The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Audience: New Adult — Genre: Epic Fantasy — Sub-Genre: Romance
Length: Hardcover: 385 pages | Audio: 13:51;47 — Dates Read: 09.08.25 – 09.11.25 — Spice Level: ★ ★ ★ — Plot: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★



🕊️ ➞ Top 5 Tropes:

Chosen One — War Against Gods — Forbidden Romance
Found Family — Enemies to Lovers



🕊️ ➞ 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. She sleeps, and dreams of seven 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.

But just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral, and Sybil dreams of a moth—the death Omen. Then, one by one, the Diviners begin to vanish.

To find them, Sybil enlists the knight’s help. But the world outside the cathedral’s cloister is wrought with peril. The seven Omens are not merely figures that visit her wakeless mind—they are real. Ancient, sorcerous, and cunning, Sybil must face each of them to recover the lost Diviners. And the knight, with whom she has become inextricably entangled, may be one of them.



🕊️ ➞ My Thoughts:

***Possible Spoilers below

I read The Knight & The Moth for a local book club and damn, it grabbed me by the lapels and swung me around like Miss Trunchbull did to that poor girl.



While this wasn’t the first book I’ve read where an oppressive religion ruled over its people, it is the first to have the structure that it did — for people to worship omens and their “human” counterparts. It was riveting, as was the truth behind their making in the conclusion. The lore in this book was rich, treacherous, deep, and intriguing. The romance was witty, yearning, slow-burning, and so so sweet.

The main female character, Sybil, was probably one of my favorite heroines. I loved her ambition, loyalty, brazenness, and, of course, her wit. I loved reading about her metamorphosis from a naive young woman to a strong and capable knight. With all the heartache, grief, and betrayal she’d endured, it was touching to see how she came into her own.

The male love interest, Rory, has my soul. That man could run me through with his sword…



And I’d thank him. Profusely.



Anywho, I admired the character’s loyalty to his morality over his duty as well as how his upbringing separated him from the rest. He was the perfect balance between ruthless and soft. He was the perfect equal to Sybil.

As for the side characters? Bartholomew must be P R O T E C T E D at all costs; Maude is the aunt everyone needs; and Benji’s greed was showing almost from the start. His betrayal cut the deepest. At least amongs the group. Never trust a king.



🕊️ ➞ Conclusion:

To conclude, The Knight & The Moth was an immersive, enthralling read that will make you feel like you’ve been transported into a dark and twisted version of Camelot. The ending left me crying, and the fact that the sequel hasn’t even been announced makes me wanna lock myself in a dark room to disassociate.



So, if you love prophecies, omens, false gods, handsome knights, and a quest to overthrow a magical hierarchy, then I implore you to run to your local bookstore! Happy reading!

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