But no one wants to marry “the sick girl.” Her mother is desperate for Tania to marry, so that Tania will have some security once her parents pass away. Tania lives with a chronic illness that causes her to experience frequent dizziness and fainting (known today as Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS). He teaches her to fence and raises her with stories of his life as a Musketeer. Our heroine, Tania, is the daughter of a Musketeer who left Paris to live in a small town with his wife and Tania. And yet, Dear Bitches, it pains me so much to say that I found the book to be, for the most part, deeply boring. Set during the reign of Louis XIV, it features found family, multiple kickass women, and a heroine whose chronic illness doesn’t prevent her from being an accomplished fencer. Publisher: Titan Books Ltd ISBN: 9781803362731 Number of pages: 400 Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm You may also be interested in.Based on the amount of Carrie’s Personal Catnip content alone, One for All should have been a SQUEE grade book. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion, Tania will have to decide where her loyalties lie.or risk losing everything she's ever wanted.
He's kind, charming-and might have information about what really happened to her father. But then she meets Etienne, her target in uncovering a potential assassination plot. With her newfound sisters at her side, Tania feels that she has a purpose, that she belongs. And they don't shy away from a sword fight. It's a secret training ground for new Musketeers: women who are socialites on the surface, but strap daggers under their skirts, seduce men into giving up dangerous secrets, and protect France from downfall. But L'Academie des Mariees, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. Everyone thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but "a sick girl." But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father-a former Musketeer and her greatest champion. Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. This fierce story transports you to 17th century France, to a world of heart-racing duels and seductive soirees as our heroine fights against her chronic illness to train as a Musketeer, uncovering secrets, sisterhood, and self-love. "There are no limits to the will and the strength of this unique female hero." Tamora Pierce, writer of the Song of the Lioness and the Protector of the Small quartets
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