Thank you to NetGalley and Algonquin Young Readers for an Advanced Reader Copy.

I really appreciate the story collections that have come out in the last few years that offer selections by diverse authors with stories featuring diverse characters. Hooray for representation!

I didn't get to finish the ARC before it was archived, but I really enjoyed the first 2/3 of what I read.
This collection is geared to high school-aged readers.

This was a great collection of stories. I enjoyed the diverseness of each story, and I really truly loved all of the stories featured in this collection. I am for sure adding this in to our YA collection at the library, I think my teens will also really love this.

This is a mostly delightful anthology, but it is VERY eclectic in terms of story genres. They range from sweet and chill slice-of-life to rom-coms to romance to tragedy to outright horror. I do wish that the stories were sorted by category a bit, as the 'grab-bag' approach doesn't really suite my reading style (I like all the genres included, but I'm not always in the mood for all of them at any given time). This element made the reading experience a less immersive one than even a typical anthology would be for me. However, I loved many of the stories and would return to most, even though I would never want to read straight-through the anthology again.

In short, I loved this anthology!! The concept was absolutely brilliant, and I enjoyed (almost) every single story.

I’m a sucker for contemporaries, and I was instantly captivated by Laura Silverman's Creature Capture and Tiffany D. Jackson’s Shark Bait. Both stories managed to surprise me with plot twists. Some other stories that stood out to me were A Place to Start by Nina LaCour, Kayla Whaley’s Old Rifts and Snowdrifts, and Under Our Masks by Julian Winters. Without giving too much away, A Place to Start was a delightfully queer story when it comes to new changes, Old Rifts and Snowdrifts was surprisingly moving, and Under Our Masks was a wonderfully written gay romance that included a stake-out (with a superhero!).

However, there were a few stories that were hard for me to get into. I think if they had been longer, with more chances for world-building and development, I would’ve enjoyed them more. Or maybe they just simply weren’t for me.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing an eARC for Up All Night in exchange for an honest review.

This is a great anthology and people who like short story collections will probably like this one. There were a lot of stories that I loved and a few that were just okay but I don't think there were any that I hated which is nice to find. The first story by Karen M. McManus was a stand out for me in this collection, I enjoyed it a lot. And Nina LaCour always has beautiful writing so her story was really good too. I didn't love the story by Tiffany D. Jackson just because it felt like the start of a story that left me feeling unresolved and confused in the end unfortunately.
Overall though, I love short stories and this collection is one of the better anthologies that I have read.
I find that the teens in my library don't pick up anthologies often so I don't know if I will get it for my library but I personally enjoyed it a lot and if someone is looking for good short stories with more of a focus on contemporary and not as much fantasy, I would point them towards this collection.

Wonderfully weird and eclectic collection of stories! I think I could draw my teens to this book from some of the big names included. However, as a general librarian rule of thumb anthologies have low circulation. I will be ordering this for my library!

Up All Night is an anthology of 13 short stories that take place either all night or between sunset and sunrise. There were some amazing contributors, and even more amazing stories.

Below are the stories and individual reviews:

Never Have I Ever by Karen M. McManus—4 Stars
*Never Have I Ever starts with a group of friends playing classic never have I ever at a party. When the town’s “bad boy” shows up, the group decides to play the game a little differently.
*My synopsis sucks, but it’s Karen McManus. There’s a twist, and it’s great.

Like Before by Maureen Goo—2.5ish Stars
*A girl plans a scavenger hunt to reunite her two best friends after the group has a falling out.
*Kind of boring… It’s like hanging out with your siblings when they’re fighting—it gets annoying.

Old Rifts and Snowdrifts by Kayla Whaley—3.5 Stars
*Eleanor (I remembered her name!!) can’t get home from work due to a snowstorm, so she has to stay at the flower shop overnight with her ex-best friend, who she might have a thing for…
*Cute and solid, but I really hate the “major misunderstanding” trope. It just bothers me that if the characters just talked there wouldn’t be issues! I did like the disability rep (Eleanor is in a wheelchair)—you don’t get that a lot in YA.

Con Nights, Parallel Hearts by Marieke Nijkamp—2 Stars
*A girl waits in the line for a comic con with her two best friends. The story is told as 3 different scenarios of how the night would go if she told her friend a secret.
*So… this was just weird. The story telling was strange, and there was parts of each scenario that were almost word for word the same which bothered me.
*Also, I hate her friend’s reaction to the secret. She pretty much just says, “I’m sorry,” and that’s it. It’s awkward, and unfeeling. The whole story has a similar, detached vibe.

Kiss the Boy by Amanda Joy—3 Stars
*Their freshman year, a girl and her two best friends made a pact to kiss their crushes before they graduate. During their last night of high school, the main girl tries to get her man.
*Very predictable. It was cute but nothing new.

Creature Capture by Laura Silverman—3 Stars
*A standoffish girl and her best friend wait to capture the rarest creature in their favorite game, Creature Capture (think PokemonGo). They meet up with a couple of other gamers, and race around town trying to capture the creature.
*I liked the aspect of the main character making new friends and learning to put herself out there. *It was a unique idea—I liked that.

Shark Bait by Tiffany D. Jackson—3.5ish Stars
*A girl (I cannot remember most of the characters’ names!) struggles with her dad’s infidelity, figuring out her future, and racial issues in Nantucket (the town might not be right—don’t quote me on that). The story takes place during a night out with her boyfriend.
*A little too much background information/flashbacks. In a book it would be okay, but it overshadows in a short story.
*The ending though—damn… It was so unexpected!

A Place to Start by Nina LaCour—2.5-3ish Stars
*A Place to Start follows a girl and her new stepsibling during their first night together after their moms’ wedding. They try to find common ground and figure out what it will mean to be family.
*It wasn’t bad, but not particularly exciting or interesting.

When You Bring a Dog to Prom by Anna Meriano—3ish Stars
*Once again, a girl chases a boy. Will she get the boy? Probably. I mean, come on—it’s YA. But also, someone brought a dog to prom, so kudos.
*Okay, it’s a little better than that, but the-girl-chasing-after-a-guy-all-night story felt lazy. It wasn’t anything new. Also, she actively hated on the person her crush brought to prom.

Missing by Kathleen Glasgow—5 STARS!!
*Kim, Dorsey, Kate, and Angie visit an abandoned women’s mental hospital in hopes of finding a ghost, and bring along Kate’s little sister, Lissy, with them. Things get VERY creepy.
*This is the first thing I have ever read that scared me, but I don’t typically read scary things. The writing was so vivid I could picture everything happening. I also loved how it stood out from the other stories in this anthology.

What About Your Friends by Brandy Colbert—3 Stars
*Michaela and her ex-best friend meet again at dance marathon for charity. They try to put back together their friendship throughout the competition.
*Once again, it’s a weird misunderstanding/miscommunication thing. It didn’t really make sense, and I don’t think it really held up.

Under Our Masks by Julian Winters—5 STARS!!! +5 more stars (It’s just that good)
*Tristan stays up all night with his crush Arash to catch the superhero, Raven (or is it The Raven? Debatable), so Arash can interview him for a homework assignment. But it might be an issue since Tristan is Raven and Raven is Tristan… (I hope you weren’t expecting an A, Arash.)
*It’s sweet, and unique. It was refreshing and stood out from the rest.
*Plus, I have never read anything from Julian Winters, but I loved his writing style.
*And Arash was so goofy and cute. Plus, he’s chubby, so I liked that rep.

The Ghost of Goon Creek by Francesca Zappia—Also 5 Stars!
*Sydney is “The Ghost Girl” at her school. She knows tons of ghost stories, but the other students think she’s weird. One night, she gets roped into taking a group of students to meet a ghost, but she might learn things aren’t quite what she thinks.
*Francesca Zappia= Read the story. Enough said.

Like all short story anthologies, Up All Night has a mix of really good stories, really bad stories, and some that are just kind of eh. Personally, I liked the ones that were more unique, and didn’t rely on too much backstory or information.

As with any anthology, you are bound to love some stories and there's a risk that some stories might not land quite right for any given reader and that was the case with this book. Overall, I enjoyed the concept of the book and the general feel and premise. I think that the stories were well arranged within the book and were overall an enjoyable read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the Publisher for early access to this book. I enjoyed the concept of Up All Night especially since other than one Dance Marathon in college I have never stayed up all night. The best were saved for the last with this compilation of short stories. “Under Our Masks” by Julian Winters was my overall favorite. A super hero teen and his crush stake out searching for Raven the aforementioned superhero. A close second would be “The Ghost of Goon Creek” by Francesca Zappia. A shy teen shares her love of town ghost stories with a journalist for the school newspaper and realizes she’s not as weird as she may have thought.

My only issue with short stories is that they end sooner than I'd like! Ha.

A fantastic collection, featuring some of my favourite authors such as Karen M, McManus and Amanda Joy, and other wonderful authors I have never read anything from before.

"Like Before" by Maurene Goo was my favourite out of all of them, friendship groups are often so unlikely but by some magic they seem to work. Those last few months of high school are so important and it's often not something you realise at the time - I certainly didn't.
I haven't read any of her work before and I now have three of her books added to my to-read pile (which thanks to NetGalley and lovely publishers is getting longer by the day!!).

It took me until one of the last stories to realise the title theme ties all of these tales together (I was just so excited to read new things I clearly wasn't paying close enough attention). The early hours of the morning can be so freeing, with most people asleep in bed, you can almost imagine that the world is all yours - if only for those few hours.

I really look forward to discovering more work from all of the authors involved.

There are the anthologies that work and ones that don't. I usually get the feeling from the get-go as to whether it's a dud or a dream.....

What a dream! I am in love with this anthology-- thirteen stories by *amazing* authors and their only premise: "up all night / stories between sunset and sunrise". Check and check. And I think the thing that I love most is that for as different as the stories are, they're not so discordant that it pulls the book in too many different directions. They flow and fit and highlight teen experiences. Each has its own flavor and approach to the "clock" of being the middle-of-the-night.

There is prom and scavenger hunts. Romance and robbery. Friendship and superheroes. I adored EACH one of them. With my favorites being: "Never Have I Ever" by McManus because it's unequivocally HER kind of short story. "Creature Capture" by Silverman with a thread of nerddom but also the loss of friendship and the fear of making new ones (which is one of the threads that was sweetly saccharine about Goo's "Like Before"), "Old Rifts and Snowdrifts" by Whaley for its disability representation, "Shark Bait" by Jackson, and "Under Our Masks" by Winters because superhero stake-outs are cool.

As always, I enjoyed reading the stories by the authors whose books I have in the library. It's a great way to get students interested in specific authors!

A wonderful collection of short stories featuring a diverse range of experiences and characters. There's a little something for everyone, whether you're looking for a bit of romance, adventure, or even an appreciation of the melancholy and bittersweet feelings that come with growing up.

Ugh. Not for me at all. I think there were a couple stories I didn’t mind at the beginning but then completely lost interest, these read like pieces by really green authors. Full review on goodreads.

This was a great collection of short stories! Several of my favorite contemporary YA authors were featured, and their contributions did not disappoint. My favorites were Never Have I Ever and When You Bring a Dog to Prom. Can't wait to add this to my bookshelf for my students.

I really enjoyed reading Up All Night. This short story collection is a fantastic mix of realistic, romantic, and fantasy. It would be great in the hand of any reader. Highly recommend!

What a wonderfully delightful collection of short stories. We go searching for ghosts, to prom, senior game night, a friendship scavenger hunt, plus more adventures. Some of the authors were new to me and I can't wait to read more of their works. Each story was a reasonable length and I can't wait to use this in my classroom.

An excellent collection of teen short stories. There is at least one story in it for teens with all sorts of interests: romance, coming of age, murder mystery, etc! I especially love that teens with disabilities and gender-queer identities are portrayed throughout so that readers can truly see themselves in the characters.

I'm certain my high school readers will enjoy this collection and will add it to my bookcase as soon as it's available.

**I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher, through Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.

I was drawn to this book by the superstar authors that contributed to it. I think the quality of stories in this book varied, but to be fair, the pub date is far away, and it was clear there was some editing that was going to be done before it goes to print (ex. adding chapter names). While some of the stories I didn't care for, some I could see myself using to teach one thing or another in our high school curriculum. This book also introduced me to some authors that I was unfamiliar with but blown away by. I think the anthology format is very useful in that way. I liked that I could pick it up and put it down as I'm reading the 3 other books that I have going at any given time.

I'm looking forward to the final version, and will certainly be adding this to my classroom!

A great, diverse mix of stories, all of which take place in the middle of the night. Teens who love to burn the midnight oil will revel in the stories of friendship, family, and finding ourselves.
There is a haunted women's asylum, a dramatic car crash, a couple on a crime spree, a sweet step-sibling beginning, and much more. There is a little something for everyone from some of my absolute favorite young adult authors (Nina LaCour, Karen McManus, Tiffany D. Jackson, etc.).

Recommend for a high school library collection!