Wench, Maxine Kaplan
Wench, Maxine Kaplan
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Wench

Author: Maxine Kaplan

Narrator: Justis Bolding

Unabridged: 13 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/27/2024


Synopsis

“Tanya was good at many things, but her most useful gift was breaking up bar fights.”

Tanya has been working at her tavern, the Smiling Snake, since she was able to see above the bar. She broke up her first fight at age eight. By the time she was a teenager, she could run the place with her eyes closed. And now, at seventeen, she’s confident enough that she’d never let anyone take advantage of her—whether it be a drunkard or captain of the Queen’s guard.

But when her guardian dies, she might lose it all: the bar, her home, and her purpose in life. Even though she doesn’t see herself as a hero, she sets off on a quest to petition the queen and save her tavern. Along the way, she’ll have to navigate corrupt guards, swashbuckling thieves, a city of fire, and an enchanted feather that seems to be calling to her …

Fast-paced, action-packed, and totally magical, Wench is epic fantasy like you’ve never seen it before.

“A fierce, feminist romp through the adventures of a tavern wench. Like an old classic fairy tale, with bands of thieves and magical feathers, but with more badass female characters.”—Shea Ernshaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on June 25, 2020

This book is surprisingly promising debut and there are too many positive attributes made me enjoy it mostly. Here are the things which truly attracted my attention: Tanya is strong, brave and adamant character you proudly call her a real heroine! She earned the trust of her guardian with her hard w......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on December 08, 2020

September Tier List Videois up! Check it out for all my September reads!The Written Review Tanya the Tavern Wench has always known where life would take her. Her guardian has been training her from the moment she was informally adopted to taking over the tavern. And honestly? She's loved it......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on October 29, 2021

This book was frustrating to read. Whoever proofread it needs a good spanking, because it's littered with mistakes - a lot of missing words, and occasionally the wrong word used entirely. When I'm in the flow of a story, I don't want to have to regularly stop to try to figure out what a sentence was......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on February 15, 2021

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I thought I would really enjoy this book but there was just way too much going on and not enough interesting characters. The magic in this book was interesting enough but I never really found myself ge......more

Goodreads review by Manon the Malicious on March 07, 2021

I was provided an ARC via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Tanya is a tavern wench. She does a little bit of everything, cooking, cleaning, wrestling with unruly customers and so much more. That is until everything falls apart and she has to leave her tavern and finds herself on a series o......more