Ok I said this in my review but I think the reason show!Mal works so much better than book!Mal is bc he's this scrappy roguish guy instead of All Star Hottie Next Door and you can just BELIEVE his and Alina's connection as outsiders and their bond and man MAN M A N

I kept telling people before they watched "Mal is good now" and they were like lol sure and I was like no really and now that they're watching it they're like OH WOW MAL IS GOOD NOW???

Sorry this is now a feral shadow and bone account bc I'm also finally reading rule of wolves and I missed my boy Nikolai