I have been nothing by hype for The Knight and the Moth. I really enjoyed the world building of One Dark Window and if you loved it too, then you’re in for a treat! This was so amazing and luscious! Keep reading this book review of The Knight and the Moth for my full thoughts.
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.
Review
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
The world of The Knight and the Moth is one of fortunes and portents. Very early on we are asked about the line between our identities, our legacy, and our duties. And this theme is only complicated and explored further as we meet new characters who all have to grapple with figuring out where they as individuals stand. For Sybil, The Knight and the Moth is very much an awakening. It’s also a crisis in faith. If you love stories like that, this is for you. Because for Sybil, it’s about finding the rot beneath the floor boards. About finding that the things which were unalienable truths, were always words meant to suit those above us.
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And the world of The Knight and the Moth just keeps going. It examines the very foundation of truth in this world. The power of dreams and belief to manifest. With some truly charming side characters which made me shed tears, The Knight and the Moth takes apart this idea that religion demands unwavering obedience. That it requires this all knowing absorbing dedication without room in our heart for anything else, even ourselves. A love that demands a hollow shell of ourselves to take root. In The Knight and the Moth, Gillig explores love, obedience, and loyalty. It’s a series opener that already has me counting down the days until the next!
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