Heat Wave (The Extraordinaries, 3) - Hardcover

Klune, TJ

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1250203732 ISBN 13: 9781250203731

Publisher: Tor Teen, 2022

Synopsis

The explosive finale to the Extraordinaries trilogy by New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune!

School’s out for the summer and a raging, malevolent heat has blanketed Nova City. Dark, twisted, probably evil shadows have drenched the doorsteps of her good people’s homes. And Nicholas Bell―fanboy, hero, ADHD-haver―is being super dramatic again.

But honestly, Nick’s life is pretty much perfect. Yeah, it’s hot out, but he finally gets to team up and train with his steamy superhero boyfriend to bring justice, protection, and disaster energy to the people of Nova City. It’s everything he’s ever dreamed of!

With graduation on the horizon and his future unknowable, Nick focuses on enjoying the present. Seth, Jazz, and Gibby are busy setting up headquarters for Lighthouse, their hero team. Nick’s dad has partnered with former chief of police Rodney Caplan to start a new private investigation agency. And Nick’s mother, the superhero known as TK, is right there at Nick’s side. Where she’s always been.

Hasn’t she?

But something’s off. It’s not just Simon Burke running for mayor and campaigning to “cure” Extraordinaries. And it’s not even the rumors that Nick’s ex-boyfriend and villain-in-the-making Owen Burke has escaped.

Something else isn’t right, and Nick will need all his friends and loved ones together to
uncover the truth before Nova City falls prey to the Burke family.

A truth that will reveal a traitor in their midst and burn through their lives like a wildfire.

Praise for The Extraordinaries
An Indie Bestseller!
An Indie Next Pick!
A Gold Nautilus Book Award Winner!

“Half a love-letter to fandom, half self-aware satire, and wholly lovable. I haven't read anything quite like this before!” ―Sophie Gonzales, author of Only Mostly Devastated

“The most down-to-earth book about superheroes I've ever read. I laughed, I cried, and I had a smile on my face the entire time I was reading it.” ―Mason Deaver, bestselling author of I Wish You All the Best

About this title

About the Author

TJ KLUNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important―now more than ever―to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.

Reviews

Gr 9 Up-While the end of Flash Fire dropped readers off a cliff, the beginning of the finale of this trilogy is slow to start. The summer before Nick's senior year is more than college applications and boyfriend drama-he's also training to be a vigilante superhero and master his telekinesis. Many readers will look at the first third of this book and wonder if they're remembering book two correctly-there is a reason for this confusion, and it leads to a satisfying conclusion. Still, those unknown elements leave the novel slightly off-kilter until it picks up about halfway through. Nick and his boyfriend have healthy conversations about their relationship throughout, modeling open communication and boundaries. The main couple is white, with racial diversity in the supporting cast. VERDICT Worth having for libraries that own the rest of the series.α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tor Teen
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250203732
• ISBN 13: 9781250203731
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384