The extremely anticipated second season of Shadow and Bone is true across the nook (March 16!) and we’re lastly getting some new footage. After the sneak preview pictures just a few months in the past and the wonderful New York Comedian Con panel, my hype for this fantasy collection is at an all time excessive. Shadow and Bone, based mostly on the trilogy by Leigh Bardugo (with a splash of the sequel duology Six of Crows), is straightforward to look at and perceive, elevating its YA roots right into a collection that’s delightfully enjoyable and stuffed with characters that you simply love and like to hate.

The present follows Alina Starkov, a grisha (mage) on the run from the evil Basic Kirigan—an ageless wizard who hopes to take over the nation of Ravka with the assistance of a military of shadow-monsters. Alina and her beau, Mal (the most effective issues this collection did was flip Mal right into a likable character; he’s genuinely the most effective components of the present) need to group up with the bastard prince of Ravka to be able to discover a magic amplifier that can permit her to shut the Fold—the darkish supply of Kirigan’s energy.

We’ve additionally acquired the Crows, a bunch of heisty younger adults with money owed over their heads and targets on their again. As they try to go after a thriller drug that amplifies magic, but in addition leaves the magician weakened and presumably lifeless, they’ve acquired to get an entire new group collectively.

I’m the target market for this present and I’m consuming it up. The results are good, the characters seem like they’ve grown, and the extra we see of Ketterdam and the Crows the happier I’ll be. The motion is trying higher than ever, Ben Barnes (Kirigan) continues to be extremely popular, and we get to see Prince Nikolai in individual, my favourite catastrophe boy.

All episodes of Shadow and Bone season two shall be out there March 16 on Netflix.

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