Are you following so far?ĭAVID APPLEBY/NETFLIX // Netflix The author was on board with this approach. So, to recap: The Netflix series Shadow and Bone entwines two different book series-all of which take place in the same universe (that is, Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse)-into the same time period. If you haven’t read the books, you would have no clue that they don’t take place during the same time frame. The Six of Crows books take place in the years following the events of the Shadow and Bone trilogy, but the show really folds (pun intended) the events from both book series into one story, in which the Dregs are tasked with stealing Alina in a heist. The two books follow the Dregs, a gang of teenagers including Kaz Brekker (Freddy Carter on the show), Inej Ghafa (Amita Suman), and Jesper Fahey (Kit Young) as they plot a series of incredible heists in the capital city of Kerch (another country in the Grishaverse). These books are solely focused on Alina’s story and Ravka.īut the show’s subplot, which opens in Ketterdam, follows characters from Bardugo’s second Grishaverse installment, a duology of books titled Six of Crows (2015) and its sequel, Crooked Kingdom (2016). The series title is taken from the first book in the author’s main Grishaverse trilogy, also titled Shadow and Bone, published in 2011 (the other two books are 2013’s Siege and Stormand 2014’s Ruin and Rising). The TV show is actually based on two Bardugo book series. If you only just discovered this series and have no idea what I’m talking about, here’s a breakdown of where the plot points and characters from the first season originated. The same is true for Shadow and Bone: Netflix’s newest fantasy offering is based on the books by Leigh Bardugo, but it’s more complicated than that. ‘Shadow and Bone’ Is Now Filming Season 2Īs any fantasy lover knows, these worlds aren’t usually created solely for the screen they’re often adapted from series that have a huge following.Jessie Mei Li on Their ‘Shadow and Bone’ S2 Hopes.I should pause here to quote Vulture’s Maggie Fremont: “If you’re out here calling Grisha people with ‘magic powers,’ you better check yourself, okay? As the novels explain, Grisha powers aren’t really ‘magic’ but more of a mastery of ‘manipulating matter at its most fundamental levels.’” Fremont is right, but the Netflix series definitely positions Grisha as “magic people,” because “manipulating matter” is a little heavy to get into when you just want to chill with a new series and pizza on a Friday night. She’s a cartographer in the First Army of the kingdom of Ravka who discovers she has magical powers Alina is actually a Grisha, one of the residents of Ravka who can practice magic. My love affair with this Netflix series and the Grishaverse mostly has to do with the fact that the heroine, Alina Starkov ( Jessie Mei Li), is someone you immediately want to champion. Shadow and Bonechanged all of that for me. This is not meant as shade to any fantasy stans reading this-I really respect you! I've just…never felt like one of you. I usually find the worlds too packed with details I can’t follow, the names too long and confusing, and the fan bases so intense they’re intimidating. Let’s make one thing clear: I don’t love fantasy. a world of science and superstition where nothing is what it seems.Mild spoilers for Shadow and Bone season 1 below. He believes Alina can summon a force capable of destroying the Shadow Fold and reuniting their war-ravaged country, but only if she can master her untamed gift.Īs the threat to the kingdom mounts and Alina unlocks the secrets of her past, she will make a dangerous discovery that could threaten all she loves and the very future of a nation. Now Alina will enter a lavish world of royalty and intrigue as she trains with the Grisha, her country''s magical military elite - and falls under the spell of their notorious leader, the Darkling. But when her regiment is attacked, Alina unleashes dormant magic not even she knew she possessed. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first trek across the Shadow Fold - a swath of unnatural darkness crawling with monsters. Perfect for fans of Laini Taylor and Sarah J. See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series.Įnter the Grishaverse with book one of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by number one New York Times-bestselling author, Leigh Bardugo.
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