Dark Romantasy / Dark Fantasy
The Knave and the Moon (The Stonewater Kingdom, 2)
Top 200 · #112 in Dark Fantasy on Amazon
Book 2 in the The Stonewater Kingdom series · Reading order →
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Why we recommend it
This fantasy-romance continuation deepens the intrigue of a fractured kingdom, pairing courtly danger with a slow-building, forbidden attraction. The tone is atmospheric and tension-laced, rich with shifting loyalties and a morally grey love interest worth distrusting. Readers who enjoy political peril woven through romance, a guarded heroine and a hero whose true intentions stay tantalizingly unclear will find this Stonewater installment a moody, immersive read.
At a glance
The Knave and the Moon is a dark romantasy by Rachel Gillig. It rates 3/5 for spice and 3/5 for darkness, on the lighter side for dark romantasy: of the 648 dark romantasy books we rate, almost none score lower for darkness and 8% lower for spice. Tropes: slow burn, enemies to lovers and alpha hero. It is about as dark as Rachel Gillig’s other books on Readark (average darkness 3.3/5). It runs to 368 pages. 1 content warning is listed below, hidden until you tap.
Book details
- Series
- The Stonewater Kingdom, 2
- Pages
- 368
- Published
- September 2026
The Knave and the Moon spice level
The Knave and the Moon is rated 3/5 for spice on Readark’s scale: open door, meaning explicit scenes written plainly, but not the engine of the book. Its darkness rating is 3/5: genuinely dark, meaning violence, coercion or captivity drive the plot, not just the mood. How we rate
The Knave and the Moon content warnings
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- Graphic Violence
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