What more can I say about this book? Everyone's been saying to pick it up and almost everyone gave it a full 5-star rating and I'm just here trying not to expect too much but was still mind-blown. One Last Stop screams P.R.I.D.E and queer. It's a story of friendship (and I'm talking the I-got-your-back-forever kind), love, and belonging. The characters, the prose, the romance and the banters were all so well-done! I am in love with the found family depicted in this book and the diverse cast with different cultures, sexualities and religions. It's overall wholesome and amazing.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an arc of this book via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review!

August is a cynic who doesn’t believe in things like magic or love at first sight, but all that changes when she moves to NY and meets Jane on the subway. The only problem? Jane is literally displaced in time and it’s up to August to help her.

Don’t ask me how, but I honestly missed the part in the description that reveals the supernatural/sci-fi element of this book, but that just made it even more enjoyable! The characters leap off the page: each is clearly their own person and I loved meeting everyone. I also loved the diversity of the characters. It’s refreshing to read about people who feel completely unique and real. It felt like these people could exist somewhere in the world.

The story itself (aside from the notable twist in the description) was pretty predictable. While most of the basic story was a little predictable, there was more than enough twists and surprises woven in to keep me interested and make for a really great story.

Well worth the read!

One Last Stop is being called a romantic comedy, but I didn't get that at all. Don't get me wrong, it's beautiful and romantic, but I'm not so sure on the comedy.

It's a magical subway sapphic time slip romance. With pancakes. And a knife.

August has moved to New York to continue college and get further away from her mother's obsessive investigation into the disappearance of August's uncle in 1973. She finds a room with three quirky, queer, sweet people (one of whom is slightly psychic), across the hall from a drag queen. The found family in this book is So Very Good. Plus there's Pancake Billy's House of Pancakes, which is another part of the found family.

More importantly, there's Subway Girl/aka Jane, who share August's commute and is totally fascinating to August. Jane is a woman out of time. Literally.

A lot of the early portions of this book have an almost meditative quality. Then there are slightly more wacky bits, usually to do with pancakes or roommates or wild parties. And there is so much here that's just.... really heavy. August's family, her search for her uncle, her drive to find out more about Jane. And toward the end it gets really bleak. I was genuinely concerned that there wouldn't be an HEA.

It's a beautiful and moving story.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

August is determined not to attach herself to anyone or anything in her life. But things are about to change when she meets Jane on the train. Things become a lot more complicated when August soon realizes that Jane may also be displaced and stuck on the subway from the 1970s. Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the e-galley of One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston via NetGalley.

What a ride! (Unintended pun right there, but what works works.) One Last Stop was such a different contemporary romance in all the best ways possible. I don’t read a lot of science fiction (never really been into the genre) but in this particular case, I liked the sci-fi elements to the story. I thought it was really interesting to have Jane as a displaced individual from the 1970s and how it all worked into the plot. The story even had a little bit of mystery and intrigue to it as Jane was trying to remember her past and life- while at the same time, we understand that August’s mom has been searching for her long lost brother for years. Just felt like a perfect meld of all those different genres coming together to create this story - romance, mystery, science fiction.

I also really enjoyed the group of roommates and coworkers that August has around her who contribute to her change and growth, just as Jane does. It felt very Friends-like but way more diverse and queer to say the least. I was rooting for Jane and August the entire time and they need a hashtag - may I suggest #Jagust ? I’ll work on it or I’m sure the inevitable fandom for this couple will.

I was an avowed hater of Casey McQuiston's first book, Red, White & Royal Blue, so I had fairly low expectations going into One Last Stop. I'm happy to say I found this LEAGUES better than RWRB, though it does suffer from some similar issues.

Maybe I am heartless or just a negative Nelly, but I consistently find McQuiston's ~quirky~ characters to be one-note at best and deeply irritating at worst. It sometimes feels as if she draws weird traits out of a hat and applies them to her characters with abandon. I feel like this would work for me if I were a teenager with no personality, but unfortunately I am an adult with no personality so I just find it annoying. In general, there were fewer of these types of characters in OLS than in RWRB, which I appreciated. Instead, McQuiston has chosen to apply these quirky traits to New York City as a whole, turning the city into a mythical place where drag queens are magic and you can hook up on the floor of a subway car without worrying that you're lying in piss or rat poop. The New York of OLS does not exist; it is as much a fantasy as the romance at the center of the story. Again, maybe I'm just not the right reader for this book, but that fantasy really kept me from enjoying the story, especially because the few moments that take place in New Orleans did actually feel real.

I also struggled with the mystery at the center of the story about August's uncle Augie. Not only did I just not really care about him, I had a serious problem with McQuiston's co-opting of a real-life hate crime (the UpStairs Lounge fire) for emotional capital. It felt cheap, and as this story is in some ways meant to celebrate queer history, I couldn't help but be left with a bad taste in my mouth regarding the use of this relatively recent tragedy, especially considering that Augie ends up not even actually being a victim of the fire. It simply felt thrown in to communicate, like, "being gay back in the day was hard" and to again provide an easy emotional punch that was really lessened by the reveal of Augie's actual fate. That coupled with the multiple all-too-coincidental turns that unfolded the mystery and Augie's connection to Jane lessened my investment in the book.

And let's talk about that ending--I know Happily Ever Afters are more or less required for romance novels, but I just could not believe that Jane actually was able to stay in the present. I was very moved by the part after the whole plot to break Jane out of the subway in which August goes through the city without her, to the point that I actually cried, but when Jane showed back up it was like all of that emotion was immediately undercut. And for what? To add a few more sex scenes? I don't get it. It's been over a month since I finished this book and yet when I look back at it, I mostly find frustration with the ending. I get that McQuiston's whole thing is giving queer people happy endings, and as a queer person I truly do appreciate that, but COME ONNNNNNNN it was just so cheap to have Jane magically show back up, and her family magically still be alive and contactable, and everything magically work out. UGH. I would have much preferred Jane to be sent back to her original time and August to go on without her. Maybe romance as a genre just isn't for me.

HAPPY PUB DAY TO THIS GEM OF A BOOK!

But also, like, don’t be like Sabrina and read the synopsis first 😂

I didn’t and I got halfway through before I gave in and read the synopsis. It explained a lot 😅 I think if I didn’t it would have changed my rating for the book.

But I did! Therefore, I loved the book and thought it was super cute!

I’m not a big sci-fi person, so I didn’t like it as much as her last one but it was still such a sweet and wonderful read.

Loved the romance and the LGBQT+ characters of course. Niko was my favorite out of all of them. His comments had me constantly laughing 🤣

Definitely recommend and you guys should pick this book up today!!

Also, it’s the first day of #flattenthenetgalleys so make sure you head to my highlights for the templates and tag me in the all posts!

A complete 180 from Casey McQuiston's debut Red, White, & Royal Blue less glamour and unlimited funds and more skating by the skin of your teeth trying to make it in life while still enjoying life. But it's also just as well written with similar overall vibes of embracing queerness and uniqueness and timely humor. June and August's love story is beautiful and wonderful. It's a great second novel and I hope it receives as much acclaim and accolades.

Thank you @netgalley & publisher!

This book was such a fun and unexpected surprise!
This is about a f/f romance that is set in the train station and it has some time travel elements to it. It does have a mystery feel to it but it doesn’t take away from the romance.

Anyways, this book is amazing and such be read ASAP!

HIGHLIGHTS
~pancakes
~subways are Romantic now
~psychic roommate
~drag queens!!!
~every woman should own a pocketknife
~assembling a bed = sexy AF

I want to write love letters to this book. I want to write it terrible poetry. I want to buy a copy for every one of my friends and shove it in their faces. Hells yes, this is the book to kick off Pride! There cannot possibly be a better way to start Pride Month than with One Last Stop!

Where am I supposed to even start with the gazillion reasons that you need to read this book???

If you’ve already read Red, White, and Royal Blue, then you don’t need me to tell you that this is awesome – it’s another Casey McQuiston novel, of course it’s awesome – but if you haven’t. Well.

What if I tell you that I got sucked into the worst depression spiral I’ve had in months – and One Last Stop was still able to make me laugh? Gave me such a shot of serotonin, in fact, that I was back to my normal self – better than my normal self – after just two chapters?

I mean. Don’t stop taking your meds, folx. But One Last Stop is pure serotonin in book form.

August is an absolute delight of a protagonist, in huge part because she is not, in fact, the most delightful person. She’s not sweet and nice and friendly (at least at first glance); she’s awkward and suspicious and finds other people confusing at best, and she always carries a pocket-knife, and she Makes Plans for everything because she doesn’t know how to deal if she doesn’t. Before I even made it to chapter two, I adored her.

August, a suburban girl with a swimming pool of student loan debt and the social skills of a Pringles can

It doesn’t hurt that McQuiston has you cracking up at least once per page; I swear I almost broke my ereader with all the highlights of bits I had to read out loud to the hubby – and then repeat them because I was giggling too hard for him to make out what I was saying. SOCIAL SKILLS OF A PRINGLES CAN. Gods, it’s equal parts hysterical and relatable.

No worries August; there’s a reason everyone loves Pringles.

One Last Stop opens with August arriving in New York (from where, we do not yet know) and finding herself a room. With New York prices, that means a roommate. In fact, it means several roommates, all of whom seem utterly bizarre in very human ways; the kind of weird that immediately makes a character feel like a real person, because surely no one can make this up. One’s psychic, one’s an artist, one is… Wes.

Her mental field guide to making friends is a two-page pamphlet that just says: DON’T

It’s fine, everything’s FIIIIIIIIIIINE.

Anyway. She gets a job and her classes start and then…the subway.

The hottest girl August has ever seen just took one look at her and said, “Yikes.”

The subway – the Q – is where she meets Jane. Who is gorgeous, and ridiculously cool, and open-handedly kind.

And is stuck in some kind of subway-related time-slip. She’s supposed to be in the 1970s, and she’s…not.

It’s a thing. And it’s not fine.

One of the (many) things that surprised and delighted me was how quickly One Last Stop revealed its supernatural elements; yes, Jane’s situation is described in the blurb, so it’s not a surprise, but I thought it would take longer for August to figure it out.

“Wait. Holy shit. She is always wearing the exact same thing.”

“You only just noticed she has one outfit?”

“I don’t know! It’s ripped jeans and a leather jacket! Every lesbian I’ve ever met has that outfit!”

But that was me underestimating her. She figures it out, and then…then she’s gonna fix it. Solve it. Help Jane.

It really has nothing to do with Jane being breathtakingly wonderful. August would help her regardless.

…But the being breathtakingly wonderful doesn’t hurt. Except for how it does, because August is falling for her and that doesn’t complicate things at all.

Jane laughs, which is rocketing straight up August’s list of favorite sounds in the universe. She’s gonna trap it in a shell like a sea witch. It’s fine.

I don’t often get super-invested in romantic arcs. In a lot of Fantasy, it’s an afterthought or an extra, not usually integral to the overall story; here, of course, the romance is the story, and the fantastical elements are…well, they’re super important, but they’re also not the point. The point is the love story, and I mean, there shouldn’t be so much anticipation building and building throughout the book when you know they’re going to get together. Because of course they are! But McQuiston did it beautifully in Red, White, & Royal Blue and has done it once again: presented a romance I cannot help but fall for.

I am in love with August and Jane’s love. There, I said it. AND I REGRET NOTHING!

August is an MC who I think almost everyone can identify with; and those who don’t see themselves in her will still adore her, because she is so believably, humanly odd, and anxious, with her pocketknife and her notebooks full of field notes about Other Humans. She is so capable, and she has so much grit, and she has a prickly outside but only because she is raw and soft inside her shell. We love her because she’s us.

And then you have Jane, who is so much larger than life, who is a hardcore, honest-to-the-gods punk and definitely knows how to make and use a molotov cocktail. She’s sexy and confident and brave and unselfconscious. She’s dazzling. She’s the love interest who makes us swoon. And she is not a damsel in distress, but she does need rescuing, and something about the juxtaposition of that – the strength and need, the confidence and the vulnerability, the badassery and the fear of what she’s trapped in – I am not used to analysing love interests, but I think McQuiston nailed it. We love August because she’s us; we love Jane because we want to be her. And help her. And maybe kiss her. PERHAPS.

August thinks she’s going to need more notebooks. It’ll take a million to hold this girl.

The dynamic between them, the way the relationship develops… I mean. I wanted to cackle and also to cheer and there was definitely some swooning going on. There are some Delightful Tropes. There are moments of silliness. And there is so much heart in this; not passion (although there’s that too) but, just…caring. Both of these girls have such huge hearts, and so much kindness and compassion to give, to give to each other. Watching how that – that kind of intrinsic trying-to-be-a-good-person-ness – evolved into romantic love? Is beautiful.

And so, so funny.

And, I mean. I’m ace, so I hope that gives a bit more weight to my declaration that oh yes, the sexy is here, there, and everywhere. It’s so well done??? I shouldn’t have been surprised after Red, White & Royal Blue, but still – wow. It’s hot and wonderful and there’s all the emotion and giggles and it’s just genuinely *chef’s kiss* brilliant.

she grabs August by the chin and kisses her hard and brilliant, an open-mouthed exhale, shotgunning summer sunshine.

Zooming out from August and Jane for a minute… This is a romantic comedy; there is romance, and there is a lot of comedy. But it’s also deeply and profoundly a queer book, a book about modern queerness and queer history, about the queer experience, about the found-family so many queer people end up building and forming and falling into. The one we make, not necessarily because our blood-family is bad, but because there is something special, a relief and a joy, in finding Our People, in forming a pack of People Like Us. It’s more than ‘oh, you’re not cishet either?’ I’m ace, but I don’t magically click with every other ace person on the planet. It doesn’t work like that. It’s not about the specifics of your sexuality and/or gender identity matching those of the people around you. It’s about being queer. Queerness as an identity. As a philosophy, as an outlook, as a way of existing in the world and interacting with it. It means something slightly different for everyone, but it always means community. It always means family.

And that’s a huge part of One Last Stop. The romance is at the center of it all; of course it is. But the romance wouldn’t work without August’s support network, without the family she’s managed to find in New York. Without them teaching her how to let people in, I don’t see how she could ever have reached out to Jane, and then we wouldn’t have this book, and that would be a tragedy.

August and Jane are incredible – but so are the rest of the cast. The roommates, oh, the roommates!!! The drag queens, the fry cooks, even August’s mother – they all feel so real, like they’ll step out from the pages at any moment, or like you might step in, and either way you’ll be laughing till you cry because gods, they are all just awesome.

“I wish I were never born,” August moans into the floor.

“Retweet,” Wes says solemnly.

And I have to take a sec to mention how McQuiston quietly draws a line that goes Queer Past –> Queer Present. We don’t get taught queer history in school, and a lot of us don’t know much about it, and one of the most poignant moments in the book has got to be when August realises that this beautiful, glittery, celebratory event she’s at wouldn’t exist without the people like Jane having come before them and laid the groundwork, going to war for it. Without the rioters and the steel-toed boots and the demonstrations and the people who fought for it. There are many parts of the world still fighting – hells, who am I kidding, we’re all still fighting, the fight isn’t over yet. But we’ve come a long way from the 1970s, and I get to live the life I want because of all the people who came before me, and that is precious, it matters, and it was wonderful to see it acknowledged. I hope it inspires people to read up on and research our history. It’s important.

There is so much to One Last Stop. It has layers and layers like a stack of pancakes and there is so much syrup and everything about it is perfect. It’s about finding your feet and finding Your People and finding a romance for the ages. It’s about being weird and awkward and how there are people who will love you anyway, who will love you because of your weirdTM. It’s about blood-family and found-family and taking notes and Making Plans. It’s about finding your teeth and your laugh and your power, the power of being yourself, and yes I know how cheesy that sounds but deal with it, just because it’s cheesy doesn’t mean it’s not still true.

This is a book that will light you up inside, that will make you smile and grin and laugh out loud. It’s a book that makes the rest of the world disappear, drags you in and wraps you up and magics all the aches and pains and exhaustion away. It is indulgence; it is escapism; it is a delight. One Last Stop is a defibrillator that will shock your heart full of pure ridiculous fierce joy, and it is perfect. It is perfect.

4.75 Stars. This was lovely. It always feels good when a book, with a lot of hype and highly anticipated, is about as great as you could have hoped for. The hype surrounding this romance is definitely real. If more New Adult stories were written like this, I’d be reading this genre constantly. This is my first time reading McQuiston, but what she is doing for queer fiction, as one of the authors helping to make it more mainstream, is just so appreciated and wonderful. I think of all these young queer readers that have easy access to the kind books that I never did, and it just makes my heart happy.

I do want to mention, encase other readers have the same issue, that it did take me a little while to get into the book. While the book was interesting right off the bat, the writing style took a minute to get used to. This is written in third person but only one POV. I’m not a fan of this because I figure why not just do first person. The other issue is that this was in present tense. Third person, present tense, with only one POV is rare and as a reader you need time to acclimate to it. But, everything will click into place and once it does, the story really takes off and you don’t even realize you are reading a different style anymore. My suggestion is to give this book time, it deserves it, and I think you will be really happy that you did.

This is a long book, almost twice the size of a normal romance, but it doesn’t feel like it. There was only one time around the 40% mark that I felt like the book was starting to get a little slow, but the second half really picks up and I found myself wanting more when the book was done. While I thought the ending was well done, and not rushed, I just wanted to keep reading. While I love romance, I’m the kind of person that loves something else with their romance. This book has this delightful hint of sci-fi -or is it magic?- which took this book to a whole other level for me. Who is this mysterious woman that August can’t stop thinking about? Is she alive? Is she a ghost? What is this secret about Jane and can August have her love story anyway?

The unusual twist in the plot was really well done. I’m not going to get into specifics for spoiler reasons but this was such a different but adorable romance idea. And while I loved the plot, I’m a character driven reader at heart and this book hit that part out of the park. All the characters, even the secondary characters with very small rolls, where so well written. All of the characters were unique, diverse, and just fully formed people. Of course Jane absolutely steals the show, but I haven’t been this impressed by so many different characters in a long time.

There is plenty I would love to talk more about but I don’t want to ruin a thing for new readers. This book will be in the running for best feel-good romance of the year and I hope everyone reads it. You may be wondering why I didn’t give this a full 5 stars. Am I being a little picky? Yes, but the only reason is that I’m not sure I would reread this again. Because I read 200-300 books a year, to separate them a bit, my rule for the past few years is that full 5 star reads are saved for books I would reread if I had the time. While this was a truly epic romance book, I don’t feel like I would need to read it again. However, I would read a sequel or a spin-off in a heartbeat. It’s impressive how after only two books McQuiston is taking the book world by storm. I would easily and happily recommend this to any romance fans. This is a book you won’t want to miss.

I loved this book. I fell in love with all of the characters and the story had me hooked from the beginning, especially Jane😍 Casey’s inclusion of tidbits of Chinese culture and “things only Chinese people would understand” had me wanting to text my mom when she described “yeet hay” and the chrysanthemum tea “remedy” for it 🌼IYKYK‼️

The concept for this one is so unique, with so many layers, my review can’t do this one justice but you are all in for a treat once this baby hits the stands on Tuesday.

I LOVED this book - a bit science fiction, a bit romance, a bit historical, a bit political, mostly about finding trust, hope, community, family and purpose.

August has had an unorthodox childhood - her single mom is OBSESSED with a missing person's case. The case drives and shapes everything August. August learns to read early in order to read file labels for her mom. She learns that love is not trustworthy. August learns to be isolated, defensive and socially awkward but extremely observant, detail orientated and solver of puzzles.

In an effort to escape THE CASE, August runs to NYC for college. There, she meets the people who will help her solve the ultimate puzzle - herself.

Highly recommend this book.

An enormous thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and of course Casey McQuiston for providing me with an eARC of this book. I am leaving a review voluntarily, all opinions are my own.

It's official, I'll read anything McQuiston writes from here out. I enjoyed Red White and Royal Blue, but this one I absolutely ADORED. From start to finish, I was honestly hooked and so invested in the storyline. August was such a great main character- I loved that she was flawed and realistic and had her moments of doubt or made decisions she couldn't back up later; she felt real, and that always makes for such a great read.

The cast of characters in this book were phenomenal. The rep in this book was so well done, and it all fit into the storyline without it feeling forced. We had bi, gay, lesbian, trans, pansexual representation, and then some. The characters themselves were all so real and authentic and I wanted each of them to be happy, her roommates are people I would LOVE to be friends with.

The storyline was so interesting, we've got mysteries (yes, plural), time-travel, a heist, and drag-shows galore. I cannot recommend this book highly enough, I will definitely be buying a physical copy and I've already told a few people that I'm making them read this.

I'm a jaded, long-time romance reader, and I loved Red, White & Royal Blue so much that it was urgent that I keep my expectations in check for One Last Stop. One Last Stop is Casey McQuiston's sophomore book, and I thought to expect it to be anywhere near as successful as Red, White & Royal Blue would be foolish. In truth, I barely read the blurb (and then promptly forgot what I read, as is my custom with blurbs), so the book was almost wholly a surprise to me. And, guys, I loved it. I loved it so much.

I started One Last Stop last night intending to just read a few chapters, and I stayed up all night last reading. I almost cried when it ended. I never wanted it to stop.

However, when I started the story, I felt a little... uneasy. Third person, present tense writing isn't my thing, and I was feeling a little disconnected from the story. At 10% in, I wasn't sure about it, didn't know where the plot was taking me, but once I started to piece things together, I was hooked (remember, didn't read the blurb...).

I'm a time-travel, time-slip junkie, and books with those elements have a huge statistical advantage over contemporary books to be favorites of mine. Imagine my utter delight when I realized the full plot of this story. I was obsessed.

Also, let me wax poetic about the chemistry. I've read a lot of romance books in my time, and I have certain preferences that are long established. I like my romances slow-burn and with enough sexual tension that it's thick and almost tangible. I like things to build and build and build until everything explodes. Casey McQuiston paced this romance perfectly. The physical and romantic chemistry grew and grew until it was unbearable, and then everything crescendoed and exploded. As someone who reads a lot of explicit romance, I would probably categorize this as on the tamer side, but because the sexual tension is incredibly built-up, it felt so satisfyingly erotic.

Aside from the physical, I ached for these characters. I absolutely loved them together and I was rooting for them as a couple like I haven't in a long time. I was near tears at time while reading, just because of my own overwhelming feelings about the romance. Casey McQuiston made me love this couple and their epic romantic story.

While the main characters were enough to carry the story alone, the side characters were all so amazing and well-developed that it enhanced an already amazing story. I'm talking the queer cast of my dreams, each with their own backstory and interest and flaws. I fell in love with each of them, and I found myself wanting to live in a little 6-story walk-up in Flatbush, just so we could hang out. They were all so impossibly interesting and cool, and Casey McQuiston wrote them all with such care and nuance.

There are so many factors that I can't touch upon completely in this review because it's already extremely long and embarrassingly gushy. I'm talking about the Asian rep (an Asian butch character in a leather jacket, seriously be still my f*ing heart), the bisexual MC in a F/F romance, DRAG QUEENS, the backdrop of New York (in my opinion, the greatest city in the world), the 24 hour pancake house, and the mystery of the MCs uncle. I could wax poetic about this book for another 1,000 words, but instead, just read the book yourself. I'm seriously just ordering you to order it now.

Casey McQuiston, you did it. One Last Stop was the time-slip, sapphic romance of my dreams.

*Copy provided in exchange for an honest review*

4.5 STARS

I have a confession to make: I requested this one without reading the blurb properly. I saw Casey McQuiston? I adored her RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE so that was an automatic YES PLEASE from me. I didn't realize it was FF and honestly, I wouldn't have request it if I'd known beforehand. So, I'm glad about my neglect otherwise I wouldn't have had the chance to read this gem of a book.

Just in time for Pride Month McQuiston gives us ONE MORE STOP, a story so jock-full of diverse delightful characters, it was a joy to read. it is told from August's point of view, a bi-sexual young woman, broke and a little directionless, who moves from NOLA to New York City. She moves in with a ragtag bunch of characters who will conquer your heart. Riding the Q-line on her every day commute to school she meets an enigmatic young woman who gives her a scarf to cover August's coffee mishap. Soon she specifically seeks out Subway Girl on her daily train ride. Although Jane Su is an intriguing, mesmerizing woman something doesn't add up. Like how she listens to cassette tapes or doesn't know smart phones. August, being somewhat an expert in investigating people starts to dig into Jane's history and what she finds blows her mind.

This whole premise was spell-binding from the get-go. The whole time travel/time slippage theory was absolutely fascinating. From the start August and Jane's romance is impossible and yet, both lonely in their own ways, they think the short time they might have together would be worth what comes after. On August's mission to find out Jane's forgotten past she also discovers her uncle's fate, who has been missing for decades and finds her purpose in life.

August's roommates and co-workers were the best of the best. Each and every one of them endearing, loyal without fail and resourceful. Every single one unique, quirky and lovable. Together they save a pancake joint from closing and find out how to save Jane from riding the Q-Line for all eternity.

The time travel setting also takes us on a historical journey and teaches us what it meant to be queer in the last couple of decades. That hate crimes towards the LGBTQ+ community happen in every era. And that being different doesn't mean that you are somehow...less. That tolerance isn't enough but acceptance and love of diversity should be the goal.

Casey McQuiston's writing style is so easy to absorb. The humor, fun and emotion, the supernatural, clever storyline, the star crossed lovers trope and the wonderfully quirky characters lift this book to the next level. However, I have to admit that the supporting characters outshone August in some parts (and don't get me started on how much I love Jane) and the story was a tiny bit slow in others which is why I can't give this 5 stars but it was still an amazing book.

One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston is a f/f romantic comedy that also brings some mystery and magic to the table. August is new to New York City and meets Jane on her subway commute. She quickly develops a crush but then realizes that Jane is actually lost in time.

This book was such a fun and pleasant surprise for me! I really enjoyed it, and the magic of Jane being stuck in time was a delightful change from the typical rom coms that I enjoy. The romance was both sweet and steamy, and the author did a wonderful job of showing the romantic progression from friends to more. I loved the character development for August and the way the story unfolded in terms of pacing and character revelations. I also loved each of the side characters and the roles the played in August and Jane's story.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Griffin for the ARC of this title which did not affect the contents of my voluntary review. All opinions are honest and my own.

I would say I'm surprised at how much I adored this book, but I'd be lying. After loving RWRB, I knew I'd read anything Casey McQuiston writes and love it. One Last Stop, this unabashedly queer, found family, love that transcends time kind of book is proof of that.

This is full of an incredible and eccentric cast of characters with some really amazing representation and I loved that about it. The banter was great, it's clearly a love letter to NYC and the subway system, and I laughed out loud a few times. I am not a huge fan of magical realism and time travel, but that might be more of a "its not you, it's me" thing.

The strength of this book is the character. I think I liked the side character of her roommate's and the workers at the diner more than August. I liked August well enough but everyone else felt a little more three-dimensional than her. The pacing was a little off for me in a sense that it felt like it took longer than it should've to read the book not that it missed any beats of a great story.

The characters and plot grew on me, especially after the midpoint. They took root, and I was very relieved to know that is a romance and a HEA is a guaranteed because it really did not seem like it would happen.

My favorite part was the connection with her missing uncle and his connection to that little piece of New Orleans history I learned on a dark history tour: The Upstairs Lounge fire. I literally gasped out loud. That inclusion of the piece of queer history is the first time I've seen it a fiction book. I've read an entire book on the fire, and it was just cool to see, and it worked so seamlessly.

One Last Stop will satisfy all romance fans with a dash of science-fiction to extra fun.

An LGBTQ love story set on a New York subway with a time-slip mystery at its center, One Last Stop is sweet and engaging, but not entirely logical. I enjoyed the characters and their star-crossed lovers appeal, but the book does get a little bogged down in unraveling the hows and whys of the time-slip and dwelling on the characters' family histories.