Jane is out of August’s league, both in terms of characterization and just general coolness (I’m not convinced August is a fun hang tbh!!), but I still had fun reading this. Not as good as Red, White & Royal Blue, but to be fair, that one is hard to beat.

Wow this book is a trip unto it self! Much more exciting than a subway trip! It’s a missed connections ad (sort of) come to life as a story. I don’t want to give too much away, but when August spills coffee all over herself on the Q subway, who does she but the most intriguing girl. A connection is made. As fate would have it, August is able to find her again, and start to unravel the mystery of her and New York.

I loved characters, and the settings. There are many unique personalities. LGBTQIA+ is extremely well represented, as well as different races and cultures. Honestly the book is crazy diverse. It also has some interesting history in it.

Boom was amazing, and impossible to pin down or put down.

Another masterpiece by Casey McQuiston. She never misses!! I loved the characters so much and the wlw representation made me feel so happy and seen. Go read this book!!

This book completely and utterly enthralled me. I fell head over heels for August, Jane and their spectacularly fabulous band of friends.  I developed such a deep connection with these two young women who should have never met in the way they did. But they did meet and the journey they go through and the mysteries they solve just stole me away to a place where friends have each other's backs. Where who you are to them is not determined by the color of your skin or your sexuality. It's based on connections and the goodness within everyone.

August and Jane each come from different times but what if even time cannot keep them from finding their one true love. What if fate and destiny is determined to push them together even when it seems impossible. 

To say I loved this book is a vast understatement.  I absolutely adored every single moment spent between the pages.

*Received ARC through NetGalley.  Voluntarily reviewed *

I adored this book so much. Casey McQuiston was able to make you fall in love with all of the characters, as well as the location of the book. Each character brought a different dynamic to the story - both main characters and side characters. I felt as though I could connect with each character, no matter how long they were in the story. Alongside the characters, being in the middle of New York was also a major part of the story. I would fall in love with each new location that was mentioned. While this book is a romance between two characters, it also felt like a love letter to NYC.

I would both laugh and cry all the whole way through this book. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a great LGBTQ+ romance with a bit of a twist.

There was so much about this that I loved, from the diner that felt like home and became her family. To her roommates that were quirky, fun, loving, and just so supportive. There was so much representation in this book and I loved it. The yearly drag queen parties that brought everyone together and made them feel so welcome, and like an extended family.

What I didn't really love was the time travel element. I enjoyed their relationship and how it built over time. I liked how August's energy was what was keeping her rooted in the present, just not with the time travel aspect.

It also was a bit longer than I would have liked. If you are willing to suspend belief, and enjoy time travel stories I think you might like this one. All of the characters were wonderfully different.

I am not much of a romance reader. Last year Red, White, and Royal Blue was the book that everyone was talking about. I had major FOMO so I read it and LOVED it. So when One Last Stop came out I immediately requested it vecause I had to know what was next...and I was not at all diaappointed. I loved August, I loved Jane. I adored their band of misfits and loved how this book was pro-LGBTQA and I pretty much loved everything about everyone in this book. The ending left me completely satisfied and I CANNOT WAIT to see what McQuiston does next. 5 stars!

THIS BOOK. The queer rom-com I would have killed to have read growing up.

Casey McQuiston has taken the success of Red, White, and Royal Blue and transformed it into yet another hit: One Last Stop. Our protagonist, August Landry, a Louisiana girl with a penchant for minimalism, stumbles her way into Jane Su's life one January day, coffee-stained shirt and all. "Hey, coffee girl." What ensues from August's infamous ride on the Q train is a tale of love, loss, found family, and finding your place. Myla, Niko, and Wes, August's roommates above the Popeye's are a cast of characters that as a queer person myself I could easily find in my own life. The nuance of Casey's writing is the feelings she elicits from the first page. You can smell Billy's pancakes, hear the bustle of NYC foot traffic on the Q and the screeching brakes of the train, feel the butterflies that float in your stomach when August sees Jane, imagine the taste of the sampling of bagels Jane tries to regain her memories, and feel the heated touch of Jane when she hands August a scarf to cover up her coffee spill. The banter, the drag queens, the pure feelings of moving to New York to try to figure out who you are and where you belong... these eternal themes, this endearing story, these unmissable characters, and this heartstrings-tugging love are a triumph. I am so damn grateful to live during the time of Casey McQuiston.

*thank you to st. martin's press & netgalley for a copy of this arc <3*

⭐️4.5 ⭐️
Casey McQuiston did a wonderful job of creating an entertaining, witty, and romantic love story once again! 'One Last Stop' has everything I love in a romance book: a found family with members who are all enjoyable but very different, a slightly cheesy meet-cute, and two remarkable main characters whose happiness makes me happy. I originally ranked this a 5⭐️ read, but after re-examining a certain line in the book, bumped it down to 4.5 ⭐️. The main love interest is a Chinese American queer woman from the 70's, which was a time period where being openly gay was definitely not socially or, in some cases, legally acceptable. Our main character is a white woman, and when Jane (love interest) has a homophobic and racist encounter with a man on the train, August (MC) tells her not to worry, and that most people "aren't like that anymore". There was no further discuss after that, and I feel that it is not August or Casey's place as white individuals to speak on the experiences that queer people of color face in modern America. Besides that line, the book was a wonderful read and I am extremely attached to the found family! I recommend this to audiences 17+

This was such an unexpected magical book. I loved that the author incorporated so many different types of queer relationships within the book while also touching on so many important social issues within the queer community. By far one of the best LGBTQIA+ I've ever read. I can't wait to read her other novel and forever look forward to what she published next!

Unlike the rest of the world, I've not yet read Red, White & Royal Blue. I keep meaning to, but... life. I'm going to get to it asap now, but goodness, what if it doesn't compare to this gem? This was SO good. It was enjoyable and cute, sweet and interesting, unique, fast paced, well written, I laughed, I cried, I gasped at the surprises. It was one of those books that are just so dang readable. the characters were great, unique, realistic, well developed. I just... really, really liked this one.

Whoa, this was one wild read on a train! This book caught my attention as I have enjoyed some time travel reads in the past, and it certainly sounded like an engaging and unique plot. And I'm happy to say it didn't disappoint.

I loved following along as Jane's unique situation is discovered- a gay woman who has been "stuck" on the train since the 70s. While the time that has passed feels like a blink to Jane, the decades she's missed leave her charmingly out of touch with today's world.

As our main character, August, both falls for Jane and starts to catch onto her situation, the story gets especially interesting. While I did find the middle of the book a little drawn out, the plot came back in full force and kept me engaged until the end. This was a very unique read and I definitely recommend it!

Thank you to St. Martin's Press for my gifted copy.

I absolutely LOVED this book. Casey McQuiston wrote a cast of characters that is topping my 2021 reading list. This book was a delight to read.

Ok. What the heck happened here.

Super major twist - ghosts?! I tried to get past the ghost aspect but I just couldn’t stay in the story.

Not for me. Bummer

Young adult moves to New York and finds a place and love, with a side of magic, is not exactly new, but McQuiston brings to this much-trod ground a cast of delightful characters and a fresh eye for the familiar sights of New York in a way that delighted me from start to end.

I LOVED Red, White, and Royal Blue, so when I saw this offered at NetGalley my expectations were high. And wow, were they met and exceeded!

August Landry is our central chapter, a newcomer to New York. She finds a job at an all-night pancake diner, and a bunch of roommates who, in lesser hands, might read like checkboxes for All The Diversity, but McQuiston brings them wonderfully to life.

The substrate here is August's daily trip on the Q train, on which she keeps encountering a girl who immediately draws her eye. Jane, it turns out . . .

No, I ought to stop right there. Part of the fun was unraveling the mystery along with August. So I'll close this out by saying that the story is fun, and insightful, and sometimes painful, the characters breathe off the page, and the narrative voice is just as whip-smart and charismatic as in that first book.

Definitely LGBTQ friendly, with a good dash of exuberant sex, for those noting such things.

I absolutely loved this book and could not put it down. The characters were amazing and it made me wish I could be friends with them! The book itself was just magical.

Yes yes yessss, Casey McQuiston has topped their debut book with this display of sapphic PERFECTION. The writing is impeccable, the meet-cute was adorable (and felt like it happened over and over again which I love), and Casey's ability to really flesh out characters until they feel so real it's like you're reading about your friends is just sheer brilliance.

I so so SO appreciate Netgalley and the publisher for the copy of this ebook, and it's one I will certainly be buying a hard copy of ASAP.

𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 3/5⭐️⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫: LGBTQIA+ relationships, drag queens, a lovable cast of characters, found family
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝: Casey McQuiston didn’t disappoint on the characters and their relationships—both the friendships and romantic ones. This book lived up to the standards that were set by Red, White, & Royal Blue: the writing was witty and smart, the supplemental characters rounded out the story, and the main romantic connection was both adorable and steamy. I loved the overall theme of finding family outside of those who are related to you by blood.
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𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞: I’ve been somewhat purposely not calling attention to the fact that I was reading this book because I know my issues with it are very niche and personal, and I don’t wish to discuss them further; but I still wanted to post a review in case there is one other person out there that it helps. The “magical” element was really disappointing for me. At the beginning, I gave it a chance and was interested to know why Jane was eternally bound to the subway line; but as the book progressed and it became clear what it was about, I became weary and uncomfortable. The theme of electricity/electric currents is not something that is lighthearted or playful for me, and for that reason the last third of this book was, at times, something I dreaded continuing. I nearly DNF’d at ~80%, but ultimately decided that knowing the resolution (especially because romance stories are formulaically required to have a happily-ever-after ending) was a better alternative than wondering. If you are also sensitive to this subject matter, I will say that I wish that I had known in advance and avoided the book entirely.

I admit this book wasn't my usual genre but I needed a LGBT book for my book challenge. I wasn't too sure about it at first, but then the quirky characters started to grow on me. The secondary characters really made the story great for me.
When August moves to New York, she's not expecting much. Between a shared apartment with weird roommates, a job at a 24- hour pancake diner, and her subway commute to college she's just getting by. But then she develops a crush on Jane, a fellow commuter who helps her out of an embarrassing situation. As she continues to see Jane and become friends, she finds a photograph from the 70s of Jane, who hasn't aged a day. August and her newfound friends from her apartment building try to figure out why Jane is lost in time.
Thank you to Netgalley and St Martin's for the opportunity to read this advanced reader copy. My review of this book is given voluntarily.

I have to say when I started reading this book, the story that came out was not the story I was expecting at all. The story that I read was so much better than the story I thought it was going to be.

First of all was totally not expecting the paranormal aspect of the story. It left me wondering how is this going to end happily, so of course I had to read until I finished.

Secondly it’s marketed as a romance story, and yes there is a romance between August and Jane, but it takes a backseat, at least for me it did. The real star was all the quirky characters, that became a family, and I absolutely loved it. I need friends like these.

Also the ending makes it seem like this could turn into a series, which I would totally read about August’s new adventures.