Despite the issues I had with the writing, this is still one of the better YA books I've read. Its concept makes it unique, and the author’s personal experiences shine throughout the story.

I forgot to leave a review for this, but I really enjoyed it! It's been out for ages, so I won't say much more than I need to for my star rating. <3

This was such a good read!! I've only heard the word musketeers a few times so I wasn't sure what to expect going in and I was blown away. I loved the mystery and found myself emotional thinking, "really?? Is it really possible THATS going to happen?"

Tania is such a great character, I loved the found family/sisterhood theme, and the message that we need to treat people with disabilities with more faith and autonomy. Can I get a short story with some cuteness and fluff?? PLEASE. I'm invested in her future!!

I don't know if it was not being familiar with The Three Musketeers lore, but I didn't really get into the story as much as I hoped but I can see why others would enjoy it a lot. Will keep in mind for recommendations.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing this arc in exchange for an honest review. I love Lillie and I will stand by anything and everything she writes! This gender-bent, Three Musketeers retelling with disabled representation was so important and so fun to read. I found myself tearing up at times!

Unfortunately, this book fell kind of flat for me. I really liked the disability rep, but i definitely expected the "twist," and I just had a hard time getting through it. I feel like it was more of a me problem, than being a problem with the book.

This Musketeers reimagining showcases a team of four badass young girls with swords, found family, and chronic illness representation (POTS). The characters felt like actual teenagers, which was refreshing as so many YA books are a bit of a stretch there - their general mannerisms and personalities seemed age appropriate and authentic. The adventure/action and bit of mystery was well fleshed and entertaining. Overall, a solid and clean historical YA fiction.

I really enjoyed this story. It’s not often that I read retellings of The Three Musketeers and this was gender bent with amazingly done disability rep. I loved the side characters and would definitely like to see more of their adventures.

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The characterization in this story is so strong, and the takeoff on the Musketeers is a nice connection. This kind of authentic representation is what we need more of.

“Yes, I was just a girl. A sick girl. One who, when the time came, was helpless. Because that was what being a sick girl meant.”

Within the first two chapters, I knew I was going to love this book and rate it a solid 5-stars. If I could’ve rated it more, trust me, I would’ve.

Every single turn of page had me getting more and more gripped. I truly, truly loved everything about One for All.

The storyline moved so quickly, yet didn’t feel rushed. The characters had wonderful arcs, and such palpable chemistry with each other.

Though the relationship was only short-lived throughout the first few chapters, the bond that Tania and her Papa had touched me so deeply, and very nearly moved me to tears at more than one point. They had such a kind, genuine relationship that is very rarely seen in media, and it was one of my favourite parts of the entire novel and it’s story.

I can’t express in enough words how much I loved Tania de Batz and felt so strongly for her and related ever such a lot to her plight. The struggle of being chronically ill, but knowing that there’s a life waiting to be lived, love waiting to be had, so many things that you wish to do and accomplish in your life while your body ails and refuses to even compromise and allow you to do one thing, so you risk your health to just live life, is something I understand so deeply and profoundly.

Her story was nothing short of magical to me. Tania fought the fight of living, not just surviving, while also fighting the demon that can be chronic illness. She found strength and camaraderie through being sick, in the end even using it to help her find joy, and honour her father.

One for All is a beautiful, enthralling story about the fight for life, finding your place in the world; and realising that there’s strength in weakness, but also in numbers.

5/5 stars, undoubtedly. I couldn’t have loved this any more. 🤍

Thank you to NetGalley, Lillie Lainoff and the publishers for allowing me the wonderful opportunity to read One for All.

Thank you to Netgalley and the published for giving me an advanced copy of this book to read and review.

Thoroughly enjoyed this female-focused Three Musketeers retelling! There was action, drama, and Lillie Lainoff manages to capture the essence of the original novel, while still putting a brand new spin on it and making the characters her own.

The reviews for this seem to be great, so I feel like the odd one out saying it didn't work for me. I just couldn't fall in love with the story or the main character, despite really wanting to. The mystery part seemed a bit predictable to me, the action/adventure aspect felt a bit lacking, and there was never a part that really picked up the pace or kept me wanting to read. I unfortunately turned out to be the wrong reader for this, but it does seem to have hit just the right note for many others.

This one was a lot of fun and I enjoyed the concept. Characters were good.

Overall it was okay.

I recommend it to fans of YA fantasy.

3.5/5 This one had trouble holding my attention, unfortunately, although I loved the concept and was delighted to find disability rep in this retelling.

One for All is a young adult historical fiction novel, taking inspiration from the three musketeers but with girls as the main characters.
The sisterhood aspect of this book was my favorite. I loved how Tania found supportive friends in the other girls. I love found family and this is a strong point for the book for me! Portia, Théa, and Aria were great side characters and felt fully realized.
Tania has POTS which leaves her feeling dizzy and fatigued much of the time. It is rare to find disabled main characters in ya fiction (and fiction in general) so to have a main character with POTS will mean so much to so many people I am sure. I cannot speak to the representation though as I do not have POTS.
The plot sounded very interesting, a school for girls to secretly train to be Musketeers! And they go to balls and get secrets out of important men! This sounded so good and I am very sorry to say that for me, I just didn't connect with it the way I was hoping.
It may be the writing style that prevented me from fully immersing in this book. It just wasn't for me unfortunately. I found myself becoming bored and not wanting to finish the book. I didn't think it was bad by any means, just not something I loved. I wish that it had been different.
However, I do not want to discourage anyone from giving this a try though. If the description sounds interesting to you, I would give it a chance. Like I said, the friendships in this book are really special and heartwarming to read! I hope more people read this book and love it.

I started this book at least three times. I could not get over the exposition hump... This is a book and a character that I thought I would love, but the story just didn't grab me. The plot was slow and not well connected to the development of the characters. I thought the disability representation was well done... yet, most of the rest of the novel was ok.

I DNF around maybe chapter 20. It just didn't really captivate my attention. The premise and plot of girl musketeers is wonderful but the pacing of everything was a bit too slow for my liking

From the very first moment I heard about ONE FOR ALL, I wanted to read it. The concept had so much potential and sounded like everything I wanted, but unfortunately it didn’t live up to its potential.

I loved the first few chapters. Tania is an amazing main character and she was definitely what I liked most about this novel. I continued to have high hopes, but then the book started dragging a bit for me.

I didn’t believe the romance, wanted more of the friendships between the girls, and my attention started to slip away, too.

I continued, though, because I really believed the end would save this book. However, I thought it was too predictable and unrealistic, even. So, in the end, I left this book feeling both disappointed and frustrated.

Though this one didn’t hit for me, I hope to pick up the author’s next books for sure! There’s a lot of potential and just because ONE FOR ALL wasn’t my thing, doesn’t mean her next ones won’t blow me away!

This one unfortunately didn't catch my interest right away. I did-not-finish it, but I would like to try again in the future. I liked the disability rep and I hope it's done well when I go back to read it!