History Literature / SomethingLikeSummer

* LastHetRomance: Between Tim and Krista Norman.

->"''Love, like everything in the universe, cannot be destroyed. But over time it can change.''"

-->-- from the book's back cover

Something like Summer is a 2011 novel by Jay Bell. It follows Benjamin Bentley, an openly gay youth from Houston, Texas, and follows his life over the years between 1996 and 2008, as well as his relationships with Tim Wyman and Jace Holden. It is the first novel in the ''Something Like...'' series and had a film adaptation released in 2017.

* ArmouredClosetGay: Tim is portrayed as this.
* ClosetKey: Ben turns out to be this for Tim.

* [[spoiler:FirstGuyWins: About a year after Jace passes away, Allison takes Ben to Tim's art show, and afterwards they tentatively begin a relationship again.]]

* {{Yandere}}: In adulthood, Tim becomes something of this when beginning to pursuit, actually saying that "[he] will stop at nothing to get [Ben] back," and going so far as to get another student to leave a letter at Jace's apartment for Ben to see to make it look like Jace was cheating on Ben.

* {{Yandere}}: In adulthood, Tim becomes something of this when beginning to pursuit, actually saying that "[he] will stop at nothing to get [Ben] back," and going so far as to get another student to leave a letter at Jace's apartment for Ben to see to make it look like Jace was cheating on Ben.
* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Ben, while still at that point in a relationship with Jace, ends up kissing Tim behind the waterfall during Marcello's birthday party at the waterpark, only to be caught by Jace.]]

Something like Summer is a 2011 novel by Jay Bell. It follows Benjamin Bentley, an openly gay youth from Houston, Texas, and follows his life over the years between 1996 and 2008, as well as his relationships with Tim Wyman and Jace Holden. It is the first novel in the Something Like... series and had a film adaptation released in 2017.

* GayGuySeeksPopularJock: Ben, the lone gay guy at his high school, attempts to go after Tim, the fairly athletic, good-looking, and already popular new guy.

* StraightGay: Tim even after coming out doesn't present really any stereotypically gay characteristics.
* Yandere: In adulthood, Tim becomes something of this when beginning to pursuit, actually saying that "[he] will stop at nothing to get [Ben] back," and going so far as to get another student to leave a letter at Jace's apartment for Ben to see to make it look like Jace was cheating on Ben.

* MainYandere: In adulthood, Tim becomes something of this when beginning to pursuit, actually saying that "[he] will stop at nothing to get [Ben] back," and going so far as to get another student to leave a letter at Jace's apartment for Ben to see to make it look like Jace was cheating on Ben.

* Yandere: In adulthood, Tim becomes something of this when beginning to pursuit, actually saying that "[he] will stop at nothing to get [Ben] back," and going so far as to get another student to leave a letter at Jace's apartment for Ben to see to make it look like Jace was cheating on Ben.

* PerformanceArtist: Ben can be considered this.

* ArmoredClosetGay: Tim is portrayed as this.

* [[spoiler:FirstGuyWins: About a year after Jace passes away, Allison takes Ben to Tim's art show, and afterwards they tentatively begin a relationship again.

* LastHetRomance: Between Tim and Krista Norman

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler]] Ben, while still at that point in a relationship with Jace, ends up kissing Tim behind the waterfall during Marcello's birthday party at the waterpark, only to be caught by Jace.

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Something like Summer is a 2011 novel by Jay Bell. It follows Benjamin Bentley, an openly gay youth from Houston, Texas, and follows his life over the course of a decade between 1996 and 2008, as well as his relationships with Tim Wyman and Jace Holden. It is the first novel in the Something Like... series and had a film adaptation released in 2017.

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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 safe 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..''"

Something like Summer is a 2011 novel by Jay Bell. It follows Benjamin Bentley, an openly gay youth from Houston, Texas, and follows his life over the course of a decade between 1996 and 2008, as well as his relationships with Tim Wyman and Jace Holden. It is the first novel in the Something Like... series and had a film adaptation released in 2017. It is followed by Something Like Winter and Something Like Autumn

Something like Summer is a young adult LGBT romance novel by Jay Bell. The novel follows Benjamin Bentley, an openly gay youth from Houston, Texas, and follows his life over the course of a decade between 1996 and 2008, as weel as his relationships with Tim Wyman and Jace Holden. It is the first novel in the Something Like... series and was first released in 2012, with a film adaptation released in 2017. It is followed by Something Like Winter and Something Like Autumn

Something like Summer is a young adult LGBT romance novel by Jay Bell. The novel follows Benjamin Bentley, an openly gay youth from Houston, Texas, and follows his life over the course of a decade between 1996 and 2008, as weel as his relationships with Tim Wyman and Jace Holden. It is the first novel in the Something Like... series and was first released in 2012, with a film adaptation released in 2017. It is followed