Hello there internet! Now that i have officially finished NaNoWriMo i thought it was about time that i came back to my blog, because i have missed it a whole lot!
And what better way to come back than with a top 5...about my favourite characters!
I was talking to my friend last night about how sad i am that my re-read of the Seasons Series is coming to an end, and he asked me what characters i like the most in the series (and obviously in something like lightning), which was a horribly difficult question!
So i thought i'd do a top 5 characters from the Something Like... books!
Here we go! (this is the hardest top 5 ever by the way.)
5: Jace Holden - Something Like Autumn
When i first read Something Like Summer, i was not Jace's biggest fan. He was okay, but i just wanted Ben and Tim to be together and Jace was in the way. I regretted thinking that the second i started reading Something Like Autumn. Jace is amazing, and so special. His story broke my heart more than i think anything ever has before. Seeing everything from his perspective, and seeing everything he went through before meeting Ben, it made me love him so much. I just wanted to give him a massive hug throughout the entire book. Jace was the most incredible, loving, and honest character i think i have ever read about, and i take back anything bad i ever thought about him!
4: Kelly Phillips - Something Like Lightning
I think the first time that you meet Kelly in Spring, it is pretty much an automatic reaction to hate him. Going into Something Like Lightning, i didn't expect to like him, BUT OH MAN. Seeing his and William's relationship, and Jason, from Kelly's perspective changed a lot. I still think that he treated William and Jason terribly, but even he knew that. I did a complete 180 with how i feel about Kelly, i even cried at parts of Lightning - that's how much he changed my mind. I absolutely adored reading from his point of view - and getting to understand his actions a whole lot better.
3: Ben Bentley - Something Like Summer
Oh Benjamin! How could someone not love Ben? I mean really, he's adorable. Ben is the reason i fell in love with these books, and getting to see little glimpses of his life that aren't covered in his book throughout the series makes me happier than pretty much anything. Ben is the one who starts everything, and so he should. He is the one that everyone loves in one way or another, and the one who is always there when another character needs someone. Benjamin Bentley is hands down one of the nicest characters i have ever read about. Even when he messes up, he only does it because he doesn't want to upset anyone - even if that backfires most of the time. Seeing his feelings for Tim and Jace, and seeing how much he completely loves both of them is so lovely, and so beautifully written, that everyone who reads this book leaves being ever so slightly in love with Ben. And rightfully so.
2: Jason Grant - Something Like Spring
Jason. Jason. Jason. I have so much love for Jason, it's unreal. He is the one character who i wanted everything to work out for. He was the one who deserved happiness the most. And ugh i just love everything about Jason. His friendships with Michelle and Emma. The way he is with the different members of the Hubbard family. His relationship with Ceaser. And obviously, his relationship with William. I loved getting to know Jason, and seeing how he fitted in with all the other characters that i had loved before. It was so amazing to see how much he changed while still staying the same...wow that was terribly cliched, but you get my point. Seeing him change throughout his story, and yet him still being the same from start to finish was amazing, and i hope we see more of him someday.
1: Tim Wyman - Something Like Winter
Oh Mr Wyman, i love you so. Tim is basically tied with Draco Malfoy as my favourite fictional character of all time. Right from his introduction in Something Like Summer i knew that he was going to be amazing. And i was so right. Every time Tim comes up in any of the Something Like... books this massive smile appears, and i can't control it anymore. He is so wonderfully written, and his character is so amazingly complex, that i could read 100 books about his life, and still probably want to read more. There's a certain part in Something Like Spring that i just passed in my re-read that makes me cry everytime, even though i know everything will be okay this massive panic comes over me and i have to keep reading just so i can assure myself that nothing has changed and that he's going to be fine. I can never find the right words to explain how much of an incredible character i think Tim is, and i am so glad i decided to pick up Something Like Summer that first time.
I didn't mean to have my top 5 be the main characters in each book, but they are the ones we know the most, and they're just the five guys that make me so incredibly happy. So, thanks Jay Bell for writing the best load of books i've read. You're the best. (p.s. if you ever feel like writing books about Nathaniel, William, and Ceaser - i'll be the first to buy them! :P)
Meghan
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I didn't mean to have my top 5 be the main characters in each book, but they are the ones we know the most, and they're just the five guys that make me so incredibly happy. So, thanks Jay Bell for writing the best load of books i've read. You're the best. (p.s. if you ever feel like writing books about Nathaniel, William, and Ceaser - i'll be the first to buy them! :P)
Meghan
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ReplyDeleteHere’s my top five characters from the Something Like… series. It’s hard having to limit myself, since how could I not include Jason, who is the kind of person I would love to take of and invite into my family? Or William, who I’ve fallen in love with through the eyes of two different characters now. Even Nathaniel, who I’m currently getting to know. Such is the nature of these lists, so…
ReplyDelete5. Marcello – Delightfully decadent and shamelessly shameful, Marcello is tremendous fun to write. He’s refreshingly different from my other characters, since he’s overweight, old, and couldn’t care less about doing the right thing. I hope he doesn’t come across as a joke to readers, since I really do love the guy. He’ll probably never get his own book, but as the series progresses, I hope he’ll continue to prove an important character.
4. Jace – The astronaut of the stratosphere, and one of the all-around best guys ever. He’d surely rank higher on this list if Autumn hadn’t been so difficult to write. I’m not near as nice as Jace, so that was a struggle, and of course he goes through some very difficult times in his life. Regardless of the creative process, I love him, and I’m always wishing he was still around, since he brings warmth to every scene he’s in.
3. Kelly – Smart, proud, and quick tempered. Writing him was so much fun. Just imagine going through your daily routine and mouthing off to anyone who even thinks about getting in your way. Rude? Yeah. Fun? Oh my gosh, yes! I love that Kelly’s greatest lesson wasn’t to clamp down on his feeling or control his passion, but to find people and situations that appreciate his hot headedness.
2. Ben – Courageous and capable of great love. It’s been awhile since I wrote Summer, so I have the most distance from Ben’s book. Sometimes that makes it easy to forget how much I care about this character. I was strongly reminded though in Spring when I sat down to write the scene where he gets shot. Remember that? Probably not, because I couldn’t bring myself to write it. Even the idea hurt too much. So I’m very aware now of how much I love him, and I’m grateful he has someone awesome enough to take a bullet for him, if need be.
1. Tim – Perfect on the outside, deeply flawed on the inside. Readers have a love/hate reaction when first meeting Tim, but once they get to know him… Well, the guy has so many flaws that it’s almost inevitable that people relate to him on one level or another. Who hasn’t wanted to hide who they are, or be different to please their parents, or steal away someone they love regardless of collateral damage? The great thing about Tim is that he always does the right thing in the end. He just needs a decade or so to get there. ;) All his ups and downs, and all the growth he goes through, makes me love him most of all.