Lina Hurtado Bond creates a mystery using the Cuban culture in Florida as the black drop and several characters that readers will hope will come back for another book by the author.

The story doesn't as well as others author as the story slows down and speeds up giving readers a little whiplash. In the end the story is a whodunit that readers of mystery and a romance will want to get their hand on this book. Hope for more.

Thank you to Netgalley for the Advance copy of All The Broken Girls.

I received this book as an ARC and this is my review. This story goes back and forth between a ten year old murder and the current victims of a serial killer in Tampa, Florida. The characters are extremely flawed and most of them were around for the past crime and have their own ideas about who might still be killing. This book is loaded with great food and diverse religious philosophies. I could feel the beat of the friends and families who carry on traditions and beliefs from their ancestors. I recommend this story to readers who enjoy a quirky approach to murder and its methods.

A crime journalist Mari, is suspended for a story that got a lawsuit filed against the station. The trouble is she is accurate in her findings but the law couldn't make the serial killer charges stick. So they didn't believe her. Now a new case of murder happens and it is eerily similar to the murder of her mother years ago. Mari has the ability to dig into a case with almost a sixth sense for investigating and she wants in on this case. However, trying to get the lead investigator Garcia to listen to her hypotheses is a challenge. She's just a journalist he is the investigator but he does start to listen and realizes Mari’s life could also be in danger and for some reason he is caring what happens to her. Things get even more of a mystery when there is another murder. Garcia has to decide if he can let Mari involve herself in this investigation, could this be making her a target too? I recommend this book I liked Mari and Garcia's characters and their dynamic together. It's written well and makes you want to find out what is happening next. Thank you, NetGalley and Entangled Publishing LLC. for this eARC. This is my viewpoint.

The premise sounded interesting, but this missed the mark for me. The dialogue felt "off" or stilted in many occasions. It just didn't feel genuine, and as a result, I had a hard time engaging with the characters or storyline. The heroine didn't feel authentic, either. There was no "gotcha" moment to really grab my attention.

All the Broken Girls by Linda Hurtado Bond is a thriller.

This is a very well-written book with good world-building and detailed descriptions when it was needed. The plot is engaging, it's a slow built, with suspense and many twists, some of them quite unexpected. Religion, superstitions, and the vigilante act are the main clues in this story. The characters were interesting. Mari was my favorite, she was so stubborn and had a big heart. I liked the chemistry she had with the Detective. The stalker was a nice touch to the story, although I would have liked to find out his intentions.
My favorite part was when she was trying to solve the mystery.

I enjoyed reading this book and I highly recommend this to everyone. I will rate it with 4,5 stars.

This is the first book I’ve read by this author, and it’s has me running to find more.

I went into this story blind, not knowing what to expect. It was one of those stories that has you thinking, and wondering what’s going to happen next. Full of suspense!

I’m not sure if there’s another book after this one, but I hope so. It was so good!

All the broken girls take you on a journey of a woman trying to tie the loose ends of a childhood trauma that connects to happenings in current times in her neighborhood.

It was well written but I do feel it was pretty predictable and I figured out the direction of the book pretty early on.

Thank you Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book!

Readers who enjoy reading about other cultures will like this story. Lots of focus on the Cuban-American community and the Santeria religion. Mari, crime reporter has a lot of baggage and difficulties to sort through in this thriller. Interesting read.

Mari is a disgraced crime reporter looking for redemption but when a neighborhood murder is almost identical to her mother's murder years ago her career and possibly her life threatens to go off the rails again. Now she has to team up with a no nonsense Tampa homicide detective to solve several connected murders and outwit a stalker who may also be the murderer.
All the Broken Girls is full of twists, suspects who will keep you guessing, Florida flavor and Santeria. The characters are very complex and well written. I really liked the descriptive writing which puts the reader in the scene right away. The mystery kept me guessing until the reveal with plenty of suspects and twists just when I thought I had it all figured out.

In “All the Broken Girls“ by Linda Hurtado Bond we are thrown into the life of Mari Alvarez. Her mother was murdered ten years ago and the unsolved homicide is always on her mind, especially with her work as a crime reporter. When there are suddenly new murders happening, Mari can’t shack the idea that there are clues meant for her hidden within the crime scenes. But as she puts the puzzle pieces together will she get more than she bargained for?

A nice read with a who done it open ending.

I received a copy of this book through NetGalley and this is my honest review.

Thank you, NetGalley and Entangled Publishing, LLC and Linda Hurtado Bond for the ARC of All the Broken Girls.

It was a pretty good book that started off strong. I enjoyed learning more about Cuban culture and Santeria. The characters were well developed, and the plot was interesting. There were some twists, and there was of subplots going on in the book. I wish it would have been a bit more focused and fleshed out some of the other plots more. I recommend reading All the Broken Girls as it was interesting to try to figure out the killer and to learn about Cuban culture.

Review of eBook

Ten years ago, Marisol Alvarez saw her mother gunned down in the doorway of their home. Now, ten years later, the doorstep murder of another woman right in her West Tampa neighborhood gives Mari an eerie feeling that the two murders are connected.

Two days, two murders. Clues abound, but the killer leaves no DNA behind. However, the killer leaves a doll; one is missing an eye, one is missing a heart. Messages that will trap the killer or personal messages for crime reporter Mari?

What does Santeria have to do with the murders? And can Mari find the answers she seeks before someone else dies?

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Mari’s strength is inspiring and readers will find themselves rooting for her to find the answers she seeks. /with well-defined characters and a strong sense of place, readers will find themselves pulled into the telling of the tale from the outset.

Immersing the reader in the Cuban-American culture and the inclusion of the Santeria rites provide the reader with insight into important elements in the character’s life. The suspense continually builds; an undercurrent of apprehension keeps readers on edge and keeps the tension building throughout the telling of the tale. Family relationships play a large part in the unfolding story and the reader will find the intriguing plot captivating.

There are several interesting plot twists as Mari seeks answers; readers are sure to be caught up in all that’s happening.

Highly recommended.

I received a free copy of this eBook from Entangled Publishing LLC. Entangled: Amara and NetGalley
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Wow! Linda Hurtado Bond’s All the Broken Girls blew me away! What a wonderful, unique murder mystery! Bond introduces the reader to the Cuban American culture and the Santeria religion in this page turner. Before reading this book, I knew nothing about this culture. Bond does a fabulous job introducing her readers to the culture and traditions and setting the stage for mystifying murders.

Packed with suspense that kept me up late into the night to finish, All the Broken Girls is set in Tampa and tells the story of what transpires in the life of journalist, Marisol Alvarez, when she is brought to a murder scene much like the scene of her own mama’s murder. As similarities occur in more murder scenes and it begins to look as these murders may be related, the reader begins to wonder if justice should be “an eye for an eye.”

Thank you, NetGalley and Entangled Publishing, for the digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Mari Alvarez is a TV reporter in Tampa. She is back on the job after a brief suspension, but is on shaky ground and essentially on probation and has been taken off the crime beat. However, on her first story, she comes across a murdered woman where elements of the murder harken back to the murder of her mother 10 years ago. More murders follow and Mari is investigating on the sly, convinced the murderer is sending her messages at the crime scenes.

This was suspenseful, and I really enjoyed the immersion in Cuban American culture. The author sets the scene in terms of food, family connections to her abuela, and elements of a Cuban-Afro religion, Santeria. This was a different type of mystery for me.

Santería is a large part of this story and I have to admit I was confused with a lot of the terminology.

The story was super suspenseful and fast paced. Marisol was a crime reporter. She’s been demoted but it’s still in her blood and she can’t help but still investigate.

The backstory was an integral part of what was happening. The ending was left open for more to come.

Broken girls blossom into warriors. Be a warrior, Marisol. Be a warrior.

Overall I enjoyed this story very much and look forward to reading more from this talented author.

I loved the setting of the book, Tampa, and I loved Mari, the intrepid newsreporter, turned detective. This book is a great way to be introduced to this author. I loved the tension between Tony and Mari and even the tension between Mari and Orlando.
The story was great and it was a light beach read with a serial killer on the loose.

Overall a great mystery,thriller book that I enjoyed and could NOT put down.

For all you murder mystery junkies, this book is for you. From the very first page you’re drawn into the life of Mari, a disgrace reporter, I hate to tell to much, cause I hate to give the story away. But from her Tampa neighborhood to her Abuela her ties to Cuba.
After I read the book, I like to look up the author, I see that she had written other books, that I will be reading.
Thank you Netgalley for letting me read this book.

I had a hard time getting into this one. The plot was intriguing and I really liked the Cuban culture and spiritual elements. However, I felt like I was dropped into the middle of a series. Right from the beginning, Mari is referencing something that happened in the past, something that got her some time off from her reporting job, and put her on probation once she was allowed back.

I liked the Santaria elements and the potential romance between her and the cop. I also like how the current murder is potentially tied to the murder of her mother, so she is extra invested in digging into what's going on.

Once we get more towards the end, things do pick up and we get a lot more tension and suspenseful moments. That's when I started getting invested, especially when we get more than one big reveal...

If this ended up being a series I would be interested in reading more.

This book was so good! I want to see more from this author in the future!! I couldn't put this book down. What a page turner!!!

“I don’t practice Santeria…” but Mari does and it leads her through one heck of a labyrinthed murder mystery! Although Mari begins as a broken girl she is trying to turn into the warrior she inherently is, which is always a work in progress. Set in Tampa, where Cuban culture abounds, Hurtado Bond sets a plot line with suspects, clues, motives and a bit of Brujeria to make it interesting. The characters are likable, where they aren’t creepy, and the story flows like water. I enjoyed this one and read it within 2 days, I couldn’t put it down.