The Knave and the Moon (The Stonewater Kingdom, 2)

By Rachel Gillig

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES! Rachel Gillig, the queen of gothic romantasy, returns with higher stakes, darker mysteries, and deeper longings in this gorgeous sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling sensation The Knight and the Moth. Aisling Cathedral is in ruins. Rodrick Myndacious, Bartholomew, and Maude Bauer are rumored to be dead--and the king has taken Sybil Delling as his bride. To show off their union and solidify his power over Traum, Benji proposes a series of tournaments throughout the hamlets. Captive and drugged, Sybil remains determined to vanquish him as she once did the Omens, even if she destroys the kingdom's faith--and herself--in the process. But then a mysterious knave rises to the top of the tournament lists, a man with no name and no memory who may just be Sybil's ticket to undoing Benji's power. For in a land where stories repeat themselves, where a king can prove as cruel as a god, the only way to truly destroy the Stonewater Kingdom's faith is to save it. "The Knight and the Moth delivers pure joy. Simply stunning."―Alix E. Harrow, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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Published Sep 1, 2026

368 pages

Average rating: 8.4

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Community Reviews

Mrs.Murtaza
10/10 stars
Loved it. Read it in like 3 days
E_reader8
8/10 stars
I finished this book yesterday. I basically inhaled it in one day between reading and then moving to audio when I couldnt read and then back to the book so I could enjoy it. Let me start by saying I really liked this book and I couldnt put it down. Bartholomew makes this story for me. I love sybil and rorys love. I love sybils strength and rorys attitude. I enjoy the way they talk to each other. But it also could have been so much more. The beginning was so heart breaking and then once the tournament started, too many things were happening to really focus on any one. The use of the loom removed the main obstacle in the story. I really thought their reveal to Benji would be something more exciting. I have many other thoughts but I dont want to give anything away for anyone else. I think I also wanted to be in my feelings and I wasnt left to sit in them for too long. Almost everyone got their HEA. I might come back and reread later and see if my rating stands or if after sitting with it and rereading My rating could go up.

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