VBT# Things You Can't Take - Erin Lockwood

 

Review: Things You Can't Take - Erin Lockwood - January 2018

After reading and enjoying All of the Rogers, when I saw that Erin Lockwood had a new one being released, I knew I wanted to read it. Things You Can't Take takes us into the world of two best friends Kessia and Abigail. One wanted to be a big star, and the other had no interest in the world of Hollywood. Kessia and Abigail met when they were six years old on the set of a commercial for Vitamin Bread. The two became instant friends, especially when Kessia took the blame for Abigail and it was the commercial that set Abigail's career skyrocketing into the world of television and movies. Abigail's family became Kessia's second family, and she later became Abigail's assistant. The two were inseparable, that was an incident split them up, and they drifted apart. In the Hollywood world, which this was timely released due to the whole #MeToo issue was Pete - a movie producer and a big name in the Hollywood circles. Kessia had always felt off around him, and she has good reasons too, but when he threatens her best friend after the incident, Kessia makes the decision to cut off all ties with Abigail as she would do anything to protect her best friend.  The novel then jumps two years into the future, and Abigail is revealed Kessia's secret and Kessia with the help of her best friend's family will have to relive the worst moment of her life. What will happen though when it looks like Pete might win the case and worst get full custody of Kessia's daughter? Abigail must now take things into her own hands and protect her best friend, something she should have done years ago as there are some things that you can't just take willy-nilly.