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Netflix’s new series,
Shadow and Bone, is gracing our screens this week. The show is based on a series of young adult fantasy books which brings with it a set of pre-existing fan expectations.
So for those of us who are uninitiated, what do you need to know about
Shadow and Bone before watching?
Netflix’s
Shadow and Bone can, at times, feel like an internet fever dream come to life. It stars perennial Tumblr fancast favorite Ben Barnes in a role that readers of Leigh Bardugo’s books have positioned him in at leastas far back as 2013, dripping with charisma with every conflicted look and swish of his oversized cloak. At the helm is Eric Heisserer (
Arrival), who, more than four years ago, tweeted his love of a book he would one day help adapt at the woman who wrote it. It’s full of sizzling chemistry between multiple characters, mutual pining and an assortment of romantic tropes, and fleeting looks that are rife for analyzing in multi-tweet threads.
Step into the Grishaverse a little bit early thanks to Netflix s new
Shadow and Bone featurette. Not only does the video offer eager fans a chance to get a glimpse into the world that is being spun out from author Leigh Bardugo s books otherwise known as the
Shadow and Bone trilogy and the
Six of Crows duology but it also gives curious new viewers a taste of what s to come, when the series adaptation is released onto the global streamer on April 23.
And in the spirit of most fantasy series, the featurette (below) also contains a handy-dandy map of all the warring kingdoms that are referenced in Bardugo s books, as well as the great Shadow Fold that separates them. It also provides a clear and concise outline of the kinds of Grisha, AKA people with the ability to manipulate the world around them, that exist within the series and the differences between their powers. (It s clear, as longtime fans of the characters can see right away, that no expense was s