Warrior Wench is a pretty standard Space Opera with standard characters. I struggled to believe the captain for the first 10-20% of the book - she has a wicked temper that I just don't see thousands of mercenaries following without question. Too reactive to be a captain of an elite multi-species unit.

But the temper is not entirely out of place when a merc comes back from vacation to discover her ship has been sold for parts. Even a Star Trek captain may be violating some of the conventions if the Enterprise had been through a Ferengi chop-shop.

When I hit the 20% mark ... I kind-of lost track of the world outside the book. The non-stop action finally sucked me in. This story is action driven and the characters are along for the ride.

Is the manuscript exceptional? Nah. Did I pick up the next book of the series at 3 am when I completed this one - absolutely. The author has a way of adding mishap upon disaster on top of complication that is just - chef's kiss. I am having a blast reading this series.

I close a lot of books without finishing them. Finish a lot of books without noting them here on my blog ... it's been a while since I've given a book recommendation.

So for you SF fans, here's an author I'll recommend, with one caveat. Great story, great characters, great setting, but the story line doesn't wrap up ... a huge WTH will occur when you reach THE END ... but although Andreas pushes you over a cliff to buy the next book, you still get a nice read. I really loved this flawed but intriguing character; lots of action; fun aliens out the wazoo.

I received an ARC of this book from the Publisher, via Netgalley, this does not affect my opinion of this book or the content of my review.

Yeah, I don't pick books that I think I WON'T like, but still, I found this book to be unexpectedly fantastic!

What we have here is a space epic adventure story with the humor and sense of ridiculous of Robert Aspiren's Phule's series with some of the epic galactic scope of Ann Aguirre's Sirantha Jax series. And while there is a hint of a romance, it is NOT a romance. And our heroine is a smart mouthed merc with a mysterious back story and unknown capabilities. In many ways Vas remind's me a bit of Ilona Andrew's Kate Daniels. It is nothing like a copy cat, don't get me wrong, and Vas has way more ties than Kate ever did, but there are just some parallels that caught my attention.

There are a couple of different mysteries swirling around, not all of which get resolved since it is a series, a cast of endearing and likable (if unlikely) heroes, and it is all wrapped up in writing that kept me hooked throughout.

It is fun, it is a romp, and I seriously think this series will be going somewhere in the future and will be avidly looking forward to the next book in the series. This is one book where I wish I could do better justice in my review because I really want to see this author find a market so the series will continue. And in that I am serious, serious enough to have bought it even though I got a free review copy, and anyone who knows me in real life knows what a miserly person I am.

I'm not even sure the two 1 star reviews even read the book. The writing was extremely good with minimal typos. The plot is intricate enough to keep you paying attention and guessing but not so complicated that it's confusing. The characters are very well developed and likable. The only criticism I have is that there are some obscure references made to creatures and places that don't exist that almost make you feel like you missed something even though this is the first book in the series. Other than that an epic space opera good enough to merit purchasing at least the next book in the series, which I did.

I didn't think I would enjoy this book, but decided to give it a try and was pleasantly surprised. The plot is old but well written. The characters are clearly fleshed out, and some surprises remain to keep our interest. I look forward to reading the next book in this series.

Congratulations to Marie Andreas for this amazing series. It’s extremely hard to find such an interesting and exciting author who not only writes intelligently but also provides top rated plots, characters and excitement in the stories. I’m really looking forward to the next book.

This book had more potential than it actually delivered. Apart from the often slow pace, I think the biggest problem with this book as the very hazy stellar geography and tech. The scale of distance was very inconsistent, with one line of dialog implying the characters were in a completely different galaxy than they had started out in while at other times the captain could call for ships from her "home" planet and they would show up within hours. The method of travel was never really laid out either with hyperspatial gates suddenly being referred to without having been introduced before, but travel home from a big battle at a gate apparently not using them. It's not important that the tech in an SF story be plausible, but it does have to be presented and be consistent. The same goes for the stellar geography.

There were also a lot of fairly obvious questions that didn't get asked. For instance, the Captain suddenly finds herself in possession of a very famous (or infamous) ship, but the question of what happened to the former owners and crew (who apparently were quite successful at their trade) never comes up.

I had thought while I was reading the book, that it was probably a first novel and had potential despite the problems, and was going to pick up the second in the series to see if the author was still improving, but at the end of the book I found a list of a good number of her previous books, so I suspect she is not going to get better, and I will probably not buy the next book in the series.

A rollicking scifi adventure, there was plenty of action, including space battles (my favorite), humor, lots of different beings serving on a mercenary crew and a tough as nails with a heart of gold female captain. Capitan Vaslisha Tor Dain comes back from what was supposed to be a two week trip to find she’s been gone a month and has memories missing from that time, her ship, The Victorious Dead, has been broken up and sold in pieces all over the galaxy, and then there are the ominous ships attacking entire planets and several other mysterious happenings that make her believe someone is out to get her. She ends up with a replacement ship that was outfitted as a floating brothel called the Warrior Wench, but it may be just what she needs since it has some pretty sweet upgrades that come in handy during her adventures. Not as convenient is her sudden attraction to her second, the telepath Deven, which would break two of her rules: no falling for telepaths or members of her crew. I thought the story ended somewhat abruptly, but it wasn’t really a cliffhanger, things were wrapped up as more of an ending of one adventure with more to come. It definitely made me want to pick up the next story to see what Vas and her crew get up to next.

The main character would have made a great Browncoat! You quickly love her crew and feel your heart beats faster as they deal with bad guys and a Commonwealth that has become corrupted... I think... I need to read the next book as soon as it’s out!

Badass heroine and her mercenary crew, epic battles, even more, epic space battles, the hodgepodge crew of diverse life forms fight off the evil aliens, psychotic religious fanatics and the reclusive monks controlling it all. It's difficult to say more without massive spoilers, there's so much going on suffice to say that this is old school epic sci-fi space opera as it should be written. Incredible characters brilliant storylines and world-building so well written you feel part of the whole crazy adventure. This is worth ten stars it's that good, highly recommend a must-read, Baz

Loved Vas, the captain and the other characters and the suspense. I can’t wait to read the next books to find out what happens to her and her crew further along. I got this book for free but will definitely buy the other ones which I only ever do if something stands out.

Fantastic read! The story is wonderful and had some amusing twists and turns. I have come to love all of the characters. The author has a great writing style and knows how to suck you in! I'm onto the rest of the series, highly suggested read!

Kept me glued for the hole night! And that’s something, since I’m very picky when it comes to sci-fi, and unhappily there are not many books like this one...