The Knave and the Moon: The spellbinding sequel to The Knight and the Moth from multi-million-copy bestseller Rachel Gillig
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! 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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I loved the first book, so I went into this one with pretty high expectations... And let's be clear I loved the first book because of Bartholomew. He is the best character. He's funny, punchy, kind, charismatic, well-rounded, and just so incredibly well written. He feels like a fully realized person rather than a character who exists to fill a particular role in the story. Chef's kiss!
So naturally... THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH BARTHOLOMEW IN THIS BOOK.
I understand the decision to tell this story through Rory and Sybil's two POVs, but honestly? ... Didn't love it.... Sorry, not sorry Rory and Sybil. If we're branching out into different perspectives, give me a gargoyle POV! Give me Mod! Those are the characters I wanted more from.
The pacing was also strange. Somehow it felt fast-paced and slow at the same time. A lot happens, but certain things also felt almost too easy and convenient. And then there's Benji... Boy King Baby Benji.... I wanted to hate Benji so much more than I did. They played up the Boy King too much for me to viscerally hate him like Joffrey-from-Game of Thrones levels of hatred. I wanted to be sitting there thinking, Oh my God, someone please kill this kid already.
Instead, I kept thinking... he's seventeen. He's dumb and making increasingly terrible choices... he doesn't even have a fully developed frontal lobe yet... And that's the problem: he felt too redeemable for me to truly hate him. He still loves Rory and Mod. He doesn't want to be the bad gu, he is stuck on this doing the bad thing for the right reason bullshit...There are moments where you can see that he has the capacity to be better and knows he could be better. Even when he has opportunities to do absolutely horrible things, he repeatedly doesn't follow through. I mean, he has AMPLE opportunity to kill Mod and Rory and just... doesn't. He could have crossed that line and forces marital relations on 6 and doesn't, hes undoubable a PRICK but there were many lines that would have taaken him beyond redemtion but he didn't cross them. He just sucked and was a child... Obviously I did not want him to kill anyone! But every time he chose not to, or thought of a reason not to, it made it harder for me to see him as irredeemably evil. I kept seeing a kid making awful decisions rather than a monster. The villain I wanted to absolutely despise never quite got there for me.
I love this world, and theres so much potental int eh world but maybe this should have been a trilogy, I hate to say it.... Rachel Gillig's characters continue to be the strongest part of it for me. It just didn't hit the same way
Give me a Mod and gargoyle book. That's it. That's what I want. Preferably with a gargoyle POV.
So naturally... THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH BARTHOLOMEW IN THIS BOOK.
I understand the decision to tell this story through Rory and Sybil's two POVs, but honestly? ... Didn't love it.... Sorry, not sorry Rory and Sybil. If we're branching out into different perspectives, give me a gargoyle POV! Give me Mod! Those are the characters I wanted more from.
The pacing was also strange. Somehow it felt fast-paced and slow at the same time. A lot happens, but certain things also felt almost too easy and convenient. And then there's Benji... Boy King Baby Benji.... I wanted to hate Benji so much more than I did. They played up the Boy King too much for me to viscerally hate him like Joffrey-from-Game of Thrones levels of hatred. I wanted to be sitting there thinking, Oh my God, someone please kill this kid already.
Instead, I kept thinking... he's seventeen. He's dumb and making increasingly terrible choices... he doesn't even have a fully developed frontal lobe yet... And that's the problem: he felt too redeemable for me to truly hate him. He still loves Rory and Mod. He doesn't want to be the bad gu, he is stuck on this doing the bad thing for the right reason bullshit...There are moments where you can see that he has the capacity to be better and knows he could be better. Even when he has opportunities to do absolutely horrible things, he repeatedly doesn't follow through. I mean, he has AMPLE opportunity to kill Mod and Rory and just... doesn't. He could have crossed that line and forces marital relations on 6 and doesn't, hes undoubable a PRICK but there were many lines that would have taaken him beyond redemtion but he didn't cross them. He just sucked and was a child... Obviously I did not want him to kill anyone! But every time he chose not to, or thought of a reason not to, it made it harder for me to see him as irredeemably evil. I kept seeing a kid making awful decisions rather than a monster. The villain I wanted to absolutely despise never quite got there for me.
I love this world, and theres so much potental int eh world but maybe this should have been a trilogy, I hate to say it.... Rachel Gillig's characters continue to be the strongest part of it for me. It just didn't hit the same way
Give me a Mod and gargoyle book. That's it. That's what I want. Preferably with a gargoyle POV.
This book was everything and nothing. I feel like so much happened yet nothing happened. As one of my most anticipated reads of the year I am kind of disappointed.It may have been because I read it too fast but the writing was confusing at some points. The story felt rushed like we were moving to too many locations too quickly. The romance and spice was alright but not as much passion as I was expecting from Rory. Give me some time to think about it and maybe I will change my mind. Bartholomew's quotes were my favorite and I liked the sentiment that things can and will get better if we keep trying. The mental health commentary coming from Sybil was interesting. I'm very happy that Rory and Sybil got to live a long life on the Tor with Bartholomew. RIP Maude. She was the mastermind behind everything and would've been the best king ever. I'm going to miss these character's a lot...
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