Good morning readers, I hope all is well! I’ve been dying for a new read, it’s been months and I needed to jump into another world! I even took to social media for help, but then, I remember when I went to BAM back in December I had taken photos of books I was interested in reading. Weird I know, but let’s brew about it!
I placed a hold on Libby for two of the books I had taken a picture of which are, Alchemised and The Knight and the Moth, now if you don’t know Libby and just incase you don’t it’s an app that you can use to read or listen to audiobooks if you have a library card. Now, Alchemised, is such a long wait I may end up buying it and quite honestly I loved the cover and the inside of the book so much I’d buy it purely on that.
But I got to read and listen to The Knight and the Moth written by Rachel Gillig. It is about a Diviner named, Six, who lives and works at a cathedral. She and five other Diviners give readings to anyone that comes to the cathedral, but in order to do that, they must, drown. Yes, literally drown to see the visions and give the readings.
It is a beautifully woven, story about 6 gods with 6 objects of power that protect the land from sprites(faeries of all kinds) and their objects when seen in a vision can either be seen as a good omen or a bad one. There are even living gargoyles that live in the cathedral, which I loved the idea immediately, I haven’t heard of living and moving gargoyles since the cartoon back in the day.
Anyways, Six, doesn’t remember the time before she was a Diviner, not even her own birth name.In fact none of the other girls do either, they have been living at the cathedral for almost ten years with their eyes covered in shrouds waiting for the moment that their tenure is up and venture out into the world. It is when the newly knight king comes that catapults the story.
Six, divines for the king and the lives as the diviners are forever changed, one by one the diviners that, Six, felt akin like sisters go missing and with the help of an unruly knight and gargoyle Six, goes on a mission across Traum to find them.
It ends on a cliffhanger, and the second book, The Knave and the Moon, doesn’t come out until September 1, 2026. I’ll put the author’s website here so you can check out her work. But have you read The Knight and the Moth? If you haven’t you should check it out. https://rachelgillig.com/
As Always Keep On Brewin!