After consuming the past three books of the Season series, I
was tired of Ben and his loves and wanted to read about someone new. So when
Something Like Spring by Jay Bell came out, I was excited. It tells the story
of Jason Grant, a young man in the foster care system and his search for a
place to belong.
Of course, no jumping off point could exist without pieces
of the past in it. The first introduction was Michelle, Jasce’s sister, you
know, Ben’s husband from Something Like Summer, Winter, Autumn. She is Jason’s
case worker and takes him to his new home, in the hopes that he will stop
misbehaving and get adopted at the age of sixteen.
The home is owned by a couple named the Hubbard’s, who not only
have a son of their own, but three other adoptive children under their roof.
At first, it seems like it could work. Jason is unsure of
them, but was willing to try to fit in. Joining the other three adopted
children, Jason participates in doing the chores.
Cesar, the Hubbard’s biological son, doesn’t do anything. A
fact that annoyed me. I don’t care if
you are the prince of Egypt, you don’t favor one child above another in such a
blatant way and expect the others to call you ‘parent.
That irritating fact aside, I did not expect Jason to fall
for Cesar. The whole, “we are brothers… sorta” threw me for a loop that I
should have known if I actually read the jacket cover. It speaks to an author’s
ability as a writer to get me to buy their book and not even read the blurb
before doing so.
Moving on, their relationship is discovered and Jason is
thrown out and returns to the group home.
Time passes and Jason winds up at Ben and Tim’s home. I
know. I was kinda wishing we could go a book without seeing Ben or Tim. Alas,
that was not the case. I won’t complain
too much as they weren’t main characters, and they made me laugh.
Another love interest was made, William, currently engaged
in a relationship with Kelly. The pair hit it off, and start meeting each other
in secrecy. Seeing as how Jason was cheated on, I can’t understand how he could
do it to another. No matter how dysfunctional the relationship is.
With a few laughs, sighs, and relatable events and
characters, Something Like Spring ranks as my favorite book in the series and
gains five out of five stars and not even because someone died!
