The Knight and the Moth

De: Rachel Gillig

Narrado por: Samantha Hydeson

From NYT bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Leigh Bardugo.

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.

©2025 Rachel Gillig (P)2025 Orbit

Reseñas de la Crítica

"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

"With the headiness of dreams and the darkness of haunted abbeys, The Knight and the Moth is a 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, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning

“A gothic, romantic fairytale 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, New York Times bestselling author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night

Slow Start, Strong Finish— Gargoyle is BB Girl

Wellllllllll. I’ll say that this was a slow start for me— the world building and lore dump in the beginning felt a little tedious. It was interesting, it just didn’t have my rapt attention and took a bit of extra focus for me to truly absorb. Around 20ish% in I started to really become engrossed in the story and characters. And I will say that the ending kind of brought me full circle and made the beginning much more interesting upon reflection— which is why I decided on a full 5⭐️ despite my feelings early on.

MCs had great banter and chemistry, side characters had strong and dynamic relationships, and I grew very fond of quite a few characters (read: gargoyle lol).

The story was very interesting, quite twisty, and while some things may have been a bit predictable, others definitely were not… or at least not fully??? Anyways, it was a good time and I’m really anticipating the next book in the duology.

So good.

I was enraptured the entire time I read. But sigh, that cliffhanger. Gonna be a long wait till the next book comes out.

I crieddddd so hard

The narrator was perfect and I loved the Gargoyle’s voice. A beautiful love story and then the jaw dropping cliffhanger! Rory and Sybil 💕💕💕

Gothic wonder and love for gargoyles

I loved the originality of this story and the characters - especially Bartholomew. A gothic wonderment of a world.

Bartholomew 🗿

I really enjoyed the originality of the story. With that being said, the ending was surprisingly predictable. The gargoyle was so lovable and his story heartbreaking. I was hoping for a little more spice but that’s my own fault. I am excited for the next book!

Utterly captivating

Loved everything about this story. Loved all the characters and can not wait for book 2.

Slow Burn but worth it!

It’s a slow burn but the plot twist ending is crazy. It took me a little bit to get into and understand what was going on. I enjoyed it overall!

So good!

I loved this book! Nothing like I have read before, which is refreshing. I enjoyed the characters and quickly found them interesting. I cannot believe it ended the way it did. Now I have to wait for the next book!

Lyrical prose and beautiful characters

Just as I fell in love with One Dark Window and Two Twisted Crowns, Rachel Gillig writes such beautiful books and develops her characters so perfectly.

🦋 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕙 🦋

🦋 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕂𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝕠𝕥𝕙 🦋

𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛, 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝, 𝙢𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣.

📖 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗞𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵
✍🏼 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴
#️⃣ 𝟯𝟴𝟵 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀
🎧 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘰
🎙️ 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿(𝘀): 𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘏𝘺𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯

𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦: 𝘠𝘦𝘴; 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮
🦋 ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴛʜ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♾️
🦋 ᴛʙᴅ

“𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚.”.

𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗦
🪨 ᴅɪᴠɪɴᴇʀꜱ
🪨 ᴛᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ɢᴀʀɢᴏʏʟᴇ
🪨 ʙᴀɴᴛᴇʀ
🪨 ꜱᴇʟꜰ ᴅɪꜱᴄᴏᴠᴇʀʏ
🪨 ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴄʏᴄʟᴇꜱ
🪨 ɢᴏᴛʜɪᴄ ᴠɪʙᴇꜱ
🪨 ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ

📖𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪📖
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♾️

I randomly picked this book up at target on a pure whim. Strictly because it was pink. Didn’t read a blurb, didn’t know the authors other works (𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘛𝘉𝘙) But man, did I had the time of my life with this read.

As a whole, I’ve never read a fantasy like this and goodness was it so refreshing. I enjoyed this story from start to finish, and didn’t find myself slowing in any parts of it. It was perfectly paced, there was no overwhelming world building. It was just fantastic.

Now let’s get into a few character breakdowns.

𝗦𝗜𝗫: I really enjoyed her character. This isn’t a coming of age story, as she is in her mid to late 20’s. But more of a self discovery for her. She’s lived all of her life in one way, and she has been shrouded that entire time. And I don’t mean that hypothetically — her eyes are in fact shrouded, and she’s never been without it. The story starts off with her friends going missing, and she is on a mission to find them. This leads Six to rely on a Knight (Rory) she met, a king (Benji) and another knight (Maude).

𝗥𝗢𝗥𝗬: I love Rory as a MMC, even though we don’t know 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰 much about him as a whole. He’s a mysterious one. We got peeks into how he came to know Benji but not too much else. What we do know, is that he’ll do anything Six asks of him.

𝗕𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗪: I say, Bartholomew, I’d lay down my life for you. I mean it. In a heartbeat. He’s precious and perfect. Even though he is a side character, he carried this whole story for me (𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘰𝘳𝘺) but I just found myself having the best time during his dialogues. It’s hilarious that he calls everyone Bartholomew as well LOL no matter who you are.

🎧 𝗔𝗨𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 🎧
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I tend to have a harder time connecting to an audio listen when it’s only solo narration. And this is strictly personal preference.

With that being said. Samantha did a fantastic job with her narration as a whole! She executed Sybil/Six’s character beautifully! And I did love that it was available with such a new release.

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘
📖 ᴘʜʏꜱɪᴄᴀʟ ✔️
🎧 ᴀᴜᴅɪᴏ ✔️
📱 ᴇʀᴇᴀᴅ ✔️