Series: The Crimson Moth Book 1
Genre: Fantasy
Length: 416 pages
Audiobook Length: 12 hours and 8 minutes
First Published: 2024
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Rachael’s Review
After a violent revolution, witches have been overthrown as rulers to become ruthlessly hunted outcasts. By day, Rune pretends to be a vapid socialite but by night she acts as The Crimson Moth, a vigilante saving other witches from the purge. When a rescue goes wrong, Rune decides to court the handsome witch hunter Gideon Sharpe. While each is using the other to gain information, Rune and Gideon never expected they would fall in love in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy series.
It’s only been a few weeks since I read Heartless Hunter and I barely remember the plot, which is never a good sign. This young adult fantasy was so run-of-the-mill that it just didn’t stand out to me – whether it should be even a young adult book is something to be considered. Although I liked the Scarlet Pimpernel setting, Ciccarelli’s love triangle wasn’t engaging and the fact that Rune and Gideon were pressured to move into a sexual relationship didn’t sit well with me. Worse, the ending left me even less interested in continuing the series.
Publisher’s Description
Enemies-to-lovers doesn’t get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in bestselling author Kristen Ciccarelli’s latest romantic fantasy
On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is.
Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe – a notorious and unforgiving witch hunter loyal to the revolution – who she can’t help but find herself falling for.
Gideon loathes the decadence and superficiality Rune represents, but when he learns the Crimson Moth has been using Rune’s merchant ships to smuggle renegade witches out of the republic, he inserts himself into her social circles by pretending to court her right back. He soon realizes that beneath her beauty and shallow façade, is someone fiercely intelligent and tender who feels like his perfect match. Except, what if she’s the very villain he’s been hunting?
Kristen Ciccarelli’s Heartless Hunter is the thrilling start to The Crimson Moth duology, a romantic fantasy series where the only thing more treacherous than being a witch…is falling in love.
About Kristen Ciccarelli
Kristen Ciccarelli is an author whose works include Edgewood, the Iskari series, and Heartless Hunter. She currently lives in Canada’s Niagara Peninsula. Visit the author’s website →
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