One of my favourite parts of GeekDis is being able to give away books with disability representation to help spread awareness. Thanks to the generosity of some of my wonderful readers who have bought me coffees throughout the year I am able to give away three books this year. The first of those is One for All by Lillie Lainoff. Read on to find out more about One for All and how to enter the competition!

About GeekDis

GeekDis is a month-long event that takes place every September. The aim of this event is to discuss disability representation in pop culture from the perspective of the disabled and neurodivergent community and to spread awareness about why accurate representation is so important. The event is open to anyone in the disabled and neurodivergent community and information on how to join in can be found here. To find out more about GeekDis please visit the information hub!

An OwnVoices, gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, in which a girl with a chronic illness trains as a Musketeer and uncovers secrets, sisterhood, and self-love.

Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone in town thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but “a sick girl”; even her mother is desperate to marry her off for security. But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her father—a former Musketeer and her greatest champion.

Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. But L’Académie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. It’s a secret training ground for a new kind of Musketeer: 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. And they don’t shy away from a swordfight.

With her newfound sisters at her side, Tania feels for the first time like she has a purpose, like she belongs. But then she meets Étienne, her first target in uncovering a potential assassination plot. He’s kind, charming, and breathlessly attractive—and he might have information about what really happened to her father. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion, Tania will have to lean on her friends, listen to her own body, and decide where her loyalties lie…or risk losing everything she’s ever wanted.

This debut novel is a fierce, whirlwind adventure about the depth of found family, the strength that goes beyond the body, and the determination it takes to fight for what you love.

One for All by Lillie Lainoff resonated with me a lot. While I don’t have Postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS) I do have seven chronic health conditions, many of which have similar symptoms to what One for All’s protagonist Tania struggles with. I was also the “sick girl” growing up and back then books like One for All didn’t exist. This novel is so important in so many ways, and it’s also a brilliant historical fantasy novel about sisterhood and overcoming adversity with epic sword fights written by a real fencer!

You can read more of my thoughts about One for All by Lillie Lainoff in my review here.

For last year’s GeekDis I interviewed author Lillie Lainoff, and we talked about One for All and the importance of disability representation. I highly recommend taking the time to read the full interview which is here.

One for All will be released in paperback in 2023! I am giving one winner the chance to win a pre-order of One for All by Lillie Lainoff from The Book Depository.

To enter please use the Rafflecopter widget below or by clicking here.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

By entering this giveaway, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions:

1. This giveaway is open internationally to any country that The Book Depository delivers to for free (a list is available here).
2. The prize is for a paperback copy of One for All by Lillie Lainoff. According to The Book Despository website this book is due to be released on 7th Feb 2023, therefore, this giveaway is for a pre-order of the book. The book will be delivered from The Book Depository when it is released.
3. I am not responsible for any changes or delays with the release date. As of posting this giveaway it is listed as 7th Feb 2023.
4. This giveaway is open until Friday 7th October 2022 and winners will only be contacted directly by email.
5. Participants must be over the age of 18.
6. Family members of Heather T of Just Geeking By are prohibited from taking part in any of the giveaways.
7. Shares to social media accounts must be PUBLIC and visible for entries to be seen and counted.
8. Therefore, private or locked social media accounts may not take part in any “share activities”.
9. Any discriminatory or ableist comment given towards the disabled community that is made as a part of any action while entering the competition will result in automatic rejection from all giveaways at Just Geeking By. This is because GeekDis is an event designed to spread awareness about disability representation, not hate.

For the full Terms and Conditions, please see here.

Good luck everyone! There will be more competitions coming over the next few weeks so follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to be notified of them! I will also be adding them to the GeekDis Giveaway page once they open, so you can find them all in one place.

This giveaway is listed on:

• Loquax Competitions
• Competition Database

---

Support Just Geeking By

I hope you enjoyed this post! If you did please consider sharing it on social media using the nifty buttons at the end of this post <3

If you enjoyed this content please consider helping to support my blog. You can do this in multiple ways (click here to find out how!) or by donating via Ko-Fi to help me reach my current goal.