The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom Book 1)
4.5 | 19,996 ratings
Price: 14.99
Last update: 02-02-2026
Product details
- ASIN : B0DFW71SG1
- Publisher : Orbit
- Accessibility :
- Publication date : May 20, 2025
- Language : English
- File size : 3.9 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 396 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-0316573788
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Book 1 of 2 : The Stonewater Kingdom
- Best Sellers Rank:#9 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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- Customer Reviews:4.54.5 out of 5 stars(19,996)
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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 (???????????????????? ????????????????????????, ???????????????? ???? ???????????????????????????????? ???????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ???????????????? ???????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ???????? ???????? ????????????) 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.
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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.
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At the center of it all is Aisling, a towering cathedral built atop a spring that submerses girls into prophecy. These girls, "Diviners", are vessels for the six Omens, enigmatic figures who rule the Stonewater Kingdom not with armies, but with portents. Their symbols: coins, ink, oars, chimes, loom stones, and the elusive Moth, appear in visions and are sold to the desperate and the devout alike. It’s a theocracy of the subconscious, and Gillig paints it with eerie reverence.
Our FMC is Six, a Diviner with no memory of her past, nearing the end of her ten-year service. When her sisters begin to vanish, she turns to a brash knight who does not believe in the Omens, Rodrick “Rory” Myndacious. What follows is not a rescue mission, but a heist of holy relics, a pilgrimage through a kingdom where the diviners command more respect than the new King.
Gillig’s world is lush with invention: sprites that are the embodiment of nature and left to starve; gargoyles who are sentient guardians; and a monarchy that dares to challenge the gods themselves. The political threads are subtle but sharp, this is a story about who controls belief, and what happens when that belief begins to crack.
The pacing is deliberate, sometimes meandering, like a dream you’re not sure you want to wake from. It lacks the fluid structure of One Dark Window, and Gillig herself admits to writing it under the haze of “Covid-brain.” But even dulled, her prose glimmers. She resists the pull of trendy “romantasy,” letting relationships simmer in trust and tension rather than heat. The romance is present, but it’s the world (its rituals, its rot, its quiet rebellion) that takes center stage.
And just when you think you’ve found your footing in this strange, sacred land, Gillig does what she does best: she pulls the rug out from under you, and you fall beautifully, bewilderingly into the dark.
Final Thoughts
The Knight and the Moth is a quiet, unsettling fairytale that explores the intersection of magic, memory, and power. While it may not have the sharpness of Gillig’s earlier series, it offers a compelling meditation on belief and rebellion, wrapped in a world only she could conjure.
Recommended for: Fans of gothic fantasy, slow-burn quests, and stories where the magic is as mysterious as the politics behind it. - ChareseOne of my favorite romantasy reads of 2025I genuinely don’t know how to capture the whirlwind of emotions I experienced while reading this book... I literally ended this book and messaged a girl I was buddy reading with this and stated I was unwell and in a book hangover because of how well this book was written.
The first 100 pages of so you may feel that you are in a state of limbo but come about chapter 13 or so the world is really introduced and explained (this mainly happens because the FMC Six was immersed in one world and had no knowledge of what was happening outside or her area. I don't want to spoil too much bit if you've read one dark window I would 100% pick this book up as Rachel Gillig creates such unique magic system and the worlds are just breathtaking. I thoroughly enjoyed this entire read and giggle, gasped and cried. 100% recommend for anyone who enjoys fantasy, especially dark and gothic fantasy reads.