![]() ![]() There were a couple of misty-eyed moments of the ‘that’s so beautiful’ variety. My need to adopt Nick’s father skyrocketed. ![]() The ante was upped on mortifying teenage moments. This book was everything I hoped it would be. “What’s the point of being an Extraordinary if I don’t get to be extraordinary?” ![]() Meanwhile, it’s business as usual for Nick which, these days, means superhero training, although he’s keen to ditch the training wheels. 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. “Extraordinary groupies are weird and don’t understand boundaries.” 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. To know Nick, Seth, Gibby, and Jazz is to love them and, three books later, it’s hard to let them go. ![]()
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