The Knight and the Moth
the spellbinding gothic romantasy from multi-million-copy bestseller Rachel Gillig
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The Knight and the Moth
Narrated by:
Samantha Hydeson
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Narrated by:
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Samantha Hydeson
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Rachel Gillig
Summary
***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER!***
From New York Times and multi-million-copy bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy phenomenon: a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a prophetess who is forced on an impossible quest with the one devilishly handsome knight whose future is beyond her sight.
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.
Praise for The Knight and the Moth:
'The Knight and the Moth delivers pure joy: gargoyles! gods! girls in armour! alongside a serious examination of faith, fealty, and the powers they serve. It's a fairy tale with bruised knuckles, perfectly balanced between the mythic and the desperately human. Simply stunning' Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House
'Haunting, elegant and lovely, The Knight and the Moth is that rare fantasy gem: both a thrilling quest and an exquisite love story' Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Burning Kingdoms trilogy
'With the headiness of dreams and the darkness of haunted abbeys, The Knight and the Moth is dazzlingly transportive tale of love, salvation, and freedom that cements Gillig as one of the finest fantasy writers of our age. You will never want to surface from these enchanting, depthless waters' Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning
'I'm obsessed with Rachel Gillig. The Knight and the Moth is achingly romantic, richly imagined, and told with a gossamer delicacy that keeps the pages flying' Hannah Whitten, author of The Foxglove King
'A gothic, romantic fairy tale that feels like falling into a dark, strange dream - one you won't want to wake from. Gillig has done it again - I'm obsessed' Amélie Wen Zhao, author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night
'Brimming with beguiling prose, and a dangerous magical world, The Knight and the Moth sparkles with wit and a slow burn romance that left me breathless and impatient for the next instalment' Isabel Ibañez, author of What the River Knows
'The Knight and the Moth is a lavender-drenched dream. Readers won't be able to put down this adventurous, dark gem of a book' Kalie Cassidy, author of In the Veins of the Drowning©2025 Rachel Gillig
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Critic reviews
With the headiness of dreams and the darkness of haunted abbeys, The Knight and the Moth is dazzlingly transportive tale of love, salvation, and freedom that cements Gillig as one of the finest fantasy writers of our age. You will never want to surface from these enchanting, depthless waters (Ava Reid, author of A Study in Drowning)
A gothic, romantic fairy tale that feels like falling into a dark, strange dream - one you won't want to wake from. With twisty parables, monstrous divinities, a slow-burn romance and magic with a deadly cost, the story of THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH unfolds like peeling back a gossamer shroud. Gillig has done it again - I'm obsessed (Amélie Wen Zhao, author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night)
I'm obsessed with Rachel Gillig. The Knight and the Mother is achingly romantic, richly imagined, and told with a gossamer delicacy that keeps the pages flying (Hannah Whitten, author of The Foxglove King)
The Knight and the Moth delivers pure joy: gargoyles! gods! girls in armour! alongside a serious examination of faith, fealty, and the powers they serve. It's a fairy tale with bruised knuckles, perfectly balanced between the mythic and the desperately human. Simply stunning (Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House)
The Knight and the Moth is a lavender-drenched dream. Readers won't be able to put down this adventurous, dark gem of a book (Kalie Cassidy, author of In the Veins of the Drowning)
Brimming with beguiling prose, and a dangerous magical world, The Knight and the Moth sparkles with wit and a slow burn romance that left me breathless and impatient for the next instalment (Isabel Ibañez, author of What the River Knows)
Dreamy prose, characters so vibrant they breathe on the page, a romance that smoulders, and a spellbinding world to get lost in. Prepare to meet your next obsession (Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals)
Haunting, elegant and lovely, The Knight and the Moth is that rare fantasy gem: both a thrilling quest and an exquisite love story (Tasha Suri, award-winning author of The Burning Kingdoms trilogy)
I suspected the twist at the end, but still gutted!
I am looking forward to the next book & for the next step in Sybil's life story & fingers crossed will include Bartholomew, Rory and Maude!
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Incredible!
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love the world and story!
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The diviners reside at Aisling Cathedral, the Cathedral was built around an ancient spring, the spring's water has magical powers. There are six diviners and six gods, five of the gods wield stone objects, each object has it's own unique power.
In order for the diviners to dream the Abbess drowns them in the spring water, in their dreamscape they read the signs from the movements of the stone objects. The sixth god is the Moth, the Moth is mercurial, never to be known even by the diviners.
The new King of Traum, King Benedict, visits the Cathedral wanting to know if the gods favour him. Sybil, one of the six diviners is the one to dream for the King, the portents are not good, but the reading doesn't seem to faze the King.
During the King's visit Sybil encounters Rory, one of the King's knights, they rub each other the wrong way, Sybil only knows the Cathedral, her Abbess, her sister diviners and the gargoyles, knowing her 10 year tenure at the Cathedral was coming to an end, the things Rory says about her naivety of the outside world makes her bristle and start to question the Abbess and her rules.
Sybil convinces Benedict and his knights to chaperone the diviners on a secret night out to the nearby hamlet of Coulson Faire. Sybil is curious, and her fellow diviners are eager to break the rules and have some fun. After their night out the King and his knights continue on their tour to the 5 hamlets and the diviners return to their duties at the Cathedral.
Strange things start to happen at the Cathedral, diviners begin to vanish yet the Abbess doesn't seem worried by their absence, Sybil is, so she sneeks out to seek help from the King.
Unexpectedly Rory turns up to help Sybil, she has to leave the Cathedral and decides to join the King on his tour to search for her missing diviners. On their journey she discovers some difficult truths regarding the gods.
The bat-like gargoyle from the Cathedral joins Sybil on her journey and he is a hearty companion, with an endearing nature making him my favourite character. I love the dynamic between Sybil and Rory, bantering aside, they seem to have a quiet admiration for each other which only grows over time. Maude is a formidable knight with noble aspirations and a kind heart, and then there's Benedict, the boy King with big plans.
I enjoyed everything about this book, and whilst I wasn't surprised by the ending, I was still shocked by it, the story is well paced, it's well balanced and whilst Book 1 comes to a satisfactory conclusion, it definitely leaves you wanting more.
I can't wait to see what comes next. I'm hoping the Sprites have more purpose in Book 2, it seems like they're not the monstrous creatures they've been painted as, with all their natural food sources stolen, leaving them starving and desperate, I'm interested to see what part they may play going forward.
Book one is the unveiling of truths.
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