Review by emilyrosco - The Knight and the Moth

emilyrosco 's review for:

The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2

Book in emojis: 🔨🗿🦋🛡️⛲️

First of all—I had no idea this was a “book one.”

So imagine my frustration when there’s only 5 minutes left in my audiobook and I still can’t figure out how things are going to get wrapped up. Well—spoiler—they don’t. Because it’s book. One. 😒

Now I have to wait for who knows how long to see how things end?!? Ugggghhh.

(I asked ChatGPT to give me a synopsis of the book, and though I don’t usually like using AI for this, I thought this one was beautifully written—and honestly, I couldn’t say it any better myself): 👇🏼

“The Knight and the Moth is one of those quiet, dreamy fantasy stories that sneaks up on you. It follows a morally gray knight and a mysterious girl on a journey through a world that feels both broken and magical. There’s a lot beneath the surface—grief, redemption, found family—and while it’s not loud or flashy, it sticks with you in that soft, haunting kind of way.

No spoilers, but if you like stories that feel like a whispered secret or a forgotten fairytale, this one’s worth picking up.”

Now—my actual review:

I loved this book. So much.

Bartholomew. The gothic world. Bartholomew. Found family. Bartholomew. Rory. Bartholomew. Slow burn. Bartholomew.

The only reason I didn’t give this 5 stars is because there were a few things that didn’t quite make sense logically. They were minor—nothing that pulled me out of the story too much—but they were there.

I think one of the main reasons I loved this book so much was because of how different and fresh it felt. It was a unique story, which feels kind of rare in the BookTok/Bookstagram world right now. So many of the books being talked about over there feel like slight variations of the same few popular stories.

But this one? This one felt new.

The writing was beautiful and lyrical, though occasionally the sudden brashness of an event or line would take me by surprise. Not a bad thing—just unexpected.

Pick this one up if you love gothic adult fairytales, talking gargoyles, found family, and morally gray knights who are bad and soft and a little stabby.

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