Disclaimer: I received this ebook from the author. Thanks! All opinions are my own.

Book: Blue Shadows Fall

Author: Lenore Stutznegger

Book Series: Blue Shadow Series Book 1

Rating: 5/5

Recommended For...: young adult readers, dystopian, fantasy

Publication Date: November 11, 2021

Genre: YA Dystopian

Recommended Age: 14+ (gore, murder, death, violence, plague, blinding)

Explanation of CWs: Murder and death are in the book as well as violence and gore. It’s not too gorey, but it’s there. There’s a plague that happens before the start of the book and it’s prevalent throughout the novel.

Publisher: Immortal Works Publishing

Pages: 395

Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Blue Haven, gifted with superhuman sight since birth, dreams of becoming a warrior—not that anything’s happened near the wall since Old Man Amos was attacked by that beaver. The Shadow Elves—humans infected by a zombie apocalypse-like plague—have died out over the past 150 years, leaving life altogether boring. In her quiet farming village nestled in the shadows of the Smoky Mountains, warriors are no more than a formality.

But Blue's unique sight is beginning to show her some troubling things. A suspicious green-eyed outsider. A strikingly beautiful Shadow Elf. These visions can’t be real—because if they are, that means everyone's been wrong. Dead wrong. They are not the last survivors in the world. And they aren't prepared for the reality Blue's eyes are showing her.

The outsiders want in, and they’re hungry.

Review: This is one I’ll definitely be buying a copy of! I absolutely loved this book so much. It was such a fun read with some great dystopian tropes and elements. I loved the character development and world building. I also loved the drama and romance, even if it was a little tropey. I also felt the plot was solid and it wasn’t info heavy like a lot of books of this genre sometimes are.

The only issue I really had with the book is that there were some slow moments in the pacing, but overall I loved it.

Verdict: So wonderful.