A gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess who is forced on an impossible quest with the one infuriating knight whose future is beyond her sight. 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.
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The Knight and the Moth
A gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess who is forced on an impossible quest with the one infuriating knight whose future is beyond her sight. 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.
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Reviewed by Elias DolecekOne Dark Window took a bit of time to truly grow on me but The Knight and The Moth I was in love with from the start. I knew already that I like how Gillig writes, that I like her teeny tiny close-knit worlds and unique magic systems—One Dark Window had all that but this is better yet. I love everything about this book. I love our characters, how prickly and flawed they are, how they clash. And really, how refreshing it is that they all curse like sailors. I love the balance of elements, how the romance fits into the fantasy. The pacing is perfect to me. Truly my only complaint is that the tension between Sybil and Rory does not hold a little longer but it still feels earned. The twists and reveals, too. I could guess at them, perhaps I even knew but they were satisfying all the same. Love, love, love it.
Reviewed by Sarah JohannaIch war sehr hooked vom plotting am Anfang… das hat aber im Mittelteil so nachgelassen, dass mir selbst das ende nicht mehr gefallen konnte
Reviewed by Nadino 🦖Rachel Gillig enttäuscht mich nicht. Eine magische, aber auch düstere Welt. Sehr poetisch irgendwie. Spannende Welt und Magiesystem. Die Charaktere sind mir alles sehr dolle an Herz gewachsen, weshalb das Ende sehr unerwartet kam und mich wirklich hart getroffen hat! Sybil hat mein Herz. Sie ist einer meiner liebsten Buch-Chataktere jemals. 🤍 Auch ein Jahreshighlight für mich!
Reviewed by Janne Zoschkenothing like ive ever read before
Reviewed by LottiEs ist eins meiner neuen Lieblingsbücher. Die Welt und die Magie ist so einzigartig und der Cliffhanger hat mich völlig geschockt.