First of all, thank you to Hodder & Stoughton for approving my request for this book via Netgalley. After falling in love with Nick, Seth, Jazz, Gibby and their families in the previous two books, I was dying to read the final one, especially with how Flash Fire ended! And, no surprise there, I had a really good time going back to Nova City and spending time with these characters I adore so much.

This book, like the previous ones in the series, has humor and heart in spades. We get more hilariously embarrasing situations, sweet moments, friendship, love and a lot of superheroing. Nick and Seth are as adorable as ever, Jazz and Gibby are even more badass and Nick's relationship with his dad continues to be one of the best father/son relationships I've read. I am a bit sad the story is over cause I would keep reading about these fictional people forever, but I really enjoyed this conclusion and would recommend all three books without a shadow of a doubt!

This is such a brilliantly written series. In this conclusion, Nick has his biggest showdown yet with the support of his friends and family. Aaron Bell remains one of my all time favourite characters, and it is a genuine delight to read such a supportive and loving parental figure. I will miss this world!

I received a copy from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

To know Nick, Seth, Gibby, and Jazz is to love them and, three books later, it’s hard to let them go. I couldn’t wait to see what was next for Lighthouse but … there are no new Extraordinaries books for me to look forward to, so the only way I get to spend time with these kindred spirits again is to stalk them reread style.

“Extraordinary groupies are weird and don’t understand boundaries.”

Touché.

I’d been desperately holding on after being practically thrown off a cliff at the end of the second book and for much of the first half of this one I sharpened my ability to gaslight myself. Meanwhile, it’s business as usual for Nick which, these days, means superhero training, although he’s keen to ditch the training wheels.

“What’s the point of being an Extraordinary if I don’t get to be extraordinary?”

This book was everything I hoped it would be. It made my heart go all melty. The ante was upped on mortifying teenage moments. My need to adopt Nick’s father skyrocketed. There were a couple of misty-eyed moments of the ‘that’s so beautiful’ variety.

This book is bow ties, watermelon flavoured Skwinkles Salsagheti, code words and stabby forks. It’s also college applications, “Backflip of Chaos!”, relationship goals and villains from the past becoming villains of the present.

“You’re the bad guy. Blah, blah, blah. Heard it all before. Get some new material.”

Nick is as adorable as usual, his mouth still kicking into gear before he has time to think. Things are heating up with Seth, AKA “Sexy Sex Beast Who Looks Good in Pretty Much Everything.”

“Oh my god, what is wrong with me? I’m trying to get laid while also trying to talk you out of it? No wonder I’m a virgin.”

Gibby and Jazz are as badass as ever. And don’t get me started on Dad Squad. Hello, spin-off potential! Bonus points if Burrito Jerry is there too.

I’m having trouble coming up with sentences to tell you how much I love this series but if you’d seen how often I smiled while I was reading each book, you’d have a pretty good idea. These characters have taken up residence in my heart and it’s been an absolute joy getting to tag along as they make their world a better place. I’m more convinced than ever that I need a catchphrase.

“It’s time to take out the trash.”

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Hodder & Stoughton for the opportunity to read this book.

2 ⭐️⭐️

Thank you Netgalley and publisher for the e-arc for an honest opinion.

Please take in mind it’s my opinion, and everyone is allowed to have one.

This serie should’ve ended either a book 1 or 2. Honestly nothing happened the first 60%, so I skimmed the most and did not miss anything. Second the main character annoyed me so much, I just couldn’t be bothered. Wish it was better, but it is what it is.

I have never been more satisfied with how a story has ended than with this masterpiece...my life is complete, thank you T.J Klune

Thank you also Netgalley and Hodder & Stoughton for providing me with a free digital copy in exchange for an honest review

Heat Wave by TJ Klune
I give this book 4.5 stars

School's out for the summer and Nick' finally gets to team up with his superhero boyfriend Seth.
Meanwhile Jazz, and Gibby are setting up headquarters for their hero team,
But something's off. It's not just Simon Burke campaigning to 'cure' Extraordinaries. And it's not the rumours of Nick's ex-boyfriend’s escape. Nick will need all his loved ones together to uncover the truth - a truth that will reveal a traitor in their midst.

This is the final book in this YA Fiction trilogy.
Welcome to Nova City and the Extraordinaries.lts time to catch up with Nick the adhd super hero and his nerdy Lighthouse team, not forgetting the “dad squad”.
I don’t want to give too much away but…… buckle up for villains,friendship danger,parents,deceit and love and plenty of awesome escapades. TJ Klune is a master at creating such vivid world building combined with an array of diverse strong and supportive family and friends characters and then delivers humorous,current and inclusive storytelling at its best. A totally entertaining read and satisfying end to a fantastic series!
With thanks to Netgalley,TJ Klune and Stodder and Houghton for my chance to read and review this book

T J Klune writes cute/awkward, like nobody else. Moving and funny in equal measure. A young adult book that doesn’t forget the “adult” part and a wonderful finale to a trilogy that hopefully doesn’t end here . I loved this book.

This book was perfect to me. This was the ending I most desired but it gave me so much more than I actually expected. It exceeded my expectations so much that it now lives rent free in my brain and heart.
TJ Klune knows how to walk the thin line between being too much for YA and being the perfect kind of YA, because teen nowadays do think and do these things. They do, and the way Klune wrote certain scenes, was extremely hilarious and I wouldn't wish this to any teenager alive; but in writing, these scenes were exactly the perfect way to portray, for example, a boy and his dad who bought him a very embarrassing thing. I spend most of the book giggling, then of course I also worried, because this is Klune, he is a master of pain when there needs to be some. And he does it so well! The book had to perfect mix of happiness, sadness, deep conversations, twists, angst, comedy, all wrapped in one of the queerest books in existence.
I think Klune is a fantastic storyteller and the things he has in his mind need to live on pages because they're masterpieces.
I adored the friendships, the family, the romance, the over the top situations, and the most random side characters. The dad squad stole the scene and you all need a dad squad in your life! Trust me, you do!
Perfect ending of a perfect trilogy! All hail the superqueeros!

It’s hard to explain the book in a review as it’s the finale in a trilogy. If you enjoyed the first two instalments. You will like this ending.

Do I lowkey want to fly to the States just so I can congratulate TJ Klune in person on how he dealt with that brutal cliffhanger from Flash Fire? Why yes, I really do. Now, for spoiler’s sake I can’t talk a lot about the plot of Heat Wave but if you remember the ending of Flash Fire, you’d think we jump right into the explanation of said plot twist. Instead, things are deceptively normal…It went so far that I questioned my own memory of what happened at the end of book two which is just – honestly, it’s so Klune to have me question my own sanity instead of wondering whether there were other forces at play. But yeah, let’s just say that the way the cliffhanger from book two is resolved is nothing short of ingenious.
Do you ever read those finales of series that give you exactly what you wanted but not in the way you expected but somehow in a better way? Yeah, that was Heat Wave for me. Honestly, this review could just be me screaming random things that would make absolutely no sense but let me just highlight the crème de la crème of this story. Beyond that cliffhanger resolution, it’s just an absolute tour de force to be reunited with Nick, Seth, Gibby and Jazz for one last time. Probably the most dramatic installment in the series, this story brings everything to a dangerous, explosive climax as old enemies return, hidden identities are exposed, the political situation of Nova City comes to an almost catastrophic close and everyone tries to figure out what they want to do after high school – you know, all while half of them are superheroes. It’s both so relatable and utterly absurd and it makes for an unputdownable story as you root for your heroes to keep the city safe once more while people actively try to rid the world of Extraordinaries altogether.
Also, Klune does not hold back in this one when it comes to humor – we get our fair share of wanting to lose consciousness because of the secondhand embarrassment one feels when Nick and his father (or other members of his ragtag group of friends) interact. I’m always lost for words whenever we have a “Dad, no” “Dad, yes” moment on our hands that makes me laugh so hard I’m clapping my hands like a seal while actual tears run down my cheeks. If you thought dental dams in Flash Fire would break you, you’re not ready for Heat Wave. Beyond a dad squad (yes, I said dad squad) forming an Avengers-esque group to…friends appearing in inopportune moments to hear things going on in the basement that they shouldn’t, this book made me lose my cool about five hundred times. All that being said though, hat’s off to Klune for putting such a big emphasis on consent and communication when it comes to things happening behind closed bedroom doors and parents giving it their all to 1) embarrass their children during ‘the talk’ while also 2) making sure that they’re prepared and don’t rush into things. I have never been this mortified and validated in the same book, jeez.
Truly, Heat Wave is a bittersweet book in the best way. It’s incredibly hard to say goodbye to this lively, fantastic group of characters, yes, but they get the hopeful, inspiring ending they’ve fought hard for and absolutely deserve.
With Klune’s trademark concoction of heart and hilarity, Heat Wave is the explosive, absurd and ingenious conclusion to the Extraordinaries trilogy. With loads of fluff, secondhand-embarrassment and a whole lot of platonic and romantic love, Heat Wave will give its characters the emotional, uplifting ending they (and the readers) deserve.