Broken (Lost, #1)

by Cynthia Eden

[Cocktails and Books]

4.5 Cocktails

This book was on wild ride. Cynthia Eden took this romantic suspense story and totally blew me away.

Eve Gray is a woman looking for her identity. She awoke in a hospital with no clue who she was or how she got there. She reaches out to Gabe Spencer, the owner of LOST, an organization that helps locate missing people. Except in this case, Eve wants Gabe to help her find herself. As they work to find out who she is and what happened, she discovers she may be the only person to escape a serial killer and the key to putting a stop the killing spree.

The storyline for BROKEN was fabulous. I loved Eve. She had a strength to her and I applauded her determination to discover who she was and what happened, even though it scared the hell out of her. As more was discovered about Eve, I was like Gabe, and not really seeing her as who she used to be but the woman she had become. And Gabe fit her perfectly. He wanted to protect her, but he didn't push to keep her in a bubble like everyone else. He let her spread her wings, even when it scared him to death, because he knew that's what she needed. His support of her truly helped her become a much stronger person.

The mystery behind who the serial killer was kept me guessing. I thought I knew who it was, but the little bread crumbs I followed through the story threw me at times. I loved that and it was a very large part of why I devoured this book.

My only complaint about BROKEN revolves around one five letter word: lover. There is just something about that word that gives me a creepy visual: a greasy guy trying to entice a pretty girl to be his l-o-v-e-r. It just leaves a not so pleasant feeling when I see it used in the context it was in this story. Every characters' sexual partner was called their 'lover'. Not the "guy she's sleeping with" or "his girlfriend". No...their lover. It's probably me, but I found myself fixating on that word every time it was used, thinking there was probably a different way that could have been used to describe whoever that person was to one of the characters.

Overall a fabulous, fabulous book. It's the first one in a new series, which means I'm now anxiously awaiting book 2.