one last stop by Casey Mcquiston

47th book of 2021

Reading period: June 01st 2021 – June 04th 2021

Summary

For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.

But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train.

Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all.

Casey McQuiston’s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.

Rating

Review

So what about this book except that I love it? Nothing!! I was happy to take the Q and travel with Jane and August, and I never went to New York.

I was hooked from the first word, and the roommate wanted ad. I was happy to be back with a set of characters that I know I will like, like in Red, White and Royal Blue. And it didn’t miss.

This romance between Jane and August was stunning, intense and sweet at the same time. To be accurate, all the romance in this book are unbelievable; they are all unique but so representative of what love can be. Also, you have many details about the history of the LGBTQIA+ community (thanks to Jane.) 

It’s strange because it’s a book about found family, and it really feels like that even for the reader, so when you finish it, you feel like you walk away from this one. 

This book will be a re-read at some point, be sure of that. But I have only one thing to say READ IT.

Liz.