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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ | Loved it! A must-own book.
The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig is an atmospheric romantasy full of banter, secrets, and a moody, magical world you won’t want to leave.
Summary:
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.
📖 What’s Inside:
- Hate to love romance ❤️🔥
- Omens 🪦
- Single POV
- 🔮 Divination
- Gargoyles
- Magical creatures 🧌
- On-page intimacy 🔴
- Explicit language
- 🌈 Inclusive cast
- Unique magic system
✨ Vibes:
Think Anastasia meets Crescent City (with the whole divining-in-the-water thing) plus a dash of Storm and Fury thanks to the gargoyles.
💭 My Thoughts:
I kind of went into this one blind… one could even say shrouded 😜. Honestly, I picked it up simply because it was Gillig. I didn’t even care about the blurb, I just knew it would be good.
Gillig’s writing is always atmospheric. Not haunting in the spooky sense like One Dark Window, but haunting in that moody, lush, hard-to-pin-down way. The best way I can describe it? The feeling you get watching Disney’s Anastasia. There’s banter, lighthearted moments, and fun characters masking an undercurrent of darkness and mystery.
This book delivered action, mystery, swoony romance, and even a gargoyle character that had me laughing out loud. Everything from beginning to end was perfection. Yes, I guessed the ending, but it was still well executed and satisfying. And it sets up what I expect to be an exciting second installment. I can’t wait to get my hands on it!
Should You Add This to Your TBR?
Oh my goodness, YES! Romantasy fans who want something unique, atmospheric, and full of heart will devour this book.
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