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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
tuktuk's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
foreverinastory'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
melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Thank you to Netgalley and RB media for an ALC of this book.
In this feminist and genderbent Three Musketeeers retelling, Tania joins a secret band of female musketeers and finds sisterhood and love in the midst of struggling with her father's murder and her chronic illness.
I LOVE the chronic illness rep in this book. I don't have the same type of chronic illness as Tania, but the way others treated her like she was fragile or lazy or faking it--I just related so hard to so much of it. I love the character development with this and how Tania learns that the way others treat her isn't because of her but them, and the explanations about what her body can and can't do and that isn't her fault and AH! It's so good.
I also really like the mystery and secrecy in this! And the BA group of female musketeers is also great!
There is some side queer rep in this book. I believe the author has said that there is a lesbian girl and a demi-bi girl, as well as an Ace adult. After having read the book, I can tell which character is which, but none of that rep is explicit. There is some coding in there, but nothing is very obvious except that two of the characters are sapphic.
Anyway, this is a really good one, and I definitely recommend the audio!
In this feminist and genderbent Three Musketeeers retelling, Tania joins a secret band of female musketeers and finds sisterhood and love in the midst of struggling with her father's murder and her chronic illness.
I LOVE the chronic illness rep in this book. I don't have the same type of chronic illness as Tania, but the way others treated her like she was fragile or lazy or faking it--I just related so hard to so much of it. I love the character development with this and how Tania learns that the way others treat her isn't because of her but them, and the explanations about what her body can and can't do and that isn't her fault and AH! It's so good.
I also really like the mystery and secrecy in this! And the BA group of female musketeers is also great!
There is some side queer rep in this book. I believe the author has said that there is a lesbian girl and a demi-bi girl, as well as an Ace adult. After having read the book, I can tell which character is which, but none of that rep is explicit. There is some coding in there, but nothing is very obvious except that two of the characters are sapphic.
Anyway, this is a really good one, and I definitely recommend the audio!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, and Death
Minor: Blood
utopiastateofmind's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)
One for All is a book that I breezed through. Fencing is one of those things I highly admire, but know I could never do well. I was expecting to fall in love with the action. The spying, the betrayals, and subterfuge was something I was expecting. Because I loved the idea of girls who are not only trying to be Muskateers, but also using their wiles. And it's true. I definitely adored the action, hiding swords beneath petticoats and slinking around in the dark. But what I loved the most was Tania.
I love a heroine who is determined and one who is out for revenge. Call me predictable. So Tania was a heroine I knew I'd love. Besides her quest for revenge, I loved how Tania - as a character - blooms in front of our eyes. Throughout One for All not only does Tania have to train, but she has to (re)evaluate how she sees herself and who she trusts. The greatest weapon can be self-doubt and in One for All Tania navigates her journey to see her capabilities, strengths, and alliances.
One for All is a book that I breezed through. Fencing is one of those things I highly admire, but know I could never do well. I was expecting to fall in love with the action. The spying, the betrayals, and subterfuge was something I was expecting. Because I loved the idea of girls who are not only trying to be Muskateers, but also using their wiles. And it's true. I definitely adored the action, hiding swords beneath petticoats and slinking around in the dark. But what I loved the most was Tania.
I love a heroine who is determined and one who is out for revenge. Call me predictable. So Tania was a heroine I knew I'd love. Besides her quest for revenge, I loved how Tania - as a character - blooms in front of our eyes. Throughout One for All not only does Tania have to train, but she has to (re)evaluate how she sees herself and who she trusts. The greatest weapon can be self-doubt and in One for All Tania navigates her journey to see her capabilities, strengths, and alliances.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
bananakin's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Thanks to netgalley for sending me an arc of this book.
One for All achieves what all great retellings do. It keeps the heart of the story while making it accessible and enjoyable for those who may not have read the source material.
Tania de Batz has been treated by the world as many disabled and chronically ill people are, as nothing more than a sick girl. Her father, a retired musketeer, has always encouraged her love of fencing and taught her how to work with her illness. When he dies tragically, in what Tania knows to be more than reported, she travels to Paris to find his killer under the guise of his dying wish: that she attend a renowned finishing school. Upon her arrival she finds that the school she'd been loathe to attend is actually a secret training facility for a new generation of female musketeers. All Tania has ever wanted was to have her own version of musketeer family that she grew up hearing stories about and she will fight for it, for her father, and for the king of France.
Being able to see Tania embraced by her sisters in arms, les mousquetaires de la lune, so immediately filled my heart. Seeing both her struggle to deal with how she'd always been treated and to accept that her new family was not like that and would support her and never think her a burden was so amazing. Until today I'd never seen POTS represented in literature and I am so glad that this incredible book is where I get to see that piece of myself. I couldn't put this book down, it was captivating from start to finish. I cannot wait to have this gorgeous book in my hands.
One for All achieves what all great retellings do. It keeps the heart of the story while making it accessible and enjoyable for those who may not have read the source material.
Tania de Batz has been treated by the world as many disabled and chronically ill people are, as nothing more than a sick girl. Her father, a retired musketeer, has always encouraged her love of fencing and taught her how to work with her illness. When he dies tragically, in what Tania knows to be more than reported, she travels to Paris to find his killer under the guise of his dying wish: that she attend a renowned finishing school. Upon her arrival she finds that the school she'd been loathe to attend is actually a secret training facility for a new generation of female musketeers. All Tania has ever wanted was to have her own version of musketeer family that she grew up hearing stories about and she will fight for it, for her father, and for the king of France.
Being able to see Tania embraced by her sisters in arms, les mousquetaires de la lune, so immediately filled my heart. Seeing both her struggle to deal with how she'd always been treated and to accept that her new family was not like that and would support her and never think her a burden was so amazing. Until today I'd never seen POTS represented in literature and I am so glad that this incredible book is where I get to see that piece of myself. I couldn't put this book down, it was captivating from start to finish. I cannot wait to have this gorgeous book in my hands.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism and Death of parent
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