GRR Reviews Perfectly Broken by Jullian Scott

Perfect Broken is a contemporary romantic suspense about a police detective who fell for the only victim to escape from a serial killer that plagued the area. While the overall plot works, I found the police procedure to be lacking.

To recap, a serial killer, dubbed Carver by the press, was haunting the streets of Chicago. He kept his victims alive for a long time, up to a month, then their bodies showed up with shallow and deep wounds, bled out. Cassie Miller was supposed to be one of those, but somehow, during the ordeal, she escaped and she was rescued by Detective Jack Stone, CPD. Stone had been after Carver for years, and while Cassie may be the key to solving the Carver case, Stone realized she is the also the key to his heart. But CPD deems their romance forbidden, and Carver is still out there, and seemly knew where Cassie lived. As Cassie slowly regained some memories of her ordeal, and helped Stone closed on on the identity of the killer, Carver made his move against the one that got away...

The cops, except for Stone, seems to be utterly incompetent and failed to follow common logic upon finding Cassie. And how does such a killer find so much time (and space) to create his little "play room", so to speak? And how did he dispose of the bodies without leaving any trails? Those issues are glossed over. Still, a competent suspense, but not much more. It's mostly thriller, not much romance.

Category: Romantic suspense

Primary Plot: The one woman who got away from a serial killer falls for the detective who saved her; but the killer is still out there

Tropes: law enforcement, evil enemies, woman in peril, protector

Overall Rating:  3/5