A maniacal, surprising, and enjoyable adventure by Leigh Bardugo! I am a firm believer that books are almost always better than movies and should always be experienced first. It has been that way for most of the books I have read, like Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, and so much more. However, when it came to Shadow and Bone on Netflix, I didn’t even know it was based off a book series! When I watched it sometime after the pandemic not knowing it was an adaptation, I was pretty happy with it because it was entertaining enough and more complex than the average teen fantasy show. But one thing I…