I wasn't really sure where this book was going and by the end there really wasn't any clear idea. The book feels like three parts that really don't mesh together. It starts with a cultish group, turns into a vacation story between two lovers that is mostly sex and meals, and then ends in the conclusion the book hypes. While there is shocking violence it's nothing you haven't already seen other books tackled. It is done in an exploitive way and the plot leading up to it doesn't justify any of it.
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I received an ARC from the publisher for an honest review

One minute I’m reading about a budding romance and the next I’m thrown into some hellish nightmare. Trying myself to distinguish between what’s real and what’s fantasy.

This is unlike any horror story I’ve ever read. Quickly you’ve forgotten this story is supposed to be something else until you’re slapped in the face with a chapter about rape and unfathomable brutality.

The hell contained in these few chapters quickly erases the previous love soaked ones you recently finished.

I feel like I’ll need a few days to process this story. So I’ll leave the review as is....

Thank you to #NetGalley and #bloodhoundbooks for this ARC of #Broken

A horror novel that complacently explores the depths of mental illness. The story is told in first person by our main character, Annabelle, and of the strange things that happen after her discharge from a psychiatric rehabilitation center. The narrative is disturbing, graphic, and could be a trigger for sensitive readers. The development of the tertiary characters felt precipitous while the scene set up and dialogue in other areas seemed drawn out. The pace of the plot slowed midway through. Whether it was this or the continual suffering that took place after the fact, the plot twist was simply anticlimactic. 2 stars

Not for the faint of heart, Broken takes you on a horrific journey. Annabel is trying to start her life again after recently being hospitalized due to a bipolar episode. Feeling suffocated by her Mother, Annabel takes a solo trip to the shores of Suffolk. She meets the mysterious Jude. Almost immediately, the roller coaster begins. I could barely tear myself away from it. The book almost feels manic, as Annabel's life take these fantastical turns. Finally, you are left with the terrifying question of just how much can you take before you are broken?

It was supposed to be a vacation of sorts, time to sort out her life, but Annabel walks right into the middle of a murder mystery. A killer has cut a swathe through the Suffolk coast, and although the police are doing everything they can to track him, thus far they have had no luck. Meanwhile, Annabel has met Jude and has actually started to believed that her life may begin to turn around. Annabel is wrong. In this novel, little of what the reader perceives to be the truth actually is, providing a thrilling ride of suspense and mayhem