Or magic based on names (holla atcha KVOTHE).Īnd okay, to further sweeten the deal when it comes to my love jones for Â Fly TrapÂ I have to mention the characters, like I do in EVERY SINGLE BOOK REVIEW I EVER WRITE.

I know that I will forever love political scheming in fantasy and religious systems based on the power of names. If you believe the amount of time you put in is worth the pay off, then get thee a copy of Fly Trap. Seriously, Frances Hardinge’sÂ writing is fantastic and detailed and awesome, and I’d rather recommend this to people who I know will appreciate it, rather than someone looking for a super quick read and not to invest. Anyways, Mosca and Clent TOTALLY get caught up in the political scheming which involves a mayor and this mafia-like order called the Locksmiths.įriends, if you have the attention span of a gnat, don’t read Fly By Night. And let me tell you, the Toll-By-Night citizens are a seedy bunch. Those who have good names, based on the hour and day they were born, are trusted and get to live in Toll-By-Day, but must become nonexistent at night when people with bad names, the Toll-by-Night citizens come out. So anyways, Toll is populated by deeplyÂ superstitious people. So, the gang needs to leave their current town and go to the next destination, Toll, a town that you need to pay to get in and out of. Saracen, her homicidal pet goose, is wrecking terror on the countryside and biting people right and left. Eponymous Clent, Mosca’s accomplice, is in jail for debts. Names play SUCH an important role in Fly By Night. Okay, so I just want to set the scene for you before we get to the meatier bits of this review.Â Mosca MyeÂ is fly born, meaning she was born during a night sacred to Goodman Palpitattle, a god who keeps flies out.

Fly trap by frances hardinge