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.

*slams book down on the table*
This right here is the badass, feminist, powerful gender-bent The Three Musketeers retelling you didn't know you needed in your life! I am absolutely IN LOVE with it and I can already see I'll be recommending it left and right!

In One for All we follow a story of a young Tania, a badass fencer with POTS, who is, after losing her father to a vicious attack, sent to an academy for young girls - that is actually a secret organisation for female Musketeers. There we meet Tania's three co-conspirators under the leadership of a relentless woman who was turned from the Musketeers in her youth.
As Tania trains and learns how to be a kickass Musketeer while working with her sickness and grows closer with the girls, we also start to unravel a plot to dethrone the king and throw France into chaos.

One for All was seriously a badass retelling of my dreams! We had unexpected plot twists (that last one still has me gasping! I kinda saw it coming and I also kinda didn't so I am still reeling), amazing queer rep (I would die for my sapphic girls), incredible disability rep (#OwnVoices too!), but most of all a beautiful tale of sisterhood and friendship that is just as important and life-changing as romatic love. 10/10 would recommend!

Plus the audiobook was exquisite! The narrator matched the book perfectly and I love how they narrated the more dramatic scenes. My only complaint was that the pauses between different paragraphs were a bit long, but it wasn't too off-putting once you got used to it!

I know the author said this is a standalone for now but PLEASE I REQUEST A SPIN OFF AHHH.

My Rating: 4/5 ★

One for All is a gender-bending retelling of the 3 Musketeers tale. This book was slow but the build-up of Tania’s context and the sisterhood in the making was covered in the first half. Things were sluggish in between but after another character was introduced in the second act the pace was back to normal, to discover who was plotting the King’s assassination. The last few chapters, in particular, were the most gripping chapters of the book and gave me whiplash with the truth coming to light.

If it weren't for her Father, Tania would have been in Llupia, probably forever. But circumstances brought her to Paris and gave her a family. Tania came a long way from the girl who was self-pitying for being the sick girl to the Musketeer who fought along with her sisters without letting her sickness dictate her life.

Lastly, let's not forget about the Order aka sisters in arms aka the Quartet. Except for Tania, others were from known Parisian families in the society but they carried a weight on their shoulders as well. Their group dynamic, especially while carrying out missions was incredible. It was in the way they carried themselves with subtlety and secrecy when they were trying to find out who was trying to assassinate the King whilst dancing and mingling with the Parisian society. Tania could be herself around them and they were ready to lend their hands if she needed them.

I don't know French but listening to the Narrator switch to French in between dialogues was charming. It carried the emotions of the scenes vividly and helped the story sound more authentic. Overall, it was a great pleasure listening to this book on audio. Thanks to NetGalley and RB Media (Recorded Books)for the ALC.

I started this one but found it hard to follow along. I liked the disability rep as it's not something you see in historical fiction. Overall, would still recommend this to those that enjoy stories with knights and sword fighting, etc. It just wasn't for me.

One for All sounded so interesting to me! I always found The Three Musketeers (or Trois Mousquetaires as we call them in French) fascinating even though I know next to nothing about them. So when I saw One for All followed a young woman as the main protagonist, I was intrigued. Especially when Tania (one of the Musketeers' daughter) suffers from constant dizziness to the point of not being able to stand sometimes. She's brave and when her father dies suddenly, she is sent to a training school where she will learn and try to be the best fighter that she can be. Adding to that a few interesting female characters and a bit of romance added to the plot, I ended up really liking this book and I liked to see Tania trying to overcome her handicap.


<i>(Thank you for letting me read and review an ARC via Netgalley)

This charming continuation of the Musketeer stories is a wonderful combination of action, drama, intrigue, sisterhood, and inclusivity! What more could a middle school teacher want for her classroom library?

I really appreciated that the heroes in the story were women and most of the men took a very backseat roll. They weren’t all villains, but they certainly were not the focal points of the plot.

Sprinkle in a strong storyline about a young woman with a potentially crippling disability, who is able to persevere and with the help of her friends, achieve her life’s dream and I’d say this is a book my students will duel over!

I love that it’s a period piece. I love that the creative minds, strong bodies and loyal hears all belong to women. I love that the notions of family, disability, and strength are redefined. I love that there is just a hint of innocent romance. And I love that there is an inclusion of an LBGTQ relationship in such a natural and matter-of-fact manner.

Are there flaws? Of course. I found the character of Tania’s mother confusing and underdeveloped. I thought some of the plot points were too contrived and sometimes the limitations or symptoms of Tania’s illness were inconsistent. (I read that in some versions of the book there is an author’s note with some explanations but that was not included in the audiobook I listened to.) but, despite this, I really enjoyed the book and will certainly add it to my class library and recommend it to many students.

Since I am reviewing the audiobook, I should mention the narrator. I’m sorry, but I was sadly disappointed here. Her voice was mostly flat and dull and she did nothing to infuse life into any of the characters. It was as if she was bored and couldn’t be bothered to hide that as she read. There was an occasional inflection or forced accent but that was about it. It’s a testament to the strength of the author’s storytelling that I was able to really enjoy the book despite the lackluster presentation.

ONE FOR ALL is pitched as a gender-flipped retelling of The Three Musketeers. In reality, I’d describe it rather as a continuation or ‘inspired by’ rather than a strict retelling.

Tania finds herself in Paris, in a sort of shadow-version of the Musketeers. It’ll appeal to readers who enjoy ‘finishing school for assassins’ type stories and a bit of sultry espionage — one of Tania’s fellow musketeers, while plotting a seduction, has nicknames for each of her breasts, which I found hysterical! There’s a great girl gang found family and a not-exactly enemies-to-lovers when Tania falls for her first mark, Etienne.

Having read Dumas’ version, I have to say Lainoff’s writing is far more readable. There’s none of the wandering repetition and the plot moves at a far pacier clip.

Without being able to speak to the representation, I found Lainoff’s depiction of Tania’s POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) to be one of the most interesting parts of the story. It (as feels most believable) affects Tania in all sorts of ways — from her relationship with her mother, her future marriage prospects and her own self-confidence. Lainoff also shows how with the help of other characters and reasonable adjustments, Tania is able to pursue her dreams — without either delivering some magical cure, or implying that Tania’s symptoms are something she should simply overcome. Tania’s symptoms are woven throughout the story and her character, neither being avoided when inconvenient times nor feeling like an ‘add-on’.

I should also say that this was my first audiobook ARC. I’m not exactly sure how to separate out that aspect for review purposes, but I thought Mara Wilson did a great job. Her voice is pleasant to listen to and the odd phrase thrown in in French added a bit of colour to the performance.

Overall, an thoroughly enjoyable historical YA with some well-written, lesser known representation.

I liked this. I did, but I had high hopes for this since I first heard about it. I think me being on the edge of a reading slump due to current global events might have played a faction in my feelings for this.

I liked the reading, the characters and the idea of this story. But, the pacing was slower than I was expecting and I wished for more, but I can't place my finger on what this "more" was. I think this comes down to "This is fine, but could be forgettable to some readers" category.

Good audiobook but definitely one that’s beneficial to follow along with the physical copy because of all the French! Really good story as well.

I adores this book so much - all of the action was exactly what I needed. But ever more was the disability rep!! Seeing someone with chronic illness being portrayed in a badass way was SO AMAZING. I need more of this in my life!

One For All is a gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers. It centers Tania, a teenager who just lost her father who saw her as a strong and resilient girl while everyone else, including her mother, only sees her as a "sick girl." Right after his death, she is sent, at her father's wishes, to a finishing school, except that finishing school is far from what she imagined. It's actually a school to become a musketeer.

This was a entertaining, fast-paced story with great disability representation. But its ending felt rushed and several things took me out of the story here and there.
I listened to an audiobook copy of this book and while the narrator was pretty good, all the french thrown in there kept taking me out because I couldn't understand what she was saying, which sounds normal, except that I'm French! Like a friend of mine said, if they're supposed to be in France and talk French this entire time, why add random French sentences from time to time. Also, no offence to the narrator but she was clearly not French.
I still really did enjoy this but I also thought it could have had a little more depth, especially for the side characters. Also, it was pretty predictable and more depth overall would have been nice.
That's also not the fault of the book, but from what I'd seen and heard about it, I was expecting a lot more gay.
So yeah, basically, good book but not great. I would still recommend it wholeheartedly for anyone looking for disability rep.

This was fine? I mean I don't really have anything super negative to say about it but I also know that I'm going to forget about it in like a day. I really wanted to love it but I was mostly just disappointed especially with the end. There's so much buildup and then the end just kind of happens and you're left sitting there like what? I do want to shout out the chronic illness representation and also the secondary queer representation. I'm here for that and I loved it but the actual plot of this just wasn't as good as I wanted it to be.

Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I was familiar with the Three musketeers story itself because this is a gender bent retelling, and I really really want to hype up a book with four bad-ass girls fencing and tricking men because that is so cool, but the plot just didn't live up to how badass these girls were. Honestly a shame because it could have been so good 😭

MC with chronic dizziness, sapphic SC, aroace SC

Advanced Reader’s Copy provided by NetGalley, RB Media, and Recorded Books in exchange for an honest review.

I was excited to get back into the world of the Musketeers - especially since this time around, the four Musketeers fighting to uncover a plot to kill the King of France are some badass young ladies! This isn't a retelling/reimagining of the Musketeer stories already out there, this is more of a new story within that world. ONE FOR ALL gives readers flawed heroines, found family, a little bit of sapphic romance, strong women who want more from life than to just be married off, and most importantly, a protagonist with a chronic illness (POTS).

Even though the tropes were there to make it fairly easy to figure out who the "bad guy" was, I didn't mind at all. I really enjoyed the friendship and sisterhood that developed between the four women, and how Lainoff provided space on the pages for Tania de Batz to show readers how she copes with her illness. That it may give her challenges in her life, but that she is not defined by her illness - and also that there are people out there that will see Tania for who she is as a person, and not just view her as weak or less than. It's both important representation and messaging.

Overall this was an enjoyable read. I thought Mara Wilson did a good job with the audiobook performance as well.

So I thought this genderbent 3 musketeers retelling was fun. I was hoping there would be more... action? There was a lot of build up and suspense, but to me it felt like the action kind of just teetered out. I enjoyed the friendship that the girls all had and I was so glad when there was no petty backstabbing going on. I love it when women support women. There was a hint of romance, but that definitely wasn't the main focus of the story, which actually worked out okay in my opinion.

The main character had POTS--and I don't know enough about it to talk about how well or not well it was portrayed--but I liked that Tania didn't let it ruin her life. She fought hard to become stronger and work through her struggles, and wasn't obsessed with trying to come up with a cure for herself (as someone with an autoimmune disease, I hate when I read books and that's all that the character seems to be wanting to do.. "cure" themselves. Let's have more books about people with chronic illnesses THRIVING. Because we can and do.)

And I loved how much Tania's sisters were there to support her and catch her when she was quite literally about to fall.

Thank you to Netgalley and Recorded Books Media for letting me listen to an Audio ARC!

This review will also be live on my Blog (linked Below) on 3/16/2022

One For All is a YA historical fiction story that’s a gender-bent take on the classic tale of the Three Musketeers. We follow our main character Tiana who, after her father is mysteriously and brutally killed, joins the ranks of a secret organization of woman musketeers in the hope of finding the killer and foiling an assassination plot before it’s too late.

Tania has POTS Syndrome and has spent her whole life being told that “sick girls” can really never amount to anything, but with her sisterhood behind her, she discovers that she is capable of everything she’s dreamt of and more. The chronic illness representation in this book was probably my favorite aspect, and I thought it was a wonderful depiction of Tania finding her way in the world after the world all but turned its back on her.

This story was full of strength and love and perseverance and acceptance. It’s a story of finding your strength within yourself and surrounding yourself with those who make you stronger. The friendship and found family that forms between Tania and her group of musketeers was fantastic! They had an excellent dynamic and grew to be so supportive and loving of each other. I personally would have enjoyed just a little more romance, but that’s just a personal preference thing.

If you’re a fan of:
✨ Historical French settings
✨ Women with swords
✨ Reimagining of the Three Musketeers
✨ Chronic Illness Rep
✨ Political intrigue
✨ Strong female friendships
✨ Self-acceptance
✨ Sisterhood / Found Family

…then I highly recommend you check out One For All by Lillie Lainoff, which is AVAILABLE NOW! I’m really really excited to read more by this author in the future!

I've always thought The Three Musketeers was such a fun story and when I heard there was a female musketeer story, I knew I'd be jumping on it. I also love that it's an Own Voices book and the main character has a chronic illness that isn't necessarily widely known. I'm a big fan of women kicking butt and supporting each other and this story has plenty of it!

Tania lives her life with dizzy spells, fainting, blurry vision and doesn't let it stop her from training to be an excellent swordswoman and having big plans for her future. When she goes to an academy and meets other girls who want to protect their country, they quickly form a strong bond that was my favorite part of the book. The other girls (Portia, Thea, and Aria) are fantastic and I immediately loved them. More of these kinds of characters please!

I liked that the romance wasn't the main part of the story and that I was surprised at a reveal. It's nice to get into a story and have a twist I wasn't looking for. I did think Tania was a bit too naïve a couple times and thought after her growth she'd be a little more shrewd. Either way, I had a fun time listening to the audiobook!

P.S. The audiobook is narrated by Mara Wilson, who also has POTS!

THIS WAS A TRIUMPH! I don't think I had realised just how much I wanted to see a chronically ill protagonist in an adventure/action type story until I picked this up and it all clicked into place. I was sucked right into the world of the musketeers in no time and really loved witnessing Tania blossom into her best self and find a place for herself by her own rules and not what is expected of her.

**3.5-stars rounded up**

One for All is pitched as a gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, but don't go into it expecting an actual retelling. I would classify this as more of a continuation of the Musketeer legends, but with female protagonists.

Our intrepid hero is Tania de Batz, who hasn't let her chronic illness smother her dreams. That's her mother's job. Tania's father is a former Musketeer who has regaled his daughter with stories of his adventures. Tania aspires to be like him, to be a fencer and to protect the crown from harm. Her loving father supports her, until the day he is mysteriously killed.

While Tania's mother wants nothing more than to marry her daughter off, for her own good, of course, Tania's father's final wish was for her to attend L’Académie des Mariées. A finishing school! Tania can't believe her father would wish such a thing upon her. Isn't that just the final stop before finding a suitable husband!?

Luckily for Tania, her father had her back after all. L’Académie isn't a finishing school. It's a secret training ground for female Musketeers. Musketeers who will front as socialites, but are actually seeking out intel to stop attacks on the crown. They're like crazy secret spy ladies who never back down from a fight. We love that!

For the first time at L’Académie, Tania feels accepted. She doesn't feel like her newfound sisters-in-arms are judging her because of her illness. They trust in her and her abilities. Then a boy comes along. Leave it to a boy to spoil things. Etienne is Tania's first target and he gets under her skin in all the wrong ways.

This is a fun book. I enjoyed getting to know Tania and following her journey as she finally got the chance to achieve her dream of becoming a Musketeer. I was drawn to her struggles from the very beginning. I felt for her, the way her mother treated her. It was sad and frustrating, but I sort of got where her mother was coming from, even though I didn't agree with her.

I loved the relationship between Tania and her father though. It was heartbreaking that he was taken from her so soon. Her ambitions to follow in his footsteps seemed like an impossibility at the time for a woman, but he found the way to make it so. I also really loved the found-family aspect of this story. Once Tania arrives at school and meets her new sisters, that was so fantastic. The dynamics between all the girls was strong and believable. They made a great team!

While the plot of this didn't grab me quite as strongly as I had been hoping for, I still really enjoyed my time listening to the audiobook. Overall, I think One for All is a great story. Sure, it helps that it's inspired by one of my all-time favorite classics. I loved having female Musketeers!

Thank you so much to the publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, as well as RB Media, for providing me with copies to read and review. This is an impressive debut for Lillie Lainoff. I can't wait to see what she writes next!!

Talk about a debut flex! The One for All audiobook—which I was generously given access to via RB Media on NetGalley—is narrated by Mara Wilson. Yes, that Mara Wilson of ‘90s Matilda film fame. Her penchant for drawing in listeners is well put to work in this action-packed novel that features a disabled main character on a path of vengeance.

As you’ve likely assumed from the title, this novel is a Musketeer book—of sorts. One for All chronicles the life of Tania de Batz, daughter of one of the famous Musketeers, as she is sent to a charm school by her father after he can no longer maintain her secret swordplay training. Time in her small town has shown her that people are cruel to people with disabilities—which includes her. As a result, Tania is reluctant to trust in the people she is introduced to at L’Académie des Mariées. This changes after she is told the secret of the school—its reputation as one that garners noble marriages for its pupils is just a cover, and is in fact run in collaboration with the Musketeer academy, training young women how to be battle-ready spies. These are skills that are immediately put to the test once Tania obtains a level of competency. She attends balls with senior students to help her learn who to interact with at court, which Tania hopes will lead her to answers about the fate of her father. What she finds instead is a family of new sisters who swear to have her back, a love interest or two, and more intrigue surrounding the mystery she hopes to unravel about her father than she can possibly handle on her own.

Lillie Lainoff, author of One for All, draws richly from her own experiences to make Tania’s struggles feel personal yet critical of the patriarchal and ableist society of the story. While Tania’s found family does a wonderful job in adjusting different environments in consideration of Tania’s needs, the fact that they must continually do so highlights the erasure of people with disabilities in the social circles they interact with. This is a fine book to look towards for an examination of the strong female lead complex because it displays how a well-attuned community builds each member up where they need it. What use is there in being a strong person on your own? Once you find people who support you for all you are, standing on your own is no longer appealing.

A gender bent retelling of The Three Musketeers starring a girl with a chronic illness looking for revenge? Awesome premise.

Pros:
- Seeing Tania struggle to overcome her chronic illness was extremely empowering. I don't think I've ever seen a physical illness depicted so well. She knows that she's strong and capable but questions herself constantly because not even her own mother believes her to be anything more than 'the sick girl'. It was wonderful to see her grow into her power and begin to believe in her abilities.

- Having said that, Tania's relationship with her father was adorable. As an ex-musketeer he has trained her in sword fighting despite her her illness and the protestations of his own wife. I'm not usually a fan of father/daughter relationships in books but this one was beautiful.

- Re-interpreting the musketeers as a small group of young women is genius. Posing as a finishing school, the girls learn to fence and use their feminity as a weapon against men. For some reason this entire part of the plot reminded me of the 'Kingsmen' films although I couldn't quite put my finger on why.

- The secondary characters, especially the three other young women that round out the musketeers. All of them were nicely rounded and caring individuals (in their own way) who accepted Tania and her limitations. Plus there is an adorable little subplot between two of them.

Cons
- I knew who the villain was almost immediately after they were introduced which made the reveal much less impactful. It was such a shame that, to me at least, it was the only answer that made a modicum of sense.

- I wish the 'found family' aspect was followed through with a little more. We see them interact and get to know each other but it just wasn't enough to justify the strong bond they seem to develop. Although I will say this might have to do with the fact I listened to the audiobook.

I was provided the audiobook to review and it was really good. Mara Wilson did a tremendous job with characterization and the French. The American accent was a bit jarring but then I remembered I grew up loving the 1993 film, and nothing could be more American than that.

I highly recommend if you're in the mood for a feminist, historical set YA with strong characters and a bit of a revenge mystery.

Thanks to Netgalley and RBDigital for an ARC of the audiobook to review.