Oh man, I hate that I’m the first to review this and it’s not going to be a positive one. I love Mia Sheridan and hate writing bad reviews. For that reason, I won’t be posting this on Goodreads (where the reviews are still a clean slate as well).


It's unfortunate that the backstory isn't revealed earlier in the narrative; it might have made the plot more engaging and easier to follow. As it stands, there are entire chunks that made no sense to me. Because I didn't fully grasp what I was reading, I struggled to connect with the story or the characters, both emotionally and physically, especially since the main characters are separated for so long. This is disappointing because Mia Sheridan excels at making readers feel deeply. The writing felt so different from Sheridan's previous work that I found myself double-checking the author’s name several times. Although it does improve towards the end, by that point, it was too late for me. I will, however, not give up on Mia Sheridan.

Mia Sheridan is an insta-read author for me, so when I saw she was coming out with a mystery/romance I was VERY intrigued.

The Broken Places follows investigator Lennon and FBI agent Ambrose as they dig into a mysterious new street drug causing horrific deaths among the homeless.

I don’t want to say too much about the storyline as it’s so juicy to go in blind to! This book was much more than I anticipated. At first I wasn’t sure if this story wanted to be a romance or thriller… but the twist around the midpoint really picked things up for me! The plot is a bit futuristic/dystopian with the crime storyline but worked well for me.

The book explores generational trauma, alternative therapies, addiction, and more dark subjects that felt important to speak upon. Highly recommend for romance and thriller lovers alike!!

Thank you Montlake publishing via Netgalley for the ARC!

Desde el capítulo se empieza con temas muy fuertes. Dios, pobre Cherish.


La inspectora Lennon tiene 9 años en la policía, le asignaron un nuevo compañero y están buscando a un asesino serial.
Dejo mucho que desear al hacer su trabajo, sólo se necesitó de una cara bonita para que Lennon rompiera su juramento como policía y se le olvidara su ética.

Ambrose es agente del fbi, es misterioso, esta escondiendo un gran secreto y tiene un pasado doloroso.

Esta entretenido, pero no hay desarrollo en el romance, en una escena Lennon desconfía de él y a la otra se están besando.

El libro es entretenido, pero lo que se plantea con los experimentos me pareció horrible.



Es un tema muy complejo lo que se plantea con los experimentos de dr porque al final puede dañar personas y aunque se pueda justificar diciendo que lo hace para ayudar a la gente, no tiene quien lo pare si al final todo sale mal.


Me mori de risa con lo del bebe en el capítulo 39, pero no porque fuera gracioso si no por lo ridículo de la escena.



Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The story is about murders where a certain drug is left at the scene that is linked to a doctor using a similar drug to heal people. Someone is using his miracle drug for harm instead.

To be honest, I tried so hard to get into this one, but I was never fully invested. I felt a lack of emotion or connection in the story. Even with horrible, traumatic things happening to people who did not deserve it- it felt emotionless most of the time.

The only thing that kept me reading is wanting to know some of the mysteries that were going on and figure those out. But I really don’t think any of those were big twists either.

I can’t fully explain what was missing from this book, but something was.

Trigger warnings: murder, child molestation, drug use and addiction, torture