Unveiling THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH by Rachel Gillig

Our brutally honest review of The Knight and The Moth is in... 🗡️🦋 This highly anticipated novel by Rachel Gillig was a gothic, eerie fantasy with new magic and beloved tropes. In our review, we dissect the world building, Rachel's whimsical prose, the magic system, the plot, & the characters. (P.S. This episode contains spoilers!)   🤍 CTB Links!: https://linktr.ee/checkthisbookout   📖 Books Mentioned: The Knight and the Moth - Rachel Gillig One Dark Window - Rachel Gillig Two Twisted Crowns - Rachel Gillig Blood Over Bright Haven - M.L. Wang Prison Healer - Lynette Noni   ✍️ The Knight and the Moth 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.   ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00:00 episode intro 00:02:05 our ratings of the knight & the moth 00:05:00 high level summary 00:06:35 writing style & world building 00:10:00 we got distracted by a moth lol 00:10:40 our initial reactions 00:13:20 did the world building deliver? 00:16:10 a fascinating magic system 00:19:50 did we predict any plot? 00:26:20 the quest plot line 00:27:40 six & rory’s dynamic 00:33:50 the carnival scene + six’s arms 00:36:55 the diviner disappearances 00:38:50 the omens and false gods 00:43:10 benji deep dive 00:47:20 training montage & knighting 00:49:50 WHERE IS THE YEARNING?! 00:53:50 the diviners & religion 00:56:15 the gargoyle is the best character 00:59:40 comparison to one dark window 01:02:35 rachel gillig’s author’s note 01:06:15 will we read the next book? 01:09:30 reacting to 1-5 goodreads reviews 01:21:00 outro