The First Review of Hermes, a Novel by Emily Chance

The first review; from Aotearoa

Keri Ford

North Island New Zealand

Hermes by Emily Chance has the whiff of a bestseller, it's a tightly plotted page-turner with likeable characters and a mythic thread.

It explores a theme of our human potential for understanding, generosity and love, undermined by our greed and jealousy.

The novel moves through fantasy, history and the near future, with the different sections deftly woven together.

A very cinematic novel, that will conjure images in the reader's mind, and while its form is original, the warm heart of the novel makes it a delightful reading experience.

If you want to read a well-told story that touches us all, Hermes will deliver.

Author's Response

Keri is a quiet unassuming man with a voracious appetite for knowledge and a keen interest in the arts, including writing himself. His ability to see the art of the Polynesian Peoples in its glorious imaginative context and also love Mozart is a great tribute to his sense of enquiry.

I was particularly pleased with Keri's review because for him I seem to have achieved what I set out to do. To make a serious point entertainingly. The reference to it being a page turner is exactly the effect I was hoping to have on the reader.



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