First of all thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!
This was a very fun read. I love the superhero trope and I love diverse fiction and this book had both in spades. We have a lovely side f/f relationship and a very sweet best friends to lovers type main relationship which from the start is the definition of cute backed up by a dash of the miscommunication trope and a heaping pile of the pining trope. There's also a hearty helping of second hand embarrassment which you tend to find a lot in these types of awkward teen main character books, but it wasn't enough to frustrate me or put me off, which can sometimes be the case. The plot itself was pretty simple, as superhero type stories tend to be, and I guessed the vast majority of the twists before they happened, but I didn't really mind that. There was one occasion where I was like 'ok just get to the reveal already!' but it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book. I liked what Klune did with these twists, even if I saw them coming, it felt a lot more unique than what I originally thought was going to be the case (Vague review is vague hahaha). In terms of character relationships there were several good, healthy ones that shone through, and one which wasn't really healthy OR unhealthy but was very interesting (I'm trying to do a spoiler free review here haha, sorry if that's super vague). Nick's friend group is great. I liked them all, although I will say I kind of felt like a lot of the interaction between them all was very reminiscent of the interaction between the friend group in The Lightning Struck Heart and that did kind of pull me out of the story a bit. I'm not sure if it's just me, I've read the Wolfsong series and The House in the Cerulean Sea and never got that vibe before so maybe it's because these characters are so young? I'm not sure. The relationship between Nick and his dad, however, played a huge part in why I liked The Extraordinaries. Klune is very good at writing good parents who are accepting and loving, and who like to embarrass their kids almost as much as they like to protect them, and I can't get enough of this in YA books. It's refreshing and it feels good to read. Overall I recommend this book to anyone who loves superheroes, especially the kind with cheesy lines and banter. It's fun and it doesn't take itself too seriously, but there are moments of emotion in the book that made me tear up a little. It felt very wholesome, if that makes sense. I am kind of side eyeing if a sequel is planned though, because with the way it ended, (which isn't a cliffhanger precisely but definitely has elements of it), it could definitely benefit from one, and I think it would be even better than the first book because all the groundwork has been laid.
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