In "All the Broken Girls" by Linda Hurtado Bond, poignant storytelling takes center stage as the lives of the characters intersect in unexpected ways. Bond's exploration of relationships and personal growth against a backdrop of mystery results in a novel that is both emotionally resonant and captivatingly suspenseful.

This was a story that would make you want to stop reading but... no you have to know what she is going to do... "Mari has only one option. Put the puzzle together before someone else dies—" A puzzle you will want to want to see finished.

Since this was a DNF for me, I will not be posting a review on Goodreads outside of that it was a NetGalley ARC provided by the publisher.

The beginning started out really promising even though I struggled with the culture and religion being so prevalent. That isn’t a negative, it was just something I am not familiar with and it took me out of the stores when I needed to look things up for more context. I really enjoyed the short chapters and the pacing was quick. However, the mail in the coffin so to speak, was feeling like the FMC had a disregard for herself and others along with contradicting herself with words, actions, and thoughts. So many love this one, but it seems it was a miss for me. (Rating is subjective on this one.)

Crime reporter Mari Alvarez was never able to solve her mother’s murder ten years ago. But when a woman is gunned down on the doorstep of her West Tampa neighborhood, Mari can’t shake the eerie sense of connection.
Even being let go from her position doesn't stop Mari from trying to find out the truth about the murders now and her mother's years ago and the connection between the two. This book will keep you guessing until the end.

This book pulled me out of my reading slump! This was a very good thriller, very nitty gritty. Very detailed. Gross and yet I just could not get enough. This was my first read by Linda Bond, however I am now looking forward to reading more of her work.

This was a nice, fast-paced, crime fiction read. This was my first book by this author and I would definitely read a book by her again. I always enjoy a good crime thriller to pull me out of a reading slump.

Title: All The Broken Girls
I enjoyed the book. I felt it had good twists and the pacing was great.

This one was pleasantly surprising! I felt like it was going to be heavily predictable, but it was definitely not. I loved the Cuban culture throughout the book! I love reading about cultures different from my own! Really loved Mari and hope this is not the last we see from her!

Linda Hurtado Bond’s All the Broken Girls was a story that had me curious, hoping for a mystery that would keep me turning the pages. Although there were some interesting elements in this one, it never grabbed me in the way I’d hoped.

In truth, it took a long time before I was pulled into this one. It took a while for me to feel anything toward the characters, and the storyline did not pull me in with the intensity I had hoped. As things progressed, I did find there were more things I was curious about. Although my curiosity increased, nothing ever quite reached the level I had hoped. Things were introduced and handled quickly, and it felt like the depth needed was always just out of reach. This stopped me from ever falling completely for the story. Add in the open ending, and this one didn’t quite tick the boxes for me.

All in all, I can see people enjoying this one. For me, it didn’t have the intensity I like for the genre.

I enjoyed the pacing of this book and the twists that came with it. I can't wait for the next book from Linda!

I loved this book. A good mystery is my go to! The story of how the detective and the real deceive solve the crime and find out what a broken girl is and what it means. Couldn’t put the book down. I was also excited that it looked like it was a series.

When I requested this book, All the Broken Girls, I thought it was just going to be a great serial killer book set in FL. But, it turns out, it was so much more. This book has elements of black magic, Santeria and a fantastic exploration of Cuban culture and community. This definitely didn’t feel like a run of the mill serial killer fiction. I loved it.

I enjoyed reading this suspenseful story. This is my first book by this author which I enjoyed. She has great writing skills and her attention to details made her story come to life. I found this book to be a well written story that is hard to put down. A story where the past and present come together to make a puzzle full of secrets. You don't want to miss what happens in this book. The characters pulled me in the first word and kept me engaged to the end. I enjoyed watching their growth and what they added to the story. The twists and turns had me sitting on the edge of my seat just waiting to see what was lurking in the shadows. It is truly a great story that filled my afternoon with suspense and mystery. I highly recommend this book.

I loved this cat and mouse game. A book about solving a murder? Sign me up! Kept me guessing through the book. Would recommend

I enjoyed this Debbie Macomber book. The author took us through a great story and I was engrossed throughout the book.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy to honestly review.

Mari Alvarez's mother was murdered in front of her 10 years ago and the murderer was never caught. Now a woman has been murdered on her doorstep in an eerily similar fashion to Mari's mother.

Soon there is another murder. Both murders have clues left at the scene, and one of the clues is a doll. Mari soon realizes that the murderer seems to be leaving messages for her. But what is the connection? Can Mari solve the murders before more people are murdered?

Although there are a lot of strange superstitions in the book that are hard to understand, this was an excellent read and I highly recommend it!

This book was surprising, wasn't sure if I would like it. However, I enjoyed it. Unable to solve her mother's murder, Crime reporter Mari Alvarez is determined to solve the one on her doorstep. It is a cat and mouse game with the killer. I like the supporting character between police and others interactions. It was a good plot for a mystery. There was heavy detail of religion in the book which I personally am not fond of but it does tie into the story background. Overall, I recommend this book. It was good and kept me entertained. I will keep my eye out for this author.

**I received this book free from NetGalley.

All the Broken Girls tells us the story of Mari Alvarez, crime reporter, and single-minded pursuer of the truth. I hesitate to say one can be over-zealous in pursuit of the truth, but if anyone is, it’s Mari. Mari is back from suspension after recklessly accusing a politician of murder. Her employer is being sued by that politician and her supervisor has ordered her off the crime beat. But then there is a particularly lurid murder in her neighborhood and she’s right there, so of course she must stop, heedless of how she risks her camera operator’s job as well.

There she meets the detective working the case, Garcia. Sparks fly and the dose of antagonism surely means he will be the romantic interest. What follows is a serial killer mystery that only Mari, with her deep connection to Santeria and Cuban culture, can solve. In Florida.



All the Broken Girls is full of romantic suspense tropes. Mari and Garcia are a match made in romance publisher heaven with their bickering and instant antagonism masking attraction. Mari is the plucky girl reporter whose headlong search for truth puts her in danger. The arc of their relationship was obvious from the first paragraph.

I thought the mystery was fair. We had all the clues Mari had and any information that would be outside our experience was explained by her. So the connections of the murders to Santeria were made evident as they were recognized by Mari. The murderer, motives, and discovery were fairly well-done.

My problem was with Mari and her voice. There was such heedlessness and disregard for other people on her part that it didn’t make sense that people were so loyal to her. Take her camera operator. She put his life and career at risk, but he remains a loyal friend? Why? What has Mari done to ever earn that loyalty? She’s a bulldozer and that might make a great reporter, but it doesn’t win friends or garner loyalty. Because she is so self-centered, the other characters are flat and one-dimensional and this makes the book fall flat for me.

I received an e-galley of All the Broken Girls from the publisher through NetGalley.

All the Broken Girls at Entangled Publishing
Linda Hurtado Bond author site

All the Broken Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond is a thriller which deals with the concepts childhood trauma and it's effect on a child along with the concepts of forgiveness and Redemption.

Mari Alvarez is a crime reporter for a newspaper, demoted recently due to her articles about a council-member, citing him as a serial killer who is terrorising her city. In spite of being relegated to the features column of the newspaper, Mari finds herself unable to stop investigating the new murders that are taking place in her old neighborhood , with one of them eerily close to her mom murder 12 years back.

Is she able to follow the case despite of the interference from her boss? Does she get any new clues about her mother's murder?

The story follows an Investigative format with Mari trying to solve the strange things happening in her town and in her home. It also contains many references to the Cuban culture, traditions and customs. All these give the readers the impression of having travelled with the principal character and into her world. We, as a reader, are able to feel the pain and uncertainties that plague Mari since her mother's murder.

Mari also starts developing interest towards the police detective Garcia, who heads the investigation into the current cases, and that provided a nice respite from the tense narrative at places. I loved the way their spark blooms and grows.

Despite all these things going for it, the story failed to connect deeply with me. I just felt a bit too far from the characters and their plight most of the time. Otherwise, this is an enjoyable and twisty thriller which is quite a short and entertaining read.

Absolutely loved this book. It kept my attention from beginning to end. At first I wasn't sure if I was going to like Mari Alverez but I like her a lot. She was a gutsy person. I enjoyed how the Cuban lifestyle was woven into the book. I say you never can judge a book by its cover and this book was one of them.