OVERALL 5/10 PLOT Mainly based on The Six Swans, mixed with some other fairy tales and elements from Eastern folklore. The plot is predictable. Whatever you think is going to happen, it will probably happen. Whether this is a good or a bad thing depends on how much you like the other aspects of the …
Nina and Matthias have settled with “friendship” (and a little more) and are staying at a hotel. They are also trying to figure out what to do because obviously Matthias’ country hate Grisha, and Nina’s country would probably tear witch hunters apart on sight, no matter how good-looking they are. When they are down the …
EPISODE 7 RECAP We start out with the story of how the Darkling created the Fold. After he was driven away from his palace advisor job, the Darkling and his Grisha friends were hunted by the king. A Grisha woman — could be either his friend or his beloved, it isn’t clear here — was …
EPISODE 6 RECAP The Darkling interrogates the man who broke into the palace and attacked Genya and also killed Marie. He then decides to lead a group of Grisha to find Alina, believing that she has been kidnapped. Zoya warns the Darkling that they don’t know anything about Alina yet so best not to invest …
This is the episode where everything happens. And I don’t just mean Alina walking in the Darkling’s room in her bathrobe. EPISODE 5 RECAP (*If you are looking for details, you will find these recaps neither very helpful nor profound, I strive to be as brief as possible and only comment on the most critical …
These episodes are generally uneventful for poor Alina. Unless you want to count the slumber party she and the Darkling have in the end. EPISODE 3 & 4 RECAP (*If you are looking for details, you will find these recaps neither very helpful nor profound, I strive to be as brief as possible and only …
EPISODE 2 RECAP After the little incident inside the Shadow Fold, Alina Starkov is taken to see the leader of the Grisha, General Kirigan, the most powerful Shadow Summoner in existence (that they know of). He is also known as “the Darkling”, aka the only title that matters. The Darkling asks Alina a few questions, …
PART 1 It is winter, as always. Olga – the princess of Serpukhov and Vasya’s big sister – is in her palace, waiting for her brother Sasha to come back. Some useful info: Sasha is everyone’s favourite: Pyotr’s (RIP) favourite son, Vasya’s favourite brother, and Grand Prince Dmitrii’s BFF. While waiting, Olga tells her children …
OVERALL 8.5/10 The Once and Future King is a YA classic about King Arthur, divided into four books, each of which depicts a different time in Arthur’s life. In this post, I will briefly go over the good and bad of these books and determine whether it is worth one’s time. Spoiler: it is. WHAT …
If there is something I’ve learnt from both the Avengers and Jacks, it is that you should never mess with magic glowing stones. Anyway… OVERALL 5/10 WHAT’S IT ABOUT, ANYWAY The Ballad of Never After is the sequel to Once Upon a Broken Heart. Here, Evangeline Fox has been manipulated by a Fate, Jacks, into …
