While the movie production has ended well, the editing and marketing process has just begun, bringing with it a fresh set of troubles, and for one of the producers a fresh set of temptations. While seeking to please God, his time has become consumed with the development of their two films, giving him many opportunities to spend with his business partners but not with his wife, Kelly. Being away from home so much has been difficult on her and she has struggles of her own to work through. At one point Kelly has to admit to herself that "...she was beyond discouraged and and relying on all the wrong sources to survive."
Finishing the last book, it was easy to hope that Andi had learned to be more cautious in her behavior, even if her heart had not changed. Sadly, this was not true. She is still seeking that elusive "something" that will fulfill all the needs of her heart. She thinks she has found this in a film student who wants to make her a star. Instead, she ends the book more lost and needy than when it began.
Baily and Cody are still trying to figure out how they are supposed to fit into each others' lives. Each sure that they can never be together and yet not wanting to live life apart.
Overall, Take Two left me feeling very sad. Not because it wasn't a good story, but because the pain and discouragement of the characters was so real you were experiencing it with them. I frequently found myself wanting to tell Chase to go home to his hurting wife, or let Andi know how big a mistake she was about to make. Because of where this book falls in the series, not everything was wrapped up at the end and things felt a little unresolved. But, like many times in our lives when we feel down and like there is no way out, we have to remember that there is another (or in this case, two more) book to be written.
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