

I picked Heat Wave up on July 2nd and finished it this morning. I couldn't wait to get my hands on the next book in the series. There was a cliffhanger ending to the second book that left me with hives and my jaw on the floor. Additionally, I was having a lot of fun just being back with the characters I had grown to love. While it started out a little slow, by about 40% we started getting some startling new revelations that really helped to build the intensity. The second book in the series, Flash Fire, which I read in 2021, wasn't quite all the stars for me like the first book, but I still really, really enjoyed it. It was such a fun story and concept, with a great friendship group at the middle. It was my first time reading from this author and I loved how rapid-fire and intelligent the writing was.

When I read the first book in this series, The Extraordinaries, in 2020, I was blown away. I feel let down after anticipating this release for so long.

This hurts me, so I'm not going to beat around the bush.
