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Shadow and Bone

Two seasons that braid together two book series set years apart, which is why reading order and watching order disagree.

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Where to start with Shadow and Bone

Only sixteen episodes exist, so the order of those is trivial. What is worth knowing is how they line up against the books, because the show braids together two series that the novels keep years apart.

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    Shadow and Bone, season 1 Shadow and Bone

    Eight episodes adapting the first novel, with an entirely invented storyline for the Crows running alongside it. That storyline is not in Six of Crows and happens before it, so reading that book first will not prepare you.

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    Shadow and Bone, season 2 Shadow and Bone

    Compresses the second and third novels into eight episodes, and its finale lifts a moment from the fifth book in reading order. That is the one real spoiler the show hands you early.

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    Shadow and Bone (2012) Shadow and Bone

    If you want the books, this is where Leigh Bardugo says to start. The show never reached the last two novels at all, so the story only finishes on the page.

Then what? Netflix cancelled the series in November 2023 and scrapped the Six of Crows spin-off at the same time. Pick one of two approaches: watch both seasons and then read all seven books in order, accepting one spoiled moment; or read the trilogy and the duology first and treat the show's Crows material as an original prequel. Alternating between book and episode does not work.

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