After an almost two years wait, Netflix is ready to welcome audiences back to the GrishaVerse with Shadow and Bone season 2. This second round of adventures following Alina (Jessie Mei Li) and Mal (Archie Renaux) picks up not long after the explosive finale of the previous season, with our heroes continuing their mission to destroy the Fold. Shadow and Bone
Read MoreAlina is in a precarious position. She has basically become the prisoner of the Apparat. Trapped deep underground, far from the sunlight she needs, Alina is unable to use her powers. She needs to find the third amplifier to defeat the Darkling, but first, she has to find a way out from under the mountain and from under the Apparat’s control.
Read MoreJoin Alina as she tries to defeat the Darkling and save Ravka in Leigh Bardugo’s Siege and Storm. This is Bardugo’s second Grishaverse novel in the Shadow and Bone Trilogy. [ Warning: My review of Siege and Storm contains spoilers to this book and its predecessor Shadow and Bone (read the review here). Find this and many other books we’ve reviewed
Read MoreRavka is a country torn by war, and by something worse. The Shadow Fold, a place of darkness and monsters, was created centuries ago by the Black Heretic, an arrogant and dangerous mage. Alina is a cartographer in the first army, about to cross the Fold for the first time. When her ship is attacked by volcra she unknowingly releases a
Read More2021 was a fantastic resurgence of new and old on television and in theaters. As my fellow writers broke down those series and feature films, I began thinking about 2022. Warner Bros and Marvel Studios are gearing up for some wild rides in this year’s release slate, but I wanted to go beyond those and see what else my friends here
Read MoreEarlier this year, Netflix dipped its toes into the Grishaverse with the release of Shadow and Bone, Season 1. Based on the popular YA book series by Leigh Bardugo, the show is about a young woman mapmaker, Alina Starkov played by Jessie Mei Li, who is unexpectedly thrust into the world of magic* and has to help fix her war-torn land
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