Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson was pitched to me as a modern-day retelling of the Hercules myth. As someone who has always liked mythology, I was excited to read the novel. However, this retelling did not meet my expectations.
That's probably because I was assuming how the story would be arranged, and I was not expecting it to essentially be interviews with the other characters from the Hercules story, giving their version of events.
That was fine, but there were a lot of characters, and with all those Greek names, I just couldn't keep track of who was who. The book does have a character glossary in the back, however, I was reading an e-book version, and I didn't get to the glossary until after I had already finished the book. Even if I had known it was there, I don't find moving back and forth through an e-book to be easy. (Another reason I much prefer to hold a physical book in my hands.) So if you're going to read this book, I suggest getting a physical copy of the book to easily toggle back and forth between the character glossary and the chapters.
Overall, the story was interesting and fast-paced. It's certainly not the Disney version of Hercules if that's all you're familiar with.
Herc is published by Hanover Square Press and is available to purchase now. I received a free e-ARC.
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