Series ✦ Penny’s Take
Wench
Maxine Kaplan · 2021
70/100
👍 Worth It
Tanya is exactly the kind of heroine who gets things done with her own two hands rather than waiting to be rescued, and the quest structure moves fast enough to hold a teen reader's attention. The LGBTQ+ representation is casual and affirming, which many readers will appreciate, though faith-sensitive families should know it is prominent and deliberate. The romance arrives too late and too thin to land with real weight, keeping this at a solid but not exceptional level.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: prominent LGBTQ+ themes including bisexual protagonist and same-sex relationships — faith-sensitive families should note. We still scored it 70; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety70
substance68
craft65
originality66
accuracy72
hype60
age-fit82
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict70
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