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Yes i would, it was a wonderful story of self discovery and how love can survive despite a shaky start. Something like summer is a love story spanning a decade and beyond as two boys discover what it means to be friends, lovers, and sometimes even enemies. On the films website, author jay bell explained, i really want to get something like summer into schools and into the hands of young people, but the explicit content has always made that difficult. Jan 08, 2011 however, something like summer is a treat of a romantic novel. The first collected volume of something like summer, lgbt comics which tell the story of two boys in love. By telling the story from the point of view of a seriously flawed lead, in the form of temperamental and vaguely obsessive ben, bell manages to pull off a nuanced storyline. Something like summer comes in many different flavors. Jay bell has written one of the most heartfelt and sincere mm romances i have ever encountered. Something like summer book by jay bell thriftbooks. Dont be put off by the low price of this book, it in no way reflects the content.
By all appearances, tim had the perfect body and ideal life, but when a notsoaccidental collision brings them together, ben discovers that the truth is rarely so simple. The first part of the book, set in the city of houston in 1996, focuses on the relationship ben eventually develops with tim wyman, another teenager who he attends. Something like summer not only has lots of passion, humor, angst, and twists and turns, it also takes an in depth look at how the choices we make in life affect not only ourselves, but everyone around us. The main characters of this romance, m m romance story are tim wyman, benjamin bentley. Due to jays easy, understandable style, i was led through the happy times and the sad ones, sometimes by gently holding his hand and in others by gripping it tightly, but what a ride. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 292 pages and is available in ebook format. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sep 26, 2019 jay bell is raising funds for something like summer gay comics. Something like summer is a coming of age story of true longlasting love, about insecurities, social pressure, heartache and love again that spans 12 years. Really, there is not much else to say, just give it a go. The series will officially end with something like forever. By all appearances, tim had the perfect body and ideal life, but when a. It was adapted into a film of the same name in 2017.
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See the complete something like series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Jay and his family have since relocated to chicago where their adventures continue, as do those of the characters in their emotionally driven something like series. There is more to like in something like summer than dislike but it doesnt make it easy. If winning tims heart was an impossible quest, keeping it would prove even harder as family, society, and emotion threaten to tear them apart. Occasionally he would risk looking away from them to search the room again, looking slightly more disappointed with each failure.
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Another that many people enjoy is the audiobook, since it helps make long commutes feel shorter, and gives your mind and heart something do during the daily grind. The synopsis for the film reads, benjamin is an outofthe. I was heartbroken, which i suppose is considered normal behavior for most kids. Something like summer by jay bell, andreas bell, paperback.