Shadow and Bone, Netflix’s adaptation of Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse YA series, is scratching two main itches for its audience. First, it’s an epic fantasy with complex intrigue, filling the Game of Thrones void that in 2023 is now joined by a House of the Dragon void. But it’s also the story of a humble girl who finds herself in a magic world after she’s revealed to be The Chosen One, a very familiar story for a post-Harry-Potter post-Hunger-Games generation.
