I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I'm gonna be honest, when I received a copy of this book I legit screamed because this was one of my most anticipated reads and it did NOT disappoint!

I'm a Casey McQuiston stan first and a person second. This book was fun, emotional and a total page-turner.

Casey has the exact type of millenial humor that cracks me up and her irriverent voice is present in her wonderful characters who I loved with all of my heart.

The story starts with August moving to New York to attend college and she would never imagine that working at a 24-hour pancake dinner and moving in with three weird roommates would completely change her life.

But there's more. On her way to class, she meets Jane and immediately develops a crush on her. There's only one problem: Jane is literally stuck on the subway due to a displacement in time, so August will try everything in her power to help her go back to the 1970, where she comes from.

I completely fell in love with August's roommates, Niko, Myla and Wes. They are the right level of quirky and they each had a distinct personality and voice.

The last chapters made me feel all warm and fuzzy and that's my favorite part of reading books - when the book leaves you with a very good memory.

I love the trope of found family and the accurate LGBTQ representation. At the end of the book I found myself wanting to be a part of August's found family.

I highly recommend this to people who read and loved RWRB - even though it's a different vibe - and to people who are looking for a cute and fun romcom about finding yourself and opening up to love.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this early!

**I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.**
Earlier this year. I was given the ARC for "Red, White, and Royal Blue", and it blew me away. So when I saw that her newest book was available, I jumped on the chance to read it.

This book is not another 'Red, White, and Royal Blue." That is not a negative. It is just something to prepare anyone who is looking for a repeat. It is similar in that it still has sparkling dialogue, quick wit, and a group of people that you immediately fall in love with. There is the theme of found family and less than stellar birth families.
In my early romance days, I read a lot of time travel/ stuck in time books. I read a lot of them. Most were historicals, but there were a few contemporaries. Some even had the theme of this book, that the soul is stuck in one particular place or object.
August came from a single mother who was obsessed with finding out what happened to her brother, He left their home near New Orleans and went to New York in the 1970's. When his letters stopped coming, her mother started obsessing. She pulled August out of school to help. They moved a lot, trying to catch a thread of the brother. August did not have a usual childhood. As soon as she is able, she moves far from her mother but cannot seem to find her place. Until she boards a subway in New York and meets Jane.
Jane is fearless. She hosts dance parties on stalled subways and flirts with August whenever she comes onboard the q. However, she soons starts to wonder why she is always on this train and why her memories are so fuzzy.
Jane and August are adorable. I loved how August tries so hard. She is extremely shy and slightly awkward. She has no idea what to do with this cool, confident, sexy woman. Once they figure out that Jane is stuck, August has a task and that is all she needs.
I loved the entire group of friends. I am a little confused about Wes' reluctance to be involved with anyone. I don't feel like a got a real handle on him. Since he is a side character, it does not ruin the book but I am nosy and I need to know what he is up with him.
I really enjoyed this story. A girl stuck on a subway since the 1970's, a diner that is at the center in many ways, quirky but loving roommates, drag queens with big hearts, and a woman trying to find her place in the world. Mysteries are solved and bonds are formed and it is a lovely fascinating story.

If Red, White & Royal Blue provided a much needed escapist fantasy during the Trump-era hellscape, One Last Stop is perfect for the pandemic, when all I want is to take the subway, eat in public, and join a beautiful crush of bodies partying with abandon.

I’m so surprised and impressed that Casey McQuiston could write this book after the Wild success of RWRB, because apart from “cute twenty-something gays yearning and flirting,” it’s clear that One Last Stop is trying something totally different. This book is sadder, more grounded and small.

It’s still a fun time, though. The parties are written with this amazing frenetic, glittery energy, the sex is sexy, and the bubbly queerness of this book - the found family and drag shows and deep wells of love and acceptance - glows warmly.

The writing is a very particular kind of cluttered and quirky, so it probably my won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. But I’m struggling to find a criticism... I just really liked this.

Bonus: lots of 1970s queer history, New York as a character, plenty of happysad moments to make you cry.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the advanced review copy!

RATING: 3.5/5 STARS

Casey McQuiston's writing in ONE LAST STOP is sharp and full of humor and heart, just like her debut novel. However, I admit I did not enjoy this book as much as her first one because a lot of the plot revolves around the mystery behind Jane being stuck in the subway and for some reason that part didn't engage me as much. The romantic scenes between August and Jane were the highlight for me. The supporting characters were also so well-characterized and unique - I love the concept of "found family" demonstrated throughout the novel. Read this if you're looking for some great wlw rep with diverse characters.

Casey McQuiston offered up another non-heteronormative masterpiece. August spots the love her life on a subway..... but there’s something off about Jane. This book had mystery, love, family woes, and so much friendship. Loved it, even if it made me cry!

One Last Stop is the hint-of-magic sapphic love story I have been CRAVING! It was cute, it was clever, it was hilarious, you name it and it had it. I adored the side-characters SO MUCH, and I felt they were all developed well. Honestly, it was wonderful. Highly Recommend!

4.25/4.5 stars. I really liked this novel.

Thanks for the ARC Netgalley, and what a fun one it was! Spicy queer romance, time bending science, weird and hilarious characters, some fabulous drag personas and of course New York City. There's just so many great bits in here it's hard to pick a fav, but punk ass Jane was pretty stellar. Lots of pop culture references and I'm sure many New York references that were lost on me, this book has something for everyone.

CASEY HAS DONE IT AGAIN! A master of the page! This was one of my most anticipated books of 2021 and it did NOT disappoint! SWOON WORTHY is putting it mildly!

This book was fantastic. As a huge fan of Red White & Royal Blue I was nervous about this one not capturing the same magic. I did not have anything to worry about though, as Casey nailed it again. The story of August and Jane is so different from anything I have read before, especially in the romance genre. The characters have complex backgrounds, and development as the story progresses. I found myself routing for them while trying to wrap my brain around how it would even be possible. The mix of vintage and modern with some science fiction thrown in was just a killer combination.

I loved Casey McQuiston's first book, Red, White, & Royal Blue, so much that I read it three separate times this year. Yet somehow, she wrote a book that I love even more. I have absolutely zero complaints about One Last Stop.

The romances (yes, there's more than one) are believable and heartwarming, the characters are relatable and lovable, the setting is perfect, and the story is packed with humor and found-family goodness. The development of Jane's story and character throughout the entire book left me thoroughly impressed with McQuiston's ability to weave such a complicated backstory into the science fiction elements and the romance perfectly. And the representation! We have a plus-sized bisexual main character with anxiety, a Chinese-American "butch" lesbian (term used in the book), a trans Latinx character, a Black drag queen who loves the emotionally unavailable boy across the hall - and it's all portrayed wonderfully. For multiple reasons, I also got massive RENT vibes from this book, too, in all the best ways.

Obviously, I adored this book and will be recommending it to literally everyone.

This was such a cute, mysterious, heartfelt romance. Critically speaking i think it is much better than Red, White, and Royal Blue, but both are excellent queer romances. One Last Stop follows August as she moves to Brooklyn to start yet another chapter in her life. August has never found a place that feels like home, but that changes when she moves into an apartment over a Popeye's with three other roommates. August's life in New York becomes even more exciting when she spots a mysterious girl on the subway and immediately catches feelings.

This book surprised and delighted me. You're in for one heck of a ride.

Absolutely loved it.

After the wild success of Red, White, and Royal Blue, every library should be purchasing many copies of One Last Stop, anyway, but let me tell you: it's good. It's really good.

23-year-old August moves to NYC and finds her footing with her found-family roommates and a job at a diner. When she has a sweet meet cute with a hot, mysterious woman on the subway, she develops a powerful crush. But there seems to be something strange going on with Hot Subway Girl. She's always on the subway. And she never leaves. At least August always knows where to go if she wants to bump into her crush...

The magical aspect of this book adds to the sexy sweetness, and the overall impression this book left on me was a big, warm hug. Highly recommend!

I’m usually pretty difficult with romances but omg this is definitely going to be one of my favourite books of this year.

I love Jane & August so much. Both girls were incredibly well-written and had very well-rounded personalities individually, and together their chemistry was absolutely off the chart. I felt so immersed in their romance & honestly kept smiling really hard during their romantic scenes. The development of their relationship also felt completely natural & not rushed, and you could really feel the range of emotions that August went through as her relationship with Jane evolved.

The cast of characters was quite diverse, which is always appreciated. In terms of LGBTQ+ representation, August is bisexual, Jane is a lesbian, multiple side characters were some flavour of sapphic or mlm, and one was a trans man. All of the queer representation was brought up very naturally and casually; it wasn’t ever something that needed to be justified or that created conflict in the story, the characters were just unapologetically queer, which personally is my favourite type of queer rep. New York’s drag scene was also a relatively significant part of the story, which was really fun to read about! The characters also come from a variety of racial & cultural backgrounds, including Jane being Chinese American, a few Black side characters including one who has a Chinese adoptive mother, a Puerto-Rican side character, and more. I really can’t judge the quality of that representation, though, so I would really recommend you read reviews written by people with those identities to see what their thoughts were!

As you probably know from the synopsis, Jane essentially comes from the 1970s. Related to that, another aspect of this book that I absolutely loved was how the author wove in many historical events, including many related to queer history, into the story through Jane’s backstory. The Stonewall riots, anti-war protests, the UpStairs Lounge fire (this one I somehow didn’t even know about before reading this but the book pushed me to research it & learn more), and more, are all explored to some degree in the story. They’re always included in a very natural way, where it’s very clear that the goal isn’t to namedrop historical events just for the sake of it, but rather to remind us of important parts of our history, especially in terms of queer history.

There are many more things I could say but I’ll leave it at that for my official review. Final verdict: I really loved this & hope you all get to read it when it is published in May! Lots of love to Casey McQuiston for writing this beautiful book.

Unforunately due to religious reasons I did not read this book so please void this review.

I requested it before I realized this, my apologies.

The ARC of this novel was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Casey McQuiston’s sophomore novel, ONE LAST STOP, is the quieter, indie romance film to RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE’s shiny, summer blockbuster, though this makes it no less gorgeous, relevant, or profound.

Twenty-three-year-old August Landry is a cynic who moves to New York City hoping to find a city full of bitterness that she can disappear into. What she finds, instead, are warm roommates who welcome her into their makeshift family and introduce her to the city’s vibrant queer community, and an impossible, mysterious, charming woman on the Q who she can’t stop thinking about. What follows is a story of learning how to believe, of the families we choose, and of the miraculous impossibility of love.

McQuiston has written two books, and her second, ONE LAST STOP, will be published this coming June. As with any author who writes a seemingly flawless debut novel, I’ll admit I was a bit nervous coming into this one, especially because the plot sounded quite dramatically different. I loved the political subplot of RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE, and that would be absent in this novel. Would the plot be just as interesting? Most importantly, would I love August and Jane as much as I love Alex and Henry?

Well, turns out I had absolutely nothing to worry about.

As I sat down to begin reading ONE LAST STOP, as I was sucked into the world of August’s New York City, with her cramped, dated Brooklyn apartment, her crappy waitressing job, and her roommates, for whom chaotic good is the only satisfying descriptor...I felt like I was snuggling into a warm blanket. Reading McQuiston’s books, I realized, feels like coming home. McQuiston has this remarkable way of making me, at least, feel as though they are a part of the characters’ lives. I feel like I know August, I feel as though her friends are my friends, and I care about her and them all as though they were.

August Landry is a 23-year-old who has recently transferred to Brooklyn College in New York City, though she is a native of Louisiana. She’s been floundering around at different universities for the past couple of years, unsure what to study, unsure what kind of life to pursue. She is so smart, and because of her mom’s obsession with her own brother’s disappearance in the 1970s, August is an excellent detective. But her mother’s obsession has also made August bitter, and jaded, so much so that she has resigned herself to being a lonely recluse until Jane dares her to want more, to want and feel worthy of love.

Ah, Jane Su. If I’m not careful this whole review will just turn into a Jane Su love letter. Jane Su is the rainbow that comes after August’s rainstorm, which emerges behind parted clouds wearing high tops and a leather jacket, set to a Sex Pistols soundtrack. Okay, that comparison got away from me a bit, but I’m just gonna run with it. While August is somewhat bitter and lonesome, Jane is the bright sun that bursts into August’s life and changes her for forever--she shows her how to be brave, and happy, and embrace relationships instead of running away from them. She’s kind, a shameless flirt, and unfailingly charming. She’s the kind of woman who can start impromptu dance parties on the subway (because, well, she does it in the book). Jane’s the kind of character that no one can help but love. I mean, literally--another aspect of the novel that I really liked is the series of newspaper clippings, blog posts, radio talk show transcripts, etc, at the beginning of every chapter that trace Jane’s presence on the Q throughout recent history. We see how Jane has left an impression on countless people, no matter who they are or when they are from. And not for nothing, but I would pay an absurd amount of money to get a book full of nothing but text messages from Jane Su. You’ll understand this when you read it.

August and Jane form the most swoon-worthy bond as they try to solve the mystery of Jane’s curse, and despite the quieter tone of ONE LAST STOP, it is McQuiston’s characters and their ties to one another that fueled my interest in solving the mystery of the plot.

McQuiston’s supporting characters are also incredibly important in this novel, because seeing as how Jane is trapped on the Q, it’s quite obvious that she’s not the only one to have a positive impact on August’s life. No, her roommates--Myla, Niko, and Wes--coax August out of her shell and introduce her to the bold and inspiring queer community of NYC. And I adore the way that McQuiston, without fail, gives substance and shape to every single character in her books. Seriously, can they be my roommates?

And hey, as a live-and-die New Yorker, I may be a bit biased, but the setting of this book is a character all on its own. McQuiston’s novel, as much as it is a romance in and of itself, is a love letter to New York City and its queer culture. It was just beautiful, and I fell in love with the greatest city in the world all over again.

All in all, ONE LAST STOP is a memorable ode to New York City, the families we choose, and the boldness of believing in love. You will laugh, you will cry, and at the end, you’ll be dying for McQuiston’s next masterfully spun tale--I know I am!

As a huge fan of Casey's first book, I was absolutely exhilarated to get an ARC of One Last Stop. This book was even better than Red, White & Royal Blue and I have a whole reading vlog on my booktube channel explaining why linked below. To summarize those thoughts: this book had amazing characters just like Casey's first book, but it had a stronger plot. One Last Stop created a mystery behind Jane, who is from the 1970's and is somehow appearing to our main character August on a train in modern day. August soon realizes that there is something different about this beautiful girl, but when she realizes that Jane is from a completely different time period she is swept away with solving this mystery. I genuinely had no idea where this book was going and that is why it was such a joy to read. The relationship that formed between August and Jane throughout was also absolutely adorable. I love both of their characters so much. The side characters in this book were also very strong and I had attachments to them as well. All around, One Last Stop is a book you need to keep your eye out for in 2021!

My spoiler free reading vlog: https://youtu.be/uCzW8ElrGSI

This book was phenomenal!!

Let me start off by saying if you are like me and like to not be spoiled by a single thing, DO NOT READ THE SYNOPSIS!

I accepted this book knowing how much I adored Red, White, and Royal Blue and was hopeful that I would enjoy McQuiston’s other work as well and let me tell you, I think I loved it even more!!!

The main plot of this book is written in the synopsis, but having not read the synopsis I was pleasantly surprised by everything! This book was an adventure and completely magical in it’s own way.

The characters are all so warm and loving, even if they don’t seem like they are right off the bat. The friendships in this book are wonderful and even August’s relationship with her mom was nice to see. Not everything is all sunshine and rainbows and that’s what really solidifies this book into something that can be relatable but also has enough in it to take you into it’s world.

Reading this in the middle of all the Covid stuff is a bit weird, but only because August briefly mentions the state of 2020 but then we see no signs of it at all until a date at the end of the book. I’m not sure if this was me reading into it thinking she’s talking about Covid or if it was added in as a yes I’m going to acknowledge this but it was already written for ‘before times’ so things will just be normal. Either way it only bothered me when I really started to think about it.

I love that the setting for this book all took place in New York, yet it didn’t oversaturate with your typical tourist New York locations or events. The diner is fun and I enjoyed our time with it as well.

I know this review is a little vague, but I truly think this is one you should go into blind! It was so much fun not knowing a single thing about the story. Not that reading the synopsis will hurt your experience, just not knowing adds a little extra on top! So, if you were a fan of RWRB, I highly recommend checking this out!

What an absolute triumph of a book.

Let's get a few things out of the way first. ONE LAST STOP is <i>not</i> RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE. This is an incredibly different book in a lot of incredibly different ways. It is still unquestionably Casey McQuiston, which means it's heartwarming and sharp and witty and hilarious and steamy in equal measure, but it's not political. It's not about fly-by-night meetings in the English countryside, nor is it lavish state parties thrown for people with sixteen different last names.

No. ONE LAST STOP is a book about normal people - scrappy, young upstarts living in New York City, doing do-nothing things in their do-nothing lives. This book is as all-natural as a nudist colony. It's real, it's fresh, it's modern in a timeless sense. The characters are absurd, but they're absurd in the same way your roommates in college were absurd. It is Extremely Online™️.

This book takes all the parts of RWRB that made it charming and dials it up to eleven. The side characters bleed off the page, here, to the point where I was just as invested in Wes and his will-he, won't-he romantic flailings as I was in Jane and August's. The mystery and the intrigue of how August and her gaggle of misfit gays were going to crack Jane's secret leaves you hanging at the end of every page. It's an incredible feat of writing, this book is; in the same way we all said that RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE defined a new category of books outside of YA and outside of Adult, this book proves that this new category can be whatever we want it to be. And what it wants to be, right now, is Casey McQuiston's right-hand man.

I read all of RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE in a single afternoon. ONE LAST STOP took me two months to read, but not because I had trouble with it, or because it was boring, or because it wasn't <i>enough</i>. The opposite was true; I took so long to read ONE LAST STOP because this book deserves to be savored. It's love on a greasy, diner-quality silver platter. I didn't want it to end. I still don't want it to end, if I'm being honest.

But the magical thing about subways - and about incredible, supernova, masterful authors like Casey McQuiston - is that there's always another train coming down the track.

(Many thanks to St. Martin's Press for the NetGalley ARC! Oh - and if I were a ONE LAST STOP drag queen, I would be Knob Dylan.)

Absolutely loved this sophomore book from McQuiston and will be recommending it happily. Pyschic Niko was my favorite

One Last Stop bus Casey McQuiston follows August Landry a girl who has never felt like she had a home and her recent move to New York. On the subway August meets Jane a girl she’s interested in but August learns there’s more to Jane than she could ever imagine. I will say One Last Stop surprised me, the first 20% I felt dragged but once it got going I couldn’t put it down. My biggest piece of advice is to not go in with Red, White and Royal Blue expectations and McQuiston will definitely impress you. By the end I was in love with the characters and throughly invested,