Netflix Shadow and Bone Review – Turning the tide on young adult fantasy
Shadow and Bone brings the light back for young adult fantasy, upending all expectations.
Shadow and Bone brings the light back for young adult fantasy, upending all expectations.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Grishaverse as we pull back the curtain and see how Shadow and Bone was brought to life by the cast and creative team.
Based on Leigh Bardugo's worldwide bestselling Grishaverse novels, Shadow and Bone finds us in a war-torn world where lowly soldier and orphan Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) has just unleashed an extraordinary power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the monstrous threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha.
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