Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.īut then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. 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. "Narrator Natalie Naudus brings a quiet intensity to this genre-crossing audiobook.the perfect fit for a tale of queer joy, first love, and self-discovery." ( AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award winner)įrom the New York Times best-selling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop listeners in their tracks.įor cynical 23-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. itself) and a sultry-comic seduction on public transit (rivaling the iconic Risky Business scene) will have listeners hooked." ( BookPage, s tarred review) "Lives are remade in McQuiston's LGBTQ, paranormal rom-com. If you’re queer, a bookworm, or just someone who needs some sappy love in their life, I highly recommend this book.2021 New York Times Book Review Notable Books of the YearĢ021 Time Magazine Best Books of the YearĢ021 Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year
One Last Stop is a beautiful love story, with an ending that made me sob for over an hour. It’s a beautiful thing to see someone who resembles you get what they (and you, secretly) desperately want–true love. As a lesbian, I love female queer love stories even more. One Last Stop: The Final VerdictĪs a homosexual, I love a story with queer protagonists. McQuiston set out to write the kind of books that she wanted to read, and in doing so, provided amazing representation that benefits kids who need these kinds of stories. I’ll tell you what happens–we get an epic, hilarious, beautiful, and gut-wrenching love story that transcends politics, country, and gender. Her iconic debut novel Red, White, and Royal Blue tells the story of what happens when the First Son (of the first female President, mind you) has an affair with the Prince of England. Something worth noting about the author, Casey McQuiston, is that she’s only published two novels as of now, September 2021, and both were amazing queer love stories. It’s up to August and her friends to try to save Jane before the train is shut down for winter maintenance. Through some very hard to explain sci-fi events, Jane is bound to the subway line, suspended in time and space, and has been for over forty years. Over the course of a few months, August and Jane get to know each other personally and intimately, but there’s a catch: Jane physically cannot get off the subway. She draws August in like a magnet, and we, the readers, easily go with her. These aren’t her most loveable qualities, but they are alluring. She’s closed-off, distant, and unavailable. From the first time we meet her on the train, it’s obvious there’s something off about her. You just have to love her.Īnd then there’s Jane Su. How can she not trust these loveable, crazy goofballs? But the more you get to know August, with her questionable upbringing and strange relationship with her mom, the more you can understand how and why she became who she is. Every second that August spends being standoffish and uncomfortable, you, as the reader, are screaming at her to let her guard down. She moves into an apartment with three of the weirdest, most wholesome and personable roommates ever. She’s socially awkward, but bursting with life and energy when someone presses the right buttons. Every second of McQuiston’s novel is like this.Īugust Landry is a real, relatable protagonist. She’s intimidating, but not in a scary way–in an “anything’s possible, this could be the best or worst thing in my life, I could love or regret whatever happens next,” kind of way. Me, a shy, awkward lesbian with glasses, wearing a cardigan, and a beautiful, mysterious girl with short brown hair, a leather jacket, and sleeves of tattoos. Their meet-cute is a fantasy I’ve had more than once. One Last Stop is the story of August and Jane’s impossible, forbidden love, set on the grimy subways of New York City. But there’s the wind flying and the weight of months and a girl hanging out an emergency exit, train roaring all around, tunnel lights flashing, and it feels perfect,” Casey McQuiston’s 2021 novel, One Last Stop. “There aren’t perfect moments in life, not really, not when shit has gotten as weird as it can get and you’re broke in a mean city and the things that hurt feel so big.
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