“All We Ever Wanted” is a truly captivating story. All characters are fully developed, and little by little you start to like them and even root for them. This is a super contemporary story about parenting and teenagers, that shows the balance between defending your kid no matter what versus seeing the other side and maybe realizing that sometimes your kid can mess up and you should be able to do something about it. As you learn more about the story, you want to get to know even more about what happened to Lyla and how everyone else was involved. I also like Nina's attitude and how she decides to stand up for what's right, even though that can end up being bad for her family. And as a side note, I really like that one of the characters explains that a Brazilian is not a Hispanic.