#superqueeros

Welcome to Nova City, where some people are extraordinary. And some are just EXTRA. 

Discover if Nick Bell's favorite superqueeros will help save or destroy the city he loves in TJ Klune's The Extraordinaries. 

I am almost positive Nicole Maines has used that word at one point proposing a teamup.

ARC kindly provided by the Publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review *breathes* Oh my gosh!! Oh. My. GOSH!! Okay, okay I need to actually write a review for this that's actually comprehensible and not just brain mush. But it's not my fault this book gave me all the feels and that I am hopelessly and shamelessly obsessed with Seth, Nick, Gibby and Jazz. It also is definitely not my fault that The Extraordinaries is my favourite book (and potentially series) ever and that I would do ANYTHING for the third (and I refuse, REFUSE to believe) the last book. And so, I find myself in a pickle trying to describe this book and all of my feels associated with it.

So for starters, the book follows off a few weeks or maybe months from the first book (which, if you couldn't tell, KILLED me) and from page one I already was dying with laughter and I knew I was falling in love already. The book really explored the next phase of Nick's and Seth's relationship post-The Extraordinaries and where they wanted their relationship to go. Along the way they come across multiple new discoveries and face the reality of life after school and their futures. While the pacing felt quite slow, I found myself really enjoying myself. In my opinion, I usually don't like sequels and while I still prefer The Extraordinaries more than Flash Fire, I still thought this was a pretty solid book. For starters, Flash Fire is more character focused. If you loved the cast of the previous novel, you'll get to see another side of them that you never seen before. I loved how we got glimpses into Gibby and Jazz more as well as the things that are affecting their personal lives. The whole story isn't centred on Nick as much but looks into Seth, Nick's dad and their backstories a whole lot more. If you're a reader that's into character development and layers then this really is the sequel for you.

Going on with the characters here, even the side characters were iconic. Seriously, Burrito Jerry... can we please get a spin off book about him? I would absolutely read it! And the Clerk?? Oh my gosh he was legendary. Story wise, Flash Fire answered a lot of my questions (and trust me I had a lot) after that cruel cliffhanger at the end of The Extraordinaries however, it also left enough to be desired. TJ Klune really attacked my heart again with Flash Fire's cliffhanger ending. I actually squealed at the end and I think my whole neighbourhood could hear me scream "I– What?! How dare this book end this way!!" And the worst part is I now have to wait even longer for book three (which, as said before, I refuse to accept as the last book). Can I please become an Extraordinary that can manipulate time just so a copy of book three can land in my arms right now? A girl can only wish.

This book also looked at a lot of serious issues such as racism and police brutality. The author didn't beat around the bush about these issues but I liked how they were written and incorporated in the main storyline. I thought that was clever especially since it all connected in a satisfying climax and ending. I also liked how we had new characters too and I won't get into that too much but I feel like I can see where the story is heading and I'm totally here for it. I can't wait and you know I'll be reading book three when it comes out in July 2022 (and don't worry, you're not the only one that wishes it could come sooner). Criticisms wise, it was just the pacing that I have to comment on and I guess in a way, I kinda wanted more action but the climax totally made up for it. Oh and Nick's dialogue. I felt like his dialogue one-up-ed in this book because he made me crack up laughing on every page and that was matched only with the other characters' reactions. I never had so much fun reading in such a long time. ACTUAL RATING: 4.7 STARS

I picked up this book at the library. Honestly I haven't read anything I wasn't forced to since March 2019 when I read "A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue" (Mackenzi Lee I still need to get my hands on the next book). Honestly I miss book club because at least then we were reading a book a month.

This book, however, is amazing! Introducing us to our main character (Nick) through an excerpt from self-insert fanfiction "This is Where We Scorch The Earth" was an interesting choice I've never seen done before. It immediately had me hooked and even though I'm only two chapters in I plan to read the sequel "Flash Fire" when it comes out 13 July. I relate to Nick a little too much and felt a bit called out on page one but it's fine. I found it on Tik Tok.

Fanboys + superqueeros = the most EXTRA book you’ll read all year.