The Crimson Moth

By:

Kristen Ciccarelli

Spice Scale

Number of books

2 Published

KU

✅

Audiobook

✅

Series Status

Complete

Interconnected

N/A

Overall Rating

Coming Soon

The Crimson Moth by Kristen Ciccarelli is a young adult romantasy duology (Heartless Hunter and The Rebel Witch) set in a revolution-scarred republic where witches, once rulers, are now hunted and executed for their fading magic. By day, wealthy heiress Rune Winters maintains a vapid socialite facade; by night, she becomes the Crimson Moth, a masked vigilante smuggling witches to safety via her family's ships. After a botched rescue, she courts notorious witch hunter Gideon Sharpe—her best friend's brother—to gather intel and deflect suspicion, sparking mutual deception and forbidden attraction as he infiltrates her circle suspecting her secret. Amid witch purges, family betrayals, blood magic, and moral gray areas, Rune balances rebellion, survivor's guilt, and growing feelings in a tale of enemies-to-lovers tension, hidden identities, and defiance against oppression.

Jamie’s review

What a perfect little duology. Gideon is a witch hunter and Rune is a witch. I could not put these down. Loved the tension, the spells, the backstories, the twists, and of course all the kill orders that neither of them could carry out.

The ending felt a little abrupt, which I always think when I read a duology. I want them to be trilogies 😊 But this duology is pretty much perfection for me. Absolutely loved it!

Erica’s review

I liked it. I think I like book 1 more than the duology as a whole. I just wanted more out of the romance/connection side. I like the uniqueness of this Romantasy story - witch and witch hunter. If you like a slow burn for real, this is for you. It had some fab twists and there is SO much that is great in this series, I just wanted more. I can't really put my finger on it, it was just lacking for me a bit. I also got really tired of the constant back and forth of both the MMC and FMC. Pretty sure I was full on rolling my eyes as I laid in bed reading this. Yep, sounds like something I'd be doing. I did like it and it's a super easy and quick read and if you aren't a huge fan of smut then you'll especially love this one.