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fromjuliereads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I really enjoyed this book! I loved the nods to the original - and thoroughly appreciated the nod to The Princess Bride 😅 I feel fiercely protective of these characters, like I want to join the Order! I loved the writing and it was just a thoroughly enjoyable Musketeers story!!
I did predict the twist, and found one piece a little repetitive but thoroughly enjoyed!
I did predict the twist, and found one piece a little repetitive but thoroughly enjoyed!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Ableism, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, and Sexism
Minor: Murder, Death, Sexual harassment, Blood, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail
bronsonmh's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Thank you to Netgalley and the publishers for an audiobook arc in exchange for an honest review.
Wow, this book was AMAZING! I was hooked from the beginning. I love the idea of a gender bent retelling of The Three Musketeers. This story is about a young girl Tania whose father was a musketeer and was teaching her fencing to help her forget and to help her out with the mysterious illness that causes her to faint or pass out (In later years the illness is called POTS) Tania is tired of being labeled the "sick girl" someone who probably will never marry. One day her father is murdered and she is sent off to L’Académie des Mariées, thinking she going to a finishing school, but she soon finds out that this place is more than it seems. While she is there she finds out this school is a place where they train a new kind of musketeers. They are trained in fencing along with learning how to flirt and being a lady to obtain information from men that they need for their mission. I love how this book is centered around sisterhood. I love all the girls befriends at the school. Even though all have their flaws they all work together as a team and has each other backs no matter what. I also like how this book talks about how even though sometimes we can not control are bodies or what happens, but we can work to overcome it and live the life you want to.
Wow, this book was AMAZING! I was hooked from the beginning. I love the idea of a gender bent retelling of The Three Musketeers. This story is about a young girl Tania whose father was a musketeer and was teaching her fencing to help her forget and to help her out with the mysterious illness that causes her to faint or pass out (In later years the illness is called POTS) Tania is tired of being labeled the "sick girl" someone who probably will never marry. One day her father is murdered and she is sent off to L’Académie des Mariées, thinking she going to a finishing school, but she soon finds out that this place is more than it seems. While she is there she finds out this school is a place where they train a new kind of musketeers. They are trained in fencing along with learning how to flirt and being a lady to obtain information from men that they need for their mission. I love how this book is centered around sisterhood. I love all the girls befriends at the school. Even though all have their flaws they all work together as a team and has each other backs no matter what. I also like how this book talks about how even though sometimes we can not control are bodies or what happens, but we can work to overcome it and live the life you want to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Bullying and Blood
betweentheshelves's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
There's so much to love about this book! Not only does it have great disability rep in terms of POTS, but the characters and the action are both great, too. I loved Tania and her musketeers. They worked so well together, in a time period where a lot of people underestimated women. Though let's be honest, people still underestimate women.
Anyway, some of the plot elements felt a bit predictable to me, but I didn't mind. The pacing was pretty spot on, and the action sequences with the fencing were fun to read. Or listen to, in my case! The audiobook is well done, really helping to bring the story to life.
Anyway, some of the plot elements felt a bit predictable to me, but I didn't mind. The pacing was pretty spot on, and the action sequences with the fencing were fun to read. Or listen to, in my case! The audiobook is well done, really helping to bring the story to life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Blood, Gore, and Sexual violence
electroclan17's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
If you love the movie Barbie and the Three Musketeers you'll love this book. There are some differences (including stuff that wouldn't be mentioned in a barbie movie) but it is still fun to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Sexual assault and Gore
albon's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Death of parent and Classism
peonyprice's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
The Tamora Pierce blurb is perfect because if you loved her books growing up, One For All will make you delightfully nostalgic (plus explicitly queer characters! And POTS rep!)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Sexual assault
caseythereader's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Thanks to FSG Books for the free copy of this book.
- ONE FOR ALL is a gender bent Three Musketeers retelling, with swashbuckling girls, fancy parties and mysterious machinations.
- Tania's chronic illness is central to her life, and I loved that this wasn't a story about "fixing" her, but learning how to both manage it herself and ask for help when she needs it.
- ONE FOR ALL is a gender bent Three Musketeers retelling, with swashbuckling girls, fancy parties and mysterious machinations.
- Tania's chronic illness is central to her life, and I loved that this wasn't a story about "fixing" her, but learning how to both manage it herself and ask for help when she needs it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Alcohol, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Blood, Grief, Death, and Violence
Minor: Sexual assault
readingelli's review against another edition
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
“I am no one’s dove.”
“[W]hatever this dizziness is … maybe it’s never been the real problem. It’s horrible and it hurts and it makes me feel fragile in a way I never wanted, but it’s not the thing that tears me apart. The problem, the real problem, is the people who decide I’m unworthy because of it.”
“No- no. […] Too many months becoming myself to lose her.”
Tania is the woman I want to grow up to be. This beautifully written, hugely relatable #OwnVoices book about a teen with POTS- causing dizziness, brain fog, blackouts, and pain- gave me words to describe what was happening to me. Almost every page had a description that spoke to me, and I couldn’t stop my tears of joy at seeing myself in a main character.
The plot was engaging, the character development was spot on, Lainoff’s voice was brilliant. I had an inkling of the final showdown but the tension building was so well done I was still surprised.
I cannot recommend this book more highly. Thank you Lillie, for showing us that we can be Musketeers too.
“[W]hatever this dizziness is … maybe it’s never been the real problem. It’s horrible and it hurts and it makes me feel fragile in a way I never wanted, but it’s not the thing that tears me apart. The problem, the real problem, is the people who decide I’m unworthy because of it.”
“No- no. […] Too many months becoming myself to lose her.”
Tania is the woman I want to grow up to be. This beautifully written, hugely relatable #OwnVoices book about a teen with POTS- causing dizziness, brain fog, blackouts, and pain- gave me words to describe what was happening to me. Almost every page had a description that spoke to me, and I couldn’t stop my tears of joy at seeing myself in a main character.
The plot was engaging, the character development was spot on, Lainoff’s voice was brilliant. I had an inkling of the final showdown but the tension building was so well done I was still surprised.
I cannot recommend this book more highly. Thank you Lillie, for showing us that we can be Musketeers too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
French revolutionforeverinastory's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Thank you to Colored Pages Book Tours, Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Netgalley for an eARC in exchange for an honest review and promotion. All opinions are my own.
4.5/5
I really enjoyed this book and I want to see more disabled stories like this one!!
One for All is a genderbent retelling of the Three Musketeers. It follows Tania de Batz, the daughter of a former Musketeer and her greatest champion. Tania has chronic dizziness (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), but regardless of what everyone else thinks, Tania knows she's might to become a Musketeer. When her father is brutally murdered she thinks her dreams will fade to nothing. But when she arrives at L’Académie des Mariées, she finds something unexpected.
This was such a fun book. I can't speak much to the retelling aspect, because I know basically nothing about the Three Musketeers, but I really loved the sisterhood of the Academie! I came to love the other girls of the Academie so quickly. It was just the best girl gang I've read about in a while! I loved how the other girls gave Tania accommodations when she needed them, but refused to let her believe she's weak or a burden.
Tania was such a strong character and I really loved her. She's spent a lot of her life isolated and seeing her befriend the other girls and begin to make a home for herself was such an empowering storyline. I loved all of the fencing practice, and I definitely could've used more of it. More duels too! More swords are always a good idea.
Both Tania and I have invisible disabilities. Seeing how that impacts every part of your life is so validating. Tania's hesitancy around doctors and strangers is something all too familiar. It's so easy to believe what people tell you about being lazy or faking it or not actually in that amount of pain. And it just hurts. No matter how "well meaning" some of these comments can be.
Overall, I had a lot of fun with this book and I hope we see more MC's with chronic illnesses and disabilities take center stage across all genres and age categories.
Rep: white Russian-French cishet female MC with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), sapphic cis female side characters, aroace cis female side character.
CWs: Ableism, chronic illness, death of parent, death, murder. Moderate: Sexual assault (of side character), blood, gore, violence, emotional abuse, medical trauma.
4.5/5
I really enjoyed this book and I want to see more disabled stories like this one!!
One for All is a genderbent retelling of the Three Musketeers. It follows Tania de Batz, the daughter of a former Musketeer and her greatest champion. Tania has chronic dizziness (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), but regardless of what everyone else thinks, Tania knows she's might to become a Musketeer. When her father is brutally murdered she thinks her dreams will fade to nothing. But when she arrives at L’Académie des Mariées, she finds something unexpected.
This was such a fun book. I can't speak much to the retelling aspect, because I know basically nothing about the Three Musketeers, but I really loved the sisterhood of the Academie! I came to love the other girls of the Academie so quickly. It was just the best girl gang I've read about in a while! I loved how the other girls gave Tania accommodations when she needed them, but refused to let her believe she's weak or a burden.
Tania was such a strong character and I really loved her. She's spent a lot of her life isolated and seeing her befriend the other girls and begin to make a home for herself was such an empowering storyline. I loved all of the fencing practice, and I definitely could've used more of it. More duels too! More swords are always a good idea.
Both Tania and I have invisible disabilities. Seeing how that impacts every part of your life is so validating. Tania's hesitancy around doctors and strangers is something all too familiar. It's so easy to believe what people tell you about being lazy or faking it or not actually in that amount of pain. And it just hurts. No matter how "well meaning" some of these comments can be.
Overall, I had a lot of fun with this book and I hope we see more MC's with chronic illnesses and disabilities take center stage across all genres and age categories.
Rep: white Russian-French cishet female MC with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), sapphic cis female side characters, aroace cis female side character.
CWs: Ableism, chronic illness, death of parent, death, murder. Moderate: Sexual assault (of side character), blood, gore, violence, emotional abuse, medical trauma.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Gore
happily_undignified's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Thank you to Netgalley and MacMillan Children's Publishing Group for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review review.
When I heard about a gender-bent, Own-voices, Disability-rep retelling of an amazing Classic I was psyched. Then I found it on @netgalley and got approved to review and I was over the moon!
I love The Three Musketeers so reading this rendition was like a warm hug with a twist. Tania is the main character and I could immediately see myself being friends with her. She is unorthodox, clever, and stronger than she gives herself credit for. Her relationship with her dad in the opening chapters was endearing. Tania has POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and has dizziness and fatigue throughout the story but the author shows how she works through the symptoms as she trains on her fencing. Her POTS isn't used at a plot device or thrown in when she fails like so many disabilities are portrayed in books and film. Instead the disease is merely a part of her that Tania's found family incorporates into their daily lives and provides support for when she needs it.
Speaking of found family, this book has a wonderful example of women from all walks of life coming together for a united cause. The four "les Mousquetaires de la Luna", Tania, Portia, Théa, and Aria, all have unique back stories and talents that, under the tutelage of Madame de Treville, combine to create a formidable espionage group. It's a blast to watch them fight alongside one another and grow closer as the story progresses.
If you're looking for a YA retelling that combines mystery, action, and intrigue with a classic storyline, One For All is the book for you!
When I heard about a gender-bent, Own-voices, Disability-rep retelling of an amazing Classic I was psyched. Then I found it on @netgalley and got approved to review and I was over the moon!
I love The Three Musketeers so reading this rendition was like a warm hug with a twist. Tania is the main character and I could immediately see myself being friends with her. She is unorthodox, clever, and stronger than she gives herself credit for. Her relationship with her dad in the opening chapters was endearing. Tania has POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and has dizziness and fatigue throughout the story but the author shows how she works through the symptoms as she trains on her fencing. Her POTS isn't used at a plot device or thrown in when she fails like so many disabilities are portrayed in books and film. Instead the disease is merely a part of her that Tania's found family incorporates into their daily lives and provides support for when she needs it.
Speaking of found family, this book has a wonderful example of women from all walks of life coming together for a united cause. The four "les Mousquetaires de la Luna", Tania, Portia, Théa, and Aria, all have unique back stories and talents that, under the tutelage of Madame de Treville, combine to create a formidable espionage group. It's a blast to watch them fight alongside one another and grow closer as the story progresses.
If you're looking for a YA retelling that combines mystery, action, and intrigue with a classic storyline, One For All is the book for you!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma
Moderate: Violence and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual assault