A review by shaipanda
One for All by Lillie Lainoff

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

3.5

This was a very hit or miss book for me. While I really enjoyed the queer side characters, disability rep, and general concept of this book, I didn’t find the execution to be as great as I would’ve liked. 
To start with, this book was just generally too long, too hard to get into, and kinda a slog to finish for me. While I wanted to know what happened I was continuously surprised by how many more pages there were and didn’t have as much interest as I would’ve wanted in finishing it meaning that it took longer to finish than I would’ve liked despite me enjoying the book and wanting to know what happened. 
Additionally, while interesting, I didn’t love the way the romance(a) were handled. 

I did love the character development and seeing the 4 musketeers together I found that to be really enjoyable. 
However, in addition to my other issues with the pacing, length,  and love interest(s), I also found the French used to not necessarily detract for me but also didn’t add anything, I found the spy plot line to be incredibly confusing at times, and I think the word dizzy started to become incredibly repetitive. 

Overall while I enjoyed the story, this was a fairly middling book for me unfortunately. 
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