A review by linda_1410
Something Like Winter by Jay Bell

5.0

It seems the only thing I was missing from the previous book, and what prevented me from falling in love with it, was Tim's side of the story. Unable to see Tim's activities away from Ben and the thought processes behind his actions in Something Like Summer, I couldn't fully believe in his transformation at the end or have hope that he could give Ben what he needed after

losing Jace

. I couldn't believe he was being entirely sincere. In <i>Something Like Winter</i>, we're given the flip side of the story, seen entirely from Tim's perspective, and while I still think he made some terribly selfish decisions, he's humanized and humbled here, rather than just seeing him through the glossy lenses of nostalgia and first love/lost love. There's a lot of repetition from the first book, but a lot of new material also as we're able to see how the years apart from Ben helped to shape Tim into a more humble person. I'm so glad Jay Bell wrote this follow up and filled in some of those blanks.