Something Like Autumn

By: Jay Bell

Narrated by: Kevin R. Free

Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's Summary

Love can appear unexpectedly: a chance meeting at a friend's wedding, the arrival of a handsome new co-worker...or while being robbed at a convenience store.

For some, love seems an impossible dream. Growing up gay in small-town Missouri, Jace Holden thought his chance would never come. When he meets Victor - a wild soul and fellow outsider - his chances of finding love go from bleak to a very uncertain, maybe. Bracing his heart, Jace chases after his desire, hoping for a warm hand to hold his tight.

Something Like Autumn tells the story of Jace's life before the events of Something Like Summer, while also revisiting his time with Benjamin Bentley.

The Seasons Series: Book 1: Something like Summer, Book 2: Something like Winter, Book 3: Something like Autumn, Book 4: Something like Spring.

©2013 Jay Bell (P)2014 Jay Bell

A Complete & Amazing Love Story

OK I'm convinced this book series should be the Harry Potter series at least for us gays. This last book left me crying so hard! Getting to know each character in such depth is an amazing experience. I'm starting Something Like Spring right now and will probably start the whole series over again right after finishing it!!!

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Speechless

I didn't think it was possible to like a book more than the previous book , Something Like Winter (Book 2 in this series), but alas here I am. I fell in love with Jace's character even more so than Ben and Tim ( and I never thought that would be possible ). Being in my mid 30s the author has been so accurate with the feel of the times that it brought back so many memories it's uncanny.
Once again Jay Bell had me laughing , crying, and loving the story and characters. Hands down my most favorite series ever.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Amazing

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, yes & yes! Jace's story is wonderful and Kevin R Free narration of the Season's series is great

Who was your favorite character and why?

Jace - always

What about Kevin R. Free’s performance did you like?

He gives a sound to the characters in my head.

Any additional comments?

Keep the tissues handy, they will be needed.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

I reluctantly began this story.

I really enjoyed the first two books in this series, but Jace was easily my favorite character. That made me a bit uneasy about starting this story, as I knew how it would end and I wasn't sure I wanted to watch the emotional turmoil unfold. In the end, I was glad I gave in.

I didn't expect the format of this book. Nearly the first two thirds of the book really belong to Jace and Victor. Their love story is unusual, frustrating, and tragic. As a teenager, I knew a guy quite a bit like victor, and I could sympathize with the allure someone like that might hold for Jace even though, for Jace's sake I wish he hadn't fallen in love with Victor. Victor would never have been able to fill the role Jace needed from a partner.

As the book progressed, I became increasingly anxious. There just wasn't enough time left. I was watching the remaining hours of the book dwindling away and Jace was running out of time to enjoy his mostly happy ending. Ben and Jace's story was running out of time and it wasn't enough. That's part of the point, I guess. Jace didn't get to live the long life he deserved, but he got more than he expected.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

A true Masterpiece

This is the third installment of Jay Bell's 'Something like' series that I've read and unbelievably, it was even better than the previous ones! While the second book meant the most to me as I could relate the most, this one is to me the cap stone that holds together the whole story of Ben, Tim and Jace. As there are four seasons, not just three, I'm now curious about Spring. I have high expectations, as this Author is getting from great to even better from book to book!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Will leave you wanting even more.

What did you love best about Something Like Autumn?

After listening to books one and two, I knew to have the tissues ready. This was really a great listen that I couldn't put away.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Exceptional...

As with the second book in the "Seasons" series, I have had this book in my library for a while but was a bit apprehensive to listen to the tale of Jace Holden. The first book was surprisingly wonderful, the second in the series was excellent, and now the third can only be labeled exceptional. Of the principal characters in this series, I fell in love with Jace and wanted him to be my future husband, which is another reason for my hesitation in delving into book three. I know what happens! I didn't like it in book one and then to relive the experience from Jace's perspective was going to be too much. I wasn't wrong...the ending ended just as I knew that it would and I became physically and emotional distraught. Why is that I wonder...you know what's coming but yet and still...it's like a serrated knife being driven into your chest. Why is because of the exceptional writing talents of Jay Bell! My love and admiration for Jace only intensified reading his story. Now I know the experience of all three principle characters; Ben, Tim, & Jace and I am a better person for having this wonderful story integrate into my life. My hope is to be able to welcome the end with a sense and feeling of "being loved"! On to book 4 and I do not think I am going to wait 6 months though...

10 of 12 people found this review helpful

This Third Will Clobber Your Senses

This story is all about tragedy, what could have been but was not. Bring a box of Kleenex. Even knowing from the prior two seasons what happens to Jace, you cannot be prepared. I am not certain where Jay Bell got the courage to write this one, but he did and it was amazingly good. Oh, and Kevin Free? Fantastic narration.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Lovely and Sad

so this is yet another POV story relieving the major plot of SUMMER(Ben) and WINTER(Tim) and on this one It made me dislike Ben. but over all love the story.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Damn you Jay Bell!!

Damn you!! All the feels right now, just moments after finishing it!! Love this series and I unintentionally skipped book two (which I will go back and listen to now) The seasons thing confused me apparently but I truly glad I read it in this order because I will always be team Jace!!

I love Jay Bell's writing style and how he approaches relationships. They feel real and loving and frustrating and complicated...just like real life.

I have to end my review before I give too much away and now all I wanna do is leave work early and run home to hug my husband!! lol

Thank you for creating these very realistic and authentic characters. I know these people, I have met them before in varying shades growing up in the 90s - 2000s and living as a married gay man now. Ugh...now for more of the series and probably several more smiles and tears.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Honestly I hate you.

( SPOILERS ) I don't normally write reviews, but in this case I have to. You destroyed me for 2/3 hours of today. A simple word. Shotgun. The fact you brought it back, the fact you foreshadowed all the way in the beginning. The fact it was Bernards. Honestly why couldn't you have written a book where Victor and Jason lived happily ever after. Fuck Ben and his naive emotions, especially fuck Tim a closet case expecting everyone else to look after his mental well being, even more than Victor. A brilliant book but evil... I'm glad I lived through it but for weeks maybe months, every time I see my boyfriend I'm just going to think of Victor.

Something like jase

By the time I was starting the 3rd book I though I knew the whole story but was I wrong. Even though we know how Jase’s story ends from the events of something like summer, it feels like you actually go though it when reading Jases take on the events...Keep a box of tissues on hand as you get to the end it’s rather emotional.

excellent

the third in the series so we know most of the story. In this one we know whhat the end is but we learn a lot about Jase, his past and his reasons for being how he is.. and of course where Samson fits in. as for Benjamin we know what happens to Jase in bens story. then 'what happens after' in Tims story. but we see how very brave he is to do as Jase asks on the end.. this is a very emotional story, Victor being a very sad part when you think of it all and well explained during a visit to military school..
I have already purchased the next book 'spring' but am waiting a little bit before starting to let my thoughts and emotions settle down a bit

Feels like full circle

What about Kevin R. Free’s performance did you like?

He tells the story well. However, some of the voices he uses for the characters do not seem to fit. For example, he reads Tim like a simpleton dimwit and you know when a character is a nasty piece of work because their voices are uber camp and waspish.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes. Clear your diary, you wont want to miss a moment of this story.

Any additional comments?

This story is much more than just another look at the events from "Something Like Summer". In fact they are just covered in the final third part of this book.

In this story we meet a young Jace about to make a life changing decision and then watch him grow up to be the man that we (and Ben) fall in love with.

However, for me the best thing about this story is that we see the real Jace and not the perfect person who everyone who meets him seems to think he is. He is flawed and he has doubts and he is human.

Team Tim or Team Jace? I couldn't choose.

All I know is that you need a box of tissues handy as by the end your eyes will not be dry