3.5 Fangs 
 "Ordinary men commit extraordinary evil all the time." 
 This was a good suspense novel. At the beginning, we get a glimpse of a desolated Hattie Hoffman. 
 Hattie's in her last year of high school. She's just a few weeks short of finishing school but instead of enjoying it, she's trying to catch a flight to New York. She's in a hurry to leave her hometown of Pine Valley behind. Fast forward a few weeks later and her lifeless body is discovered. The town is in shock. Hattie has been stabbed to death in a barn. 
 Everything You Want Me to Be is told from three different points of views. This helps in giving us an idea of what the characters were thinking before and after the murder. 
 I had a hard time connecting with Hattie. She didn't seem to care about anything or anyone. Her life was devoid of real feelings or interactions. She told people what they wanted to hear. She was always playing a part. Despite my feelings towards Hattie, I did want justice for her. I wanted her murderer to be found and put away. 
 Sherif Del Goodman was the character I related the most with. He had a special interest in catching the person who killed Hattie, not only because he was the town's Sherif but because his best friend was Hattie's father, making her a part of his life too. 
 Hattie's parents' pain felt too real. A parent never wants to lose a child. It is an unthinkable horror. In their case, they also had to learn the truth about Hattie. They had to come to terms with her deceit and her shortcomings. 
 I wasn't crazy about Peter. He seems to lack determination. He was weak and a very flawed human being. I'm sure they are many Peters out there in real life. I didn't know if he was happy or sad Hattie was gone. The author did keep me guessing about his true feelings. 
 Everything You Want Me to Be was a story which kept my attention. It did drag in the middle but the last part of the novel was the best. There was a lot of action and a very needed resolution. 
 Cliffhanger: No 
 3.5/5 Fangs 
 A complimentary copy was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. 
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