A review by sixelad03
Every Move You Make by Sloan Spencer

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I have an empty feeling in my heart and I sigh when I think about the last couple of days, I feel like the time has gone by too fast. I think I’m suffering from a massive book hangover, because oh my fudging god, this book was so amazing 🥹 (but I didn’t doubt it for a moment after reading all of Sloan Spencer’s other books). 
 
From the very first pages, I felt the same sensations I had when reading Every Version of You, that feeling of knowing that a book will make you laugh, cry, swoon, fall in love with the main characters and never want to leave them. Robyn, Isaiah and Dell are truly lovable characters. 
 
The book covers a very wide range of topics. I found it very interesting to follow the construction of the polycule that Robyn, Dell and Isaiah form. I felt it was very natural from the moment they accepted each other’s feelings. 
 
I was also impressed by the variety of bodies in this book in general, but especially by Robyn’s. She has a physique that is different from what society thinks the female body should be and yet, despite her own doubts—thank you, Mom—she doesn’t hesitate to spread values of self-acceptance through social networks and that is both brave and inspiring. 
 
There’s one other topic that really resonated with me, and that’s Isaiah’s demisexuality. Being on the asexuality spectrum myself, I always feel more represented when I read a book where one of the characters is also on that spectrum. Thankfully, there are more and more books with ace/aro characters, but it’s still the exception. Here, Isaiah is extremely comfortable with his sexuality, both in being biromantic and demisexual. While asexuality is a sexual orientation that is becoming more known, I personally still get a lot of misunderstanding when I talk about it, so it warms my heart to see that Isaiah is accepted by both his family and his polycule without having to explain himself—a little thought for Jonah’s obliviousness though 🤣 
 
As for rugby, as a European, I grew up watching rugby and even played a bit of it in school—for once, being fat was an advantage in a sport, as no one could tackle me 😂—and it made me happy to rediscover the sport through this book, even though it’s been far too long since I’ve watched any—note to self: watch the Six Nations Championship. At least I understood more things than I do in sports romance books about American football—I have nothing against those books, I love many of them, it’s just that the rules of American football are beyond my comprehension 😅 
 
I think you’ll have gathered by now that I loved reading Every Move You Make and wouldn’t mind a brief bout of amnesia to rediscover it as if for the first time. I’ll now wait as patiently as possible for the next book in the series. 
 
Thanks to Sloan Spencer and Happily Booked PR for giving me the opportunity to receive an ARC of Every Move You Make. This review is my own. All opinions expressed are mine.