By Raag & Reel | Movie Review |
Finding Her Edge is not just a skating romance. It is a meditation on how families endure grief while bearing the burden of reputation.
Released worldwide in January 2026, the Netflix series adapts Jennifer Iacopelli’s 2022 novel — itself inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion. The heartbeat of the book remains intact: Adriana Russo’s struggle to honor her family name while carving her own path. Jeff Norton steers the adaptation as showrunner and executive producer, with Shelley Scarrow as head writer.
At its core, the series asks whether a family fractured by jealousy and loss can find renewal by choosing respect over control, and freedom over fear.
Madelyn Keys plays Adriana with quiet intensity, embodying the tension between ambition and dignity. Alexandra Beaton’s Elise sharpens jealousy into betrayal, Olly Atkins’ Freddie carries the ache of affection denied, while Cale Ambrozic’s Brayden Elliot tests trust with brash charm. Harmon Walsh as Will Russo grounds the family in the raw honesty of parenthood.
Loss arrives in waves: death unsettling balance, financial struggles threatening the rink, courage faltering, trust cracking, and the dread of losing the Russo brand. Shame, amplified by gossip and social media, becomes the sharpest wound. Adriana’s stumbles are traded like currency, her family’s fractures magnified into public spectacle.
Yet resilience underpins the narrative. Family, the series insists, is not defined by perfection but by the ability to rebuild. The ice reflects both coldness and warmth: grief faced honestly, trust rebuilt, freedom respected.
In the end, Finding Her Edge answers its central question with quiet conviction: ambition and legacy can coexist — but only when legacy endures through freedom, forgiveness, and resilience beyond rivalry.
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