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Petrana: Like many people, I also started with Six of Crows and its sequel, which rule. I haven’t read any of the King of Scars books. Then I went back to read the original Grishaverse trilogy, starting with Shadow and Bone, which I thought was fine. Nicole: Should we share which books we’ve read, or if we’ve read the books? I can go first: I’ve read the Six of Crows duology… twice.

Three Polygon staffers sat down to talk about all the big changes to the Grishaverse’s most important - and somehow most controversial - couple. But where does it go from here? How does season 2 handle this version of Mal and Alina? And does it work? The first season of the show ironed out some of the more contentious parts of Mal and Alina’s relationship, turning it into a deep friendship we could actually root for. Their romance was a cornerstone of the books, but not without criticism from fans, who would’ve rather seen Alina smooch the brooding Darkling or the charming Nikolai instead of dealing with Mal’s jealous ass.

It’s a lot of characters and a lot of plot, but we’re homing in on the heart of the show: Sun Summoner Alina Starkov (Jessie Mei Li) and tracker Mal Oretsev (Archie Renaux). No, it pulls from the next two books - along with some tangential adventures created just for the show, in order to give every part of the massive cast some screen time.

Put simply, the second season of Netflix’s YA adaptation doesn’t just adapt the next book in the series.

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The newest season of Shadow and Bone is full of some… big surprises, to say the least.

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