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Something Like Summer

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Something Like Summer

By: Jay Bell
Narrated by: Kevin R. Free
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Love, like everything in the universe, cannot be destroyed. But over time it can change.

The hot Texas nights were lonely for Ben before his heart began beating to the rhythm of two words; Tim Wyman. By all appearances, Tim had the perfect body and ideal life, but when a not-so-accidental collision brings them together, Ben discovers that the truth is rarely so simple. If winning Tim’s heart was an impossible quest, keeping it would prove even harder as family, society, and emotion threaten to tear them apart.

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.

©2011 Jay Bell (P)2025 Jay Bell Contemporary Contemporary Romance Literature & Fiction Romance High School
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Nearly every year I come back to this book for another listen. I couldn't recommend this Series highly enough.

I keep coming back!

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Hi, I loved the first part of this book. I loved the main characters, all 3 of them. That’s what made this book so hard for me. I hate love triangles, there is just no way for there to be a happy ending. I had no idea going into this that it would be a love triangle and now I am kind of despondent. I love this writer and I am wondering if I should go forward with more of the series or keep seeking out the HEA fluff that I usually like. I am torn, but I must admit that I FEEL!! Isn’t that what a good book makes you do?

Heartbreaking Love Triangle

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Loved every bit of this and cannot wait to read the other books in the series

Love

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Love will always find a way. Funny, sad, happy, relatable.
Loved it. A really nice story.

Nice story

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At first I was a little bored, but as the story progressed I got hooked and absolutely love this series .

It grew on me

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A great story with really likeable characters. The narration was exceptional. Well done all involved!!

Brilliant

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This was a nice read but I felt it was written by someone who was new to this. The characters and plot were a bit simplistic but it was still fun to listen to.

Nice read

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Loved it. Lived it with them. Cried, laughed and loved with Ben, Tim and Jase.

Emotional journey

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This is my first Jay Bell book - (and apologies to the author) and I was planning on reading the complete series - this was based on the summary and the reviews which said it was a believable and heartfelt story with strong characters etc but my mistake I didn't listen to the sample...

This was disappointing on every level, it was like listening to a badly written gay soap opera set in a high school and the characters and the plot lack any credibility or realness - and the narrator sounds like he is in high school too, which of course is appropriate given the story.

Sadly I am one of those people who listens to a book till the end, eternally optimistic that it will redeem itself in some way - but this is 9 hours f my life I wont get back ;?!

Just don't go there unless you are into this kind of storyline.

Disappointing on every level!

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