TJ Klune knows how to finish a series with a BANG.
It was everything I waited. I loved the plot, I loved the character development, I loved the TWISTS.
I know that TJ's humour is not for everyone, sometimes it could be a bit too much even for me (like in The Damning Stone), but I really liked it in here.
I absolutely loved this book with my whole heart.

Absolutely loved this book!

The writing style was really good and I look forward to reading any other books from this author in the future :)

I ADORED this book. Its a shame that the storyline gas cone to an end. I hope he finds inspiration for more! Its everything you needed in an old fashioned comic book hero novel.

This series is the super-soft, super-queer, superhero tale you’ve never known you needed. The humour is a perfect blend of snarky, witty, and loving, and the characters are unforgettable.

I so so wanted to fall in love with this series, but something fell short for me. I adore every Klune book that I've read, but turns out Nick and his friends just aren't really for me. I found the story compared to the previous books a little repetitive and I became increasingly frustrated with the situation with Nick's dad. I can't go into too much detail as I'll be spoiling the plots.

I did enjoy how it was narrated and I liked the fanfiction layout throughout. I did find some of the sexual references a little OTT, like it was forced and not flowing. I can't quite put my finger on it. It was however warm in friendship and kin and I was here for that.

Apologies for the review delay, I struggled a bit to read the review copy due to the formatting!

Anyway, this series has become somewhat of a comfort series for me over the last year or so, I heavily relate with Nick and empathise with him as someone recently diagnosed with ADHD and I love how diverse it is and full of positive queer representation!

This is the final book in the series, much to my dismay, and I eagerly dove into this given the cliffhanger at the end of the previous book! Klune’s good, I was so happy for Nick at the beginning before the creeping sense of something being ever so slightly off started to creep in.

While it was a bit slow to start, I feel like it planted the seeds for everything to wrap up nicely and Nick is a hugely entertaining MC with a brilliant group of friends so I love all their interactions!

Things pick up towards the end of the book and there’s some epic action scenes worthy of any superhero movie, although things can get a little bit cringey at points I’m not going to lie, and I also felt like there was an almost preachy quality to some parts.

Overall, the series wrapped up beautifully, Nick’s come so far as a character as have all of the characters and I think the ending was perfect for them! I’m going to miss this series and the world, it’s kept me entertained and kept my spirits up during some tough times!

I have read all 3 books in this series back to back and I wasn't disappointed at all. I absolutely loved all the characters and the humour in this. I loved the relationships between the couples and the parents and how they all came together to defeat "evil". I love all the twists and how this whole thing ended and as always, TJ Klune doesn't disappoint. An excellent read for any superhero lover and lovers of LGBTQ+ relationships and lovers of quirky fun stories.

A wonderful ending to the trilogy.

A brilliant spin on the cliffhanger from the second book.

The over-the-top satire and love to superhero fandom continues in this conclusion. The laugh-out-loud humour is still rife.

There is shades of X—Men’s Mutant Registration Act throughout the book which I loved.

Heat Wave is an epic and deserving finale. It does not disappoint only negative is it had to end. A wonderful read full of love, expertly crafted by T J Klune..

A worthy finale to this series - I love the somewhat different take on superheroes TJ Klune takes in his Extraordinaries series. The nerdy Lighthouse team and the 'dad squad' are back for a final showdown. Expect villains, friendships, supportive parents, danger and love - and plenty of laugh-out-loud scenes.

This was a such letdown. Looking back on the entire series, this could have actually been condensed into one slightly longer book and be a stronger story.

The second book in the series ended on such a major cliffhanger, opening up so many possibilities for this book. Pretty much all of which were completely quashed by the first half of this book. The story dragged, it took too long for them to figure out what was really going on. And they didn't actually figure it out themselves, these super smart teenagers, they needed someone else to tell them and then conveniently disappear so the next big conflict could start being set up.

The characters felt like empty shells of the ones we met in the first book, the plot was incredibly weak, character motivations are a mess, it was just a disappointment across the board. The performative social commentary really was like the cherry on top of the soured cake. If you're not going to tackle issues more deeply than to just have everyone stand around and say the most shallow stuff, just leave it out. There was no narrative reason for police brutality to be included in the series, but it was and it was handled very very poorly, with no character actually suffering any consequences.

The humour fell flat all the way through the book. It was amped up to 11 at times, becoming annoying and cringe. I especially could have done without the enema "humour". Which is a sentence that I never thought I'd write, but here we are. It was uncomfortable to read, as an adult, and I cannot imagine what an actual teenager would think about that whole situation.

And yet, there was still the possibility that this book could redeem itself in its ending. I could have ignored all of the above, and so much more (like the lack of female characters actually doing stuff on the page instead of only men being involved in the action), if this had stuck the landing. No spoilers here, but let's just say it didn't. It went from slightly strange, to very weird, to completely insane and reached the infrequently-attained level of "wow, how did nobody object to this during editing?"

Then we end with a nice little epilogue, set ten years later, which only served to add even more cringe into an already cringe-stuffed mess of a book. Completely unnecessary waste of trees.

I'm just so disappointed...

Disclaimer: I received an e-Arc from Hooder & Stoughton in exchange for a review, all thoughts are my own. Also, full disclosure, I didn't get to the Arc in time and ended up reading my hardcopy.

Plot
The third, and final, book in The Extraordinaries series.This series follows Nick who is living in Nova City, a city which is home to Extraordinaries - Superheroes. He lives with his dad. Nick suffers from ADHD, and spends his free time writing fan fiction. Nova City has superheroes who live there, and Nick becomes obsessed with becoming an Extraordinary. The series goes a lot further than the first book, but the overarching story continues to focus on Nick, his relationship, his friendship group and the Extraordinaries living in his city.

Thoughts
Having given the first two books in the series five stars I was so excited to read the conclusion to this trilogy. Unfortunately the book went in a direction that I found boring...

I still LOVE the relationships - the romantic, the friendship, and family - in the story, but I felt like the focus drifted too far away from the original plot of the book. The humour wasn't there the same way it was in the previous books. I feel like the book was trying too hard to be a commentary on police brutality and politics in America, which is so far from what is was in book 1. Overall, still a four star cause I love the characters and setting, but a disappointing end to a good series.

Representation:
- Own Voices - TJ Klune is a queer man.
- Nick (protagonist): Identifies as gay, and suffers from ADHD.
- Seth: Identifies as Bisexual.
- Gibby (Friend): Identifies as a Lesbian and is Black. Gibby and Jazz are in a relationship.
- Jazz (Friend): Identifies as a Lesbian. Gibby and Jazz are in a relationship.
- Other: references to Trans and non-binary people. Other side characters are BIPOC, and in Queer relationships.

The explosive finale to the Extraordinaries trilogy by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune. Love this author so was excited to read this one!!!

Such a well crafted novel, compelling enough to pull you through and very quick read. I enjoyed it so much from the first page till the end. A good story like this needs a quiet afternoon, a sofa and a warm blanket. Enjoy! The story itself was also even more interesting than I had anticipated.

As the conclusion to a trilogy, this wrapped up all the lingering story threads in such a lovely way and the characters remained as loveable as always with genuine laugh out loud moments.

An epic finale to one of my favourite series ever. This series is so chaotic and funny and brilliant and sweet and I genuinely couldn't love it more. This, too, was a genius story that I devoured so quickly as if *that* was my superpower.

I loved this series and this was one of my top books of 2022. I was happy to catch up with the characters and was looking forward to reading it.
I had high expectations and, even if I enjoyed it, I think it was a bit too didactic and some parts reminded more of a lessons than a part of a plot.
I understand some parts can be useful for young queer reader but they slowed down the pace and the plot took the backseat.
I loved the characters and found the closure very satisfying.
I know that the very high level of the previous instalment spoiled me
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I didn't know what to expect from this book, but I somehow did not expect TJ Klune to go THIS hard with this book. It's a lot more emotional than the first two books, and it gave me a lot of Heartsong vibes, though definitely less intense to keep it YA appropriate. I'm impressed at the way this was actually very sad in a lot of ways but also still super funny like the other two books, which sounds like it would clash but actually really works. There was a twist I genuinely did not see coming, making this such an explosive finale!

Omg how I love this series, I don't want it to end ever!!! Can I just say that the narrator, Michael Lesley, is a genius!

Nicky, Seth, Gibby, Jazz and their parental units. Back with the Lighthouse crew!

I will say first of all that this book felt different from the others, still funny but this was a bit more serious I guess. There was something up, Nicky could feel it, I thought I'd guessed it but I was wrong!!!

There were still moments that made me laugh out loud, the shop door part, the enema part, the wedding! And also Burrito Jerry is my hero! Full of action, humour and revelations, was a superb conclusion!

I have to say that even though I absolutely love Nicky, Gibby is my utter fave. She is sarcastic and cutting and everything that is right with the world!

Oh bittersweet. The end. It was perfect.

Thank you to @hodderbooks for the arc, I screamed when I got it!!!

What can I say, I adore TJ Klune, he could write his grocery list and it would be epic. It’s just fantastic, I love the tongue in cheek moments, the clear love of fandoms, fanfic, dupes, fantasy, well the whole geek/nerd world, he is the master of the awkward cute. I love how he knows how to balance a book perfectly. All the feels, the right levels of hurt, sadness, but also hope, uplifting and fun ultimately. This was the perfect end to the trilogy, not the ending you expect, but one so much better than you can imagine, sad to say goodbye to these characters, but delighted with the ending they deserve

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

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!