anxious for answers from start to finish. The book does a nice job of giving little clues about what's going on but not giving so much away that the suspense peters out. I was always hungry for more answers and it kept me racing through the book. 
 I did hope for a lot more explanation, though. The big picture was revealed but there were so many more little things about this world that I wanted to know and wished were explained. Why 14 years? Why did this happen? Why is this world different? It was a world that was similar to our own so I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a fantasy world or a dystopian world. I thought dystopian but that made me curious as to WHY it was the way it was which I didn't really get answers for. 
 I also wasn't a huge fan of the execution of this idea. The plot was interesting but the big picture answer wasn't really how I had hoped it would go. Without spoilers, it's just a concept that I'm not usually keen on so it wasn't really a draw for me. 
 Full review originally posted HERE on The Book Addict's Guide 10/26/15: I read NIGHTFALL for Penguin Teen's Wicked Reads campaign and I'm really glad the timing for this worked out so well! I always enjoy a good, creepy read around Halloween (which I pretty much start reading for in September!) and NIGHTFALL was such a good creepy read for me because I'm a total chicken when it comes to horror. It was much more suspenseful with a little bit of horror and a whole lot of mystery so it made for an excellent selection for a scaredy cat like me! 
 Right away, I was intrigued by the plot of the book. The concept of years of day and years of night is really neat and I was hooked from start to finish in anticipation of what really happens on this island at night. I thought the authors did a great job of keeping the readers interested by giving out enough clues but still keeping the questions open. I sped through the pages to try to get all of the answers because I just had to know what was going on! 
 NIGHTFALL really reminded me of a mix of M. Night Shayamalan and The Giver Quartet by Lois Lowry. It had all of that great suspense that you find in Shayamalan movies and the setting and characters really reminded me of The Giver Quartet, specifically GATHERING BLUE and MESSENGER. The feel of The Giver Quartet did make the book feel a bit younger than the YA range I typically read (usually on the higher end of YA and I tend to read more adult than middle grade) so I did find myself a bit less connected to the characters than I had hoped because they felt a bit young. That really wasn't a bad thing but more of a personal preference. I really did enjoy the character dynamics but they didn't feel quite as developed or dynamic as I had hoped. The book was a really fun mix and I loved that it was one of those books that was so easy to explain in terms of feel. If you're craving either one of those, NIGHTFALL is probably an excellent book to pick up next! 
 I will say, I wasn't AS into the big picture answer as I had hoped. I really enjoyed that the reveal of what happened to this island at Night and who comes there was slowly revealed but I wasn't super crazy about the answer. Again, this was more of a personal preference since it's just not something I usually personally connect to but it was an exciting and interesting conclusion! (Sorry that's a bit vague... I don't want to spoil anything!) 
 NIGHTFALL was a quick and gripping read and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough! The suspense was really great it was a fun read, especially for Halloween! It wasn't totally the book for me but I thought it was well done and with just a bit more world-building and explanation, I think I could have really loved it!