One Last Stop
2021
- romance
- lgbt
- queer
- contemporary
- fiction
- lesbian
- adult
- science fiction
- time travel
- lgbtq+
The story
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.
What it’s like
Warm, funny, and slightly giddy, with the sticky-sweet energy of a late-night diner booth and the rattle of a New York subway car underneath it all. The prose is brisk and chatty, full of quick banter, pop-culture asides, and sharp self-deprecation, so the pages move at the speed of a good conversation rather than a slow drift. Scenes of crowded apartments, neon-lit Queens streets, and grimy train platforms carry a lived-in, slightly seedy charm, while the 1970s glimpses bring a faded glam of leather jackets, rock posters, and smoky bars. The mood is cozy-romantic with a bit of wistful ache: a cynical young woman slowly softening toward love and toward a past she cannot quite leave behind. Intimacy is frank and sensual, with some explicit sex scenes, and there is grief, loneliness, and a few tense, dangerous moments, but violence is rare and never graphic. Best for readers who want a fizzy, big-hearted queer romance to take on a long-haul flight, a rainy weekend, or a comfort reread, especially those who love time-travel stories that put the emotional stakes first.
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