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5.0 out of 5 starsA terrifying, tense thriller!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 April 2024
Every Move You Make is a tense thriller by C.L. Taylor. It is a very timely novel and it is sad and terrifying that there are so many cases of stalking in the UK and in the world, it’s what makes this book so frightening as well. C.L. Taylor creates a terrifying scenario in her latest novel; we meet Alex, Lucy, Bridget and River, who are all victims of stalking. They have come together to form a group, as a way of looking out for each other. A very clear threat is soon made against them and they have to go to extreme lengths to protect themselves.
C.L. Taylor does a brilliant job of making the sense of threat to the group real and their fears come across on the page very well. When it is clear that their lives are in danger, they embark on a dangerous mission, to tag each other’s stalkers, so they know where their stalkers are at all times, but this certainly isn’t without risk; they need to make sure they carry this out without their stalkers realising what’s happened. There is a very scary race against time element in this book as each chapter counts down to the day when one member of the group will be killed. This is how C.L. Taylor builds the tension and it kept me turning the pages.
Through her character’s you can see how stalkers have power over their victims and how easily they can manipulate situations. This book does shed light as well, on how alone victims of stalking are, and how very little help they get from the authorities, particularly if their stalker hasn’t been arrested. C.L. Taylor draws on her own experiences in her most recent novel, and this comes through in the character’s well; it’s what really adds to the emotional depth of this book, and it drew me further into the lives of her characters.
I always fly through C.L. Taylor’s books and I raced through Every Move You Make. I’m always excited whenever she has a new thriller out and I’m desperate now to get my hands on her next novel.