Do Nikolai and Zoya end up together?

In Rule of Wolves, Zoya confesses that she loves Nikolai, and at the end of the book, it is implied that Zoya and Nikolai intend to marry.
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Did Zoya and Nikolai end up together?

12. With Ehri gone, peace made with the Shu, and her Grisha powers gone forever, Zoya will be free to marry Nikolai. After they get married, the now human Zoya will become general of the First Army, thus repairing the split between the Grisha and non grisha.
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Who did Nikolai end up with?

Nikolai asks Alina to return with him to Ravka and help him to defeat the Darkling. He also proposes marriage to her, suggesting that such an alliance would make both of them stronger and allow them to unite the First and Second Armies against the Darkling.
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Does Nikolai end up with Alina?

Ultimately, though, Mal and Alina are endgame. After three books of will they or won't they, Alina's dalliance with the Darkling, and near-engagement to Nikolai, the pair end up together running the old orphanage where they grew up in Keramzin.
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Do Alina and Mal kiss in the book?

Mal and Alina kiss right before finding the stag in the book. In both the books and the show, Mal and Alina spend several key days together in the forest after she escapes from Kirigan. In the show, Alina decides they should track down Morozova's stag.
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Is the darkling in love with Alina?

Bardugo, the author of the Grishaverse novels as well as executive producer of the show, walks a very fine line. She doesn't objectively romanticize the Darkling, but lead character Alina Starkov, against her will and better judgement, does, to an extent.
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Do Zoya and Nikolai end up together in Rule of Wolves?

In Rule of Wolves, Zoya confesses that she loves Nikolai, and at the end of the book, it is implied that Zoya and Nikolai intend to marry.
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Why didn't Alina marry Nikolai?

Nikolai Lantsov. The developing relationship between Alina and Nikolai becomes a theme as they arrive at Court. He asks her to be his queen in front of Mal, she refuses, for she is grieving about the Darkling's betrayal and she had trusted him.
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Will Nikolai be in Shadow and Bone season 2?

The wait is over. Nikolai Lantsov is coming to Shadow and Bone Season 2! Netflix recently announced Patrick Gibson would play the privateer in the upcoming season of the fantasy drama.
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Are there LGBT characters in Shadow and Bone?

Kit Young plays the wise-cracking sharpshooter Jesper Fahey, who is gay in the books. His sexuality isn't dwelt on at length in the TV series, but one of his storylines in an episode reveals that he is queer. Jesper, together with Inej and Kaz Brekker, form the criminal gang known as the Dregs.
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Who is the love interest in Shadow and Bone?

Over the course of Shadow and Bone and its sequels, Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising, Alina forms romantic attachments with Mal and two other men: the Darkling and Nikolai. Keep reading to find out more about them, their relationships with Alina, and which one she chooses in the end.
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Is there a romance in Shadow and Bone?

Like any good YA series, Shadow and Bone features plenty of romance. The first season introduced fans of the books and new fans to some of the romantic pairings, like Alina and Mal, Alina and Kirigan, Kaz and Inej, and Nina and Matthias.
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Does the darkling have a child?

She tells Alina that she brought up her son Aleksander (the Darkling) with pride (second to no one and in no need of anyone) and ambition, which she admits was a mistake. During the Darkling's attack on their hiding place, Baghra jumps off the side of the mountain as a distraction.
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Who does Alina end up with in the show?

By the end of season 1, Alina isn't in a relationship with anyone but in the books, she ends up married to Mal.
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Does Zoya hate Alina?

Alina is part Shu and Zoya makes sure to point it out and intimidate Alina because of it. Zoya's hatred of Alina takes a racist edge that we had not seen in the books, and because of this, it inherently changes the dynamics between the two moving forward.
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Does King of Scars have romance?

While each main character really did have their own pair in the book, it never felt like the romances took over and they all felt natural, falling into place at their own time. KING OF SCARS was exactly what I wanted in the romance department which is to say that it didn't have much at all.
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Does Kaz make an appearance in Rule of Wolves?

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Kaz disguises himself as an old man and follows Zoya Nazyalensky and Nikolai as they walk to the Crow Club, eavesdropping on their conversation about him.
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What happens to Nikolai in Rule of Wolves?

Nikolai, who has accepted the demon within him, relinquishes his crown and Zoya becomes the Dragon Queen, first of the Nazyalensky royal bloodline. In the aftermath of the battle, Shu Han and Ravka make amends.
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Did Zoya sleep with Mal?

The only real difference in behaviour is that Mal doesn't sleep with Zoya when they meet in the first episode (episode 1 minute 17:59), which we are told that he does in the book.
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Did the darkling have a wife?

Many centuries ago, known then as the Black Heretic, the Darkling returned home to his partner Luda, who was also a Grisha Healer.
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Does the darkling kiss Alina in siege and storm?

Over the other's protests, Alina orders Tolya and Tamar to prevent Mal from stopping her from surrendering to the Darkling. She promises Mal that she has always loved him and that their story will never end, and then goes to the Darkling and kisses him.
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Is Alina in Six of Crows?

Alina isn't a part of the Six of Crows duology (although characters from those books are used in the Shadow and Bone series on Netflix.)
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Who does Nina Zenik end up with?

Nina first thought Hanne was a Heartrender, but it appeared to be that Hanne was a Healer. The two become very close, eventually working together at the end of King of Scars to begin to bring down Jarl Brum. Nina is in love with Hanne and they are engaged to be married.
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How does Shadow and Bone end?

How did Shadow and Bone end? They find the stag, but Alina can't kill him before the Darkling's army arrives. The Darkling kills him and makes Alina an amplifier, binding her to the Darkling. The Darkling forces Alina to travel to the Fold under the guise that she will destroy it.
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