{"id":20252,"date":"2017-03-31T12:11:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T10:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buecher.ueber-alles.net\/?p=20252"},"modified":"2017-03-31T18:57:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:57:27","slug":"rezension-kate-kacvinsky-finally-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buecher.ueber-alles.net\/?p=20252","title":{"rendered":"[Rezension] Katie Kacvinsky: Finally, Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serie: First Comes Love, #3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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College baseball player, Gray Thomas, had to go far out into left field to find a girl like Dylan, the ex-love-of-his-life. More than a year later, literally at a crossroads, they find each other together on a journey that is a pause between a painful past and an uncertain future. In this sexy and offbeat summer read, Gray and Dylan discover that a destination isn’t always a place. More often, it’s a person. Now it’s time for them to finally decide, is this forever?<\/p>\n

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Kommentar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Es war schon 2012, aber vielleicht erinnert sich der eine oder andere trotzdem noch an meine haltlose Begeisterung f\u00fcr \u00bbDylan und Gray\u00ab<\/a>. Das Nachfolgebuch, \u00bbSecond Chance\u00ab<\/a>, zu dem ich leider nirgends was geschrieben habe, habe ich mit 11\/15 Punkten bewertet \u2013 was mich \u00fcberrascht hat, als ich es gestern gesehen habe, denn in Erinnerung war mir, dass ich eher entt\u00e4uscht davon war; ich glaube, Dylan ist mir auf den Wecker gefallen. Jedenfalls hat es eine ganze Weile gedauert, bis ich mir endlich Band 3 vorgenommen habe \u2026\u00a0und das auch nur, weil ich zuf\u00e4llig in meiner Kindle-Cloud dr\u00fcbergestolpert bin. Zum Gl\u00fcck! <\/p>\n

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Dylan und Gray treffen sich f\u00fcnfzehn Monate nach ihrer Trennung rein zuf\u00e4llig wieder und begeben sich gemeinsam auf einen Roadtrip von Omaha, Nebraska, nach Flagstaff, Arizona, und schlie\u00dflich weiter nach Los Angeles, Kalifornien. Ihre m\u00fchsam unterdr\u00fcckten Gef\u00fchle und Erinnerungen wallen schlagartig wieder auf, doch vor allem Gray wehrt sich zun\u00e4chst dagegen, weil er Dylan nach wie vor f\u00fcr ruhelos und beziehungsunf\u00e4hig h\u00e4lt. Trotzdem kann er sich ebenso wenig wie Dylan gegen die einmalige Liebe zwischen ihnen str\u00e4uben und ihre Seelenverwandtschaft leugnen. <\/p>\n

Man kann nicht sagen, dass in diesem Buch viel passiert. Es fokussiert sich fast ausschlie\u00dflich auf die beiden Hauptpersonen und ihre Gef\u00fchle, die \u00e4u\u00dferen Ereignisse sind nur Beiwerk und Stichwortlieferant f\u00fcr viele kluge und wundersch\u00f6ne Gedanken und Gespr\u00e4che, oft mit einem leisen Funken Humor. Sie zeigen, wie unterschiedlich Dylan und Gray sind, wie sehr sie sich trotzdem erg\u00e4nzen und dass sie perfekt f\u00fcreinander sind. Wem das reicht, der wird mit dem abschlie\u00dfenden Teil der Serie viel Freude haben. Alle anderen k\u00f6nnten sich vielleicht ein klein wenig langweilen. <\/p>\n

Laut Autorin kann man \u00bbFinally, Forever\u00ab ausdr\u00fccklich auch als Einzelbuch lesen; ehrlich gesagt glaube ich aber, dass die Kenntnis der Vorgeschichte einem eine vollkommen andere Sicht auf die Protagonisten vermittelt. Ich w\u00fcrde also nicht dazu raten, nur Band 3 zu lesen, weil man Dylan und vor allem Gray, ihre Gef\u00fchle und \u00c4ngste, ihr Z\u00f6gern und ihre Bedenken, in dem Fall nicht mal halb so gut verstehen w\u00fcrde. In Deutschland sind die B\u00e4nde 2 und 3 \u00fcbrigens nie \u00fcbersetzt worden, und auch der amerikanische Verlag von Kat Kacvinsky wollte die Nachfolgeb\u00e4nde nicht, weil er unfassbarerweise der Meinung war, \u00bbFirst Comes Love\u00ab br\u00e4uchte keine Fortsetzung. Deshalb hat die Autorin die B\u00e4nde 2 und 3 im Selbstverlag als E-Book ver\u00f6ffentlicht. (Hier<\/a> nachzulesen.)<\/p>\n

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Die sch\u00f6nsten Zitate<\/strong><\/p>\n

I look at her and suddenly I believe in something. I feel like I\u2019m looking at Fate and Timing and Luck all moving into one tangible space.
\nI head towards her and get down on my knees in front of her. Everything feels like slow motion. Even my heartbeat is pausing for breath. Movement has a new meaning, every touch has complexity. Nothing is easy and it\u2019s too easy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I forgot how well she knows me, how her questions are like keys and she knows just the right ones to use to pick my locks. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don\u2019t tell her why I\u2019m relaxed. Why I\u2019m happy. Her energy has always had that effect on me. She energizes me but in a completely calming way, like lying out in the sun, feeling your insides heat up, all the way to your core.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ve decided that love makes people stupid. We never learn from our mistakes. I tried love once and I got burned. I tried it once more, just to see if I got it wrong, if the second time around I would be smarter and stay further away from the flame or carry water to put it out completely. The second time around I crashed to the ground in a smoldering heap.
\nYet here I am, at its mercy again and I can thrash and flail and roll around, but I can\u2019t put it out. I can\u2019t escape its drawing heat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00bbAll I wanted to do was give you a ride to Flagstaff,\u201d I say. \u201cThat\u2019s it. Just one, simple ride. But nothing is ever simple with you, is it, Dylan?\u00ab<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The air is cold; it carries faint traces of fall. A whisper of sunlight edges into the sky. I can almost feel the earth spinning on its axis, always looking for the sun, attracted by her golden light. I close my eyes.
\nTonight it was all so simple. The dark is like fuel for desire, always pushing you one step further, encouraging you to take chances while no one is watching. But the light is a harsh judge of night\u2019s impulsive decisions. Now everything is complicated. And worse, possibly all a mistake.
\nMy eyes are heavy and dry and they burn from two nights of no sleep. I feel her now, like a ticking clock next to me, reminding me to savor each second, as if my relationship with her is always set on a timer about to go off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sometimes, when life slams a door in your face your only defense is to shut it out for a while. Dylan doesn\u2019t understand this, her mind doesn\u2019t got that dark. She never feels the need to hide, so tonight I can show her how.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I have strings and they are connected to her hands and she\u2019s playing me. And she knows it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe we\u2019re just two souls, lost, only complete when we\u2019re together. Maybe that\u2019s what love is all about. Being humble enough to admit you can\u2019t make it on your own. You need a person in order to call a place home. You need love to safe you from yourself. You need to love another person so you give a little something every day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00bb[My camera] helps me to see,\u00ab I say. \u00bbI appreciate so much more when I have it. It widens my perspective; it makes me want to soak up every detail. It never misses a thing, it never blinks. The whole world is crisper and brighter and clearer. It sees beauty without judging it. It makes me want to take every temporary moment and make it permanent.\u00ab<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\n13\/15<\/p>\n

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Serie: First Comes Love, #3<\/p>\n

Inhalt <\/p>\n

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