Shadow and Bone is an urban fantasy TV series based on a novel trilogy by Leigh Bardugo, which is primarily geared toward young adult audiences. Unlike many other fantasy stories, which feature worlds ...

But when it comes to the second season of Shadow and Bone, it’s evident which characters the writers understand and which ones have been reconstructed to use as puzzle pieces in the larger framework.

The debut volume of Bone creator Smith’s new series is distinctly not for kids, but its gripping images and swift pacing are as impressive as anything he’s done. In its first two chapters we meet Rasl ...