Katie Kacvinsky

In Omaha, Nebraska, Gray, a college baseball player, has a chance encounter with Dylan, the former love of his life who can't seem to settle down. Dylan is stranded and trying to find her way to Arizona. Grey happens to be on his way to Phoenix. After coming together then breaking up twice before, they will find out if the third time really is the charm.

Finally, Forever

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Do you know how long I waited for this book? Do you have any idea how excited I was to find out it was coming AND that I was going to get an early peek at the final book in a series that has meant so, so much to me? It was nothing short of sheer perfection and I can't say enough good things about it. Dylan and Gray's story couldn't have had a more fitting final chapter and I'm even more hopelessly in love with them than I was after the first two books. It's been weeks since I finished this book and I still can't let these two characters go. 

  
    "I kick my car into fifth gear and we're flying down the highway and a Moody Blues song is playing on the radio. I listen to the lyrics and agree that love is only in our wildest dreams. Even when it's sitting right next to you, it always feels out of reach."
  

Finally, Forever begins over a year after Dylan and Gray broke up at the end of Second Chance. Fate has had a funny way of throwing these two together when they both needed it most in the past and the beginning of this book is no exception. Dylan is the last person Gray expected to find in Omaha, Nebraska, but there she is. Broken down car and all. They're both headed for Arizona – he's heading home and she's trying to stop her sister from making a huge mistake – and, thanks to a little intervention from a girl who Dylan assumes is Gray's girlfriend, they'll be making the trip together. Dylan's friend Nick leads Gray to believe they're more than friends and my favorite couple that's no longer a couple and each supposedly involved with other people, set off on a road trip together. Where better to work out the issues they have and see if they're both capable of making a true go something real this time? 

  
    "I remember how his lips taste. I remember his smile, how it's the most beautiful image I've ever seen. How the first time I saw him smile, on Mill Avenue in Phoenix, my head started to spin. I remember raising my camera and instinctively taking a picture, even though he was barely more than a stranger back then. All I knew was I wanted to capture that image of him. I made it my personal mission to make him smile."
  

Dylan and Gray's road trip adventure turns out to be just that. Despite the earlier implications that they're both involved with other people, there's no denying the attraction, chemistry and depth of feelings they still share. As they cross the states between Nebraska and Arizona, they have more than enough time to begin to put the pieces of their broken relationship back together. They make some interesting acquaintances along the way, have their share of adventure and slowly find their way back to what they once were. But will it be for good this time?

  
    "For the first time in my life, I realize that home isn't where you want to be. It's where you need to be."
  

Everything about this book gave me all the warm fuzzies and a whole boatload of emotions and feels. There's not one single other thing I could want out of this book, except for it to be longer because I'm just not ready to give up Gray and Dylan yet. These characters went through a lot in finding themselves and their own way in the world and they did it in a way that hooked me right from the very start. The writing in this book was so absolutely gorgeous that I highlighted roughly 30% of it. Katie has a way with words and they're like an arrow straight to my heart, in the best way possible.

  
    "I know I still have a lot to figure out. My future isn't set, but I consider that a good thing. It keeps it open to possibilities. Right now all I know is this: I have all that I need with me, all that I want, in my hands. No matter where my life goes, it won't be boring. It won't be perfect. But I found love and I'm holding onto it. Finally, forever."
  

I could spend hours talking about these characters and their story, and just how deeply they affected me, but I'd rather you experience it for yourself, so I'll finish with this: Finally, Forever was nothing short of perfect. I simply can't imagine a better ending to Gray and Dylan's beautiful, complicated journey. (Of course, because I'm totally selfish and love these two so much, I am glad to see there's just enough of an opening at the end that there *could* be another book, but if there's not, I'll remain completely content, making up my own stories as to where Dylan and Gray are now.)

I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. All quotes come from the review copy and might differ from the final version.

Finally, Forever

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