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Book Review of The Extraordinaries (Extraordinaries, Bk 1)

The Extraordinaries (Extraordinaries, Bk 1)
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For a fun filled read with quick wit and lots of humor
discover two gay superheroes who appear in Nova City. Called the Extraordinaries, Shadow Star and Pyro Storm fly in to save those who live and work in the city. Nick Bell, a popular fanfiction writer who is obsessed with them, spins story after story about their antics.

This tale follows teenaged Nick, his friends and his father, as he hopes and plans to meet Shadow Star, his favorite, and hopefully his lifelong love. As the media follows the battles of Shadow Star and Pyro Storm (depicted as the villain) Nick avidly checks every report. Nick's rapid firing ideas and dialogue clearly demonstrate his ADHD reactions.

It's a story that lets the reader into the minds of young people whose dreams and ideas seem unreal and impossible to the adults around them. Nevertheless this story captures their imagination in a delightful way.