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The Night and Its Moon

by Piper C.J.

🌶️fade to black·spoiler·The Night & Its Moon #1

Why Read This?

If you love sapphic fantasy with aching separation and the promise of reunion, this delivers. Nox and Amaris are bonded so deeply that distance, war, and magic cannot sever it. The worldbuilding is lush, the side characters are compelling, and the final act hits hard after a slow build.

Synopsis

Farleigh is just an orphanage. At least, that’s what the church would have the people believe, but beautiful orphans Nox and fae-touched Amaris know better. They are commodities for sale, available for purchase by the highest bidder. So when the madame of a notorious brothel in a far-off city offers a king’s ransom to purchase Amaris, Nox ends up taking her place — while Amaris is drawn away to the mountains, home of mysterious assassins. Even as they take up new lives and identities, Nox and Amaris never forget one thing: they will stop at nothing to reunite. But the threat of war looms overhead, and the two are inevitably swept into a conflict between human and fae, magic and mundane. With strange new alliances, untested powers, and a bond that neither time nor distance could possibly break, the fate of the realms lies in the hands of two orphans — and the love they hold for one another.

At a Glance

3.56 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️fade to black
Endingspoiler
PairingF/F
Romance Pacingslow burn

Top Tropes

separated loversfound familyslow burn

Mood

epicbittersweetatmosphericangsty

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.56 ★

Page Count

525 pages

Published

2022

Primary Genre

Fantasy Romance

Pairing

F/F

POV

Multi-POV

Romance Pacing

Slow Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

Single Narrator

Narrator

Natalie Naudus

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Characters

FMC: the survivor sign in to unlock

Spice Details 🌶️

Emotional intimacy prioritized over physical. Minimal on-page sexual content in Book 1; the romance is a slow burn with tension built through longing and separation rather than explicit scenes. sign in to unlock

child traffickingsexual assaultphysical abusereligious traumaprostitutionracism

World & Setting

kingdom / empire sign in to unlock

Reading Context

The payoff is in the journey - watching two women torn apart fight through everything to find each other again. Book 1 builds the foundation for an epic reunion arc across the series. sign in to unlock

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