The Knight and the Moth
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4.5 • 29 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes a sensational romantasy, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight.
"Prepare to meet your next obsession." — Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals
Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum’s windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams.
Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilishly handsome, the knight Rodrick has no respect for Sybil's visions. But when Sybil's fellow Diviners begin to vanish one by one, she has no choice but to seek his help in finding them. For the world outside the cathedral’s cloister is wrought with peril. Only the gods have the answers she is seeking, and as much as she'd rather avoid Rodrick's dark eyes and sharp tongue, only a heretic can defeat a god.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Smouldering romance and eerie gothic fantasy feed off each other in fascinating ways in The Knight and the Moth. In the kingdom of Traum, Sybil is one of the women of Aisling Cathedral who provide divining omens to those who seek them. But something goes wrong when the boy king Castor arrives seeking a vision, and Sybil finds herself on a quest with his knight—and her new frenemy—Rory. A classic, banter-filled adventure follows, as the pair team up with Sybil’s faithful gargoyle buddy to find out the truth about the kingdom and their gods. Rachel Gillig wowed us with her vivid world-building, not to mention the slow-boiling romance between the two leads. And on top of the thrilling adventure, we also noticed some subtle subtext regarding religion, power, and politics. The Knight and the Moth feeds your mind, your heart, and your spirit in one fell swoop.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Bestseller Gillig (the Shepherd King series) launches a new series with this uneven romantic fantasy. The Six Diviners confined to Aisling Cathedral, where they foretell futures through dreams and water rituals, are finally nearing the end of their 10-year service. Before they retire, the newly crowned king of Traum, Benedict Castor III, pays them a visit under the pretense of inquiring about his future, but really so he and his court can steal Aisling's sacred spring water. Diviner Six, once called Sybil Delling, catches them but agrees not to report the crime to the gargoyles that guard the cathedral if king's knight Rodrick "Rory" Myndacious will help her and her fellow Diviners sneak out for a night of fun. Upon returning to Aisling, however, the Diviners start to vanish one by one. Six, suspecting foul play, flees the cathedral with Rory's help. As she reintegrates into the wider world and searches for her missing friends, she learns that everything she thought she knew about Aisling is a lie and develops feelings for Rory. The premise feels fresh and the worldbuilding is inventive, but the pace flags in the talky middle section and the relatively chaste romance arrives too late. Still, there's plenty of promise to be explored in future installments.
