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Review: 001 Author: Rachel Gillig Pages: 416 Start: 21/06/2026 Finish: 23/06/2026 Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

Synopsis

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.

My Thoughts

I knew I was going to like this book the moment I saw the beautiful cover. Rachel Gillig’s The Knight and the Moth had everything I could hope for in a gothic romantasy: a layered main character, talking gargoyles, an intricate magic system, and a beautifully built romance.

Sybil had me captivated from the first page all the way to the end. She is witty, kind of nonchalant, lovable, and determined to find her divine sisters. The sisterhood is what really made me love this book because I feel like a lot of novels with the found family trope tend to overlook the strength of female friendships. I could definitely see myself and my closest friends in the diviners.

The plot kept me on the edge of my seat from chapter one to chapter thirty-one. I didn’t expect the turn of events in the last third of the book, and the final plot twist felt like a punch to the gut. I can only pray that I get my hands on a copy of The Knave and the Moon in September 2026.

Quotes

“You want to throw me down. And I, prideful, disdainful, godless, want to drag you into the dirt with me.”

Favorite Character

Rodrick Myndacious