Nathan was someone that I immediately felt quite sorry for. The way his mother , siblings, in fact everyone treated him from the time he was a new-born was just disgusting and awful. How anyone can treat a poor defenceless baby that way I don’t know. Poor Nathan just got tormented, put down, and generally mistreated his entire life.

Netflix released a series trailer 13 October 2022, [20] and the series premiered on 28 October 2022. [21] Reception [ edit ] a b c d Fuster, Jeremy (2020-12-13). "Netflix Adds 7 Shows to UK Production Slate With Sam Mendes and Andy Serkis Among Attached Talent". The Wrap . Retrieved 2022-09-24.

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They will be joined by a star-studded cast of: Isobel Jesper Jones as Jessica, Paul Ready as Soul, David Gyasi as Marcus, Kerry Fox as Esmie, Liz White as Penelope, Karen Connell as Celia, Fehinti Balogun as Bjorn, Misha Butler as Niall and Roísín Murphy making her drama debut as Mercury. Half Bad plot Nathan tries to get Ceelia to see the truth about Soul and later experiences a chilling vision. Jessica gets promoted and embraces her ruthless streak. Celia: When Nathan was taken to the cage Celia became his teacher and caretaker. She trained him hard until he was in peak physical condition and taught him how to fight. While he was never able to beat her in fighting she still trained him to a level above most hunters in close combat. When he discovers she is part of the Alliance he almost kills her and refuses to join the Alliance, although it is stated that he doesn't hate her. Half Bad is set in modern-day Europe, mainly in Britain, where witches and humans (fains) live together. There are two primary types of witches: Blood witches (generally oppressed and written off as evil) and Fairborn witches (the main population). The 17-year-old protagonist, Nathan, is half Fairborn and half Blood, or a Half Code. His mother is dead, and his father, Marcus, is known as the most powerful and the smartest Blood witch in the world. Due his parentage, Nathan's every move is monitored by the Council of Fairborn Witches. He has to follow certain rules, but when he breaks one of them, his Gran is deemed unfit to be his guardian, and he receives a new guardian, Celia. Trapped in a cage and abused by Celia, Nathan has to escape before his seventeenth birthday, when he will receive three gifts from his family and his magical ability, or Gift. Otherwise, he will die. At Den of Geek, Rosie Fletcher was also hugely positive, calling the show a “clever adaptation that takes the bones of the much-loved book and adds its own flavor.” Like others, the review expressed excitement for a second series, and indeed others were optimistic that The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself could avoid the same fate that’s befallen 16 shows cancelled by Netflix this year alone.

But wait, in this magical world that was one thing that disappointed me most. WHERE THE HELL IS MY MAGIC???? The book is so diverse, it's mind blowing. Also, sexuality is like a normal thing in this book? No one needed to reveal anything or come out of whatever they're imaginary inside, it's just is, no big deal. As simple as what colour your eyes are. As simple as it should be to be honest. The world in this book is so amazing, I can't get enough of it and I hope the rest of the books are as great as this one. Since publishing Half Bad, Sally Green has gone on to publish another YA fantasy series called The Smoke Thieves books.

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I can’t tell you how grateful I am! Let’s always find the positives, and remember sometimes the bad times are the good times xx” Nathan must escape the cage and the White witches and find someone to perform the Giving ceremony for him on his 17th birthday so that he can become a full adult witch (with full adult witchy power) and also so he won’t die. There are many of this kind of episode happening in the book, where he would suddenly become so angry he would throw things around and he would shout and he would go all angsty in his head and I'm like, "...Man, I'm drained from reading this shit."