Shadow and Bone
Our rating
Spice: barely any. Darkness: some dark moments.
Alina is a mapmaker who turns out to be the Sun Summoner, so she's hauled off to the Little Palace to train under the Darkling while her best friend Mal is left behind. Half the fandom read the trilogy for the Darkling and nobody's sorry.
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Is Shadow and Bone spicy?
Barely. Shadow and Bone has some kissing and maybe a fade to black, but nothing explicit. We give it 1 out of 5 for spice.
How dark is Shadow and Bone?
We rate Shadow and Bone 2 out of 5 for darkness (some dark moments). The big content warnings are graphic violence, murder, war. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read Shadow and Bone in order?
Shadow and Bone is book 1 of Shadow and Bone, so it's the place to start. The series has 1 book on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 3 content warnings for Shadow and Bone
- Graphic violence
- Murder
- War
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Details
- Series
- Shadow and Bone, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 352
- First published
- 2012
- Genre
- Romantasy
