![]() I adored August and Jane in particular (of course) but all of August’s roommates had such life and unique voices to them, which I always admire. ![]() I would’ve flown through this book in one sitting if I could have–it was absolutely addicting and I didn’t want to put it down.Īnd the cast of characters was incredible. McQuiston’s writing is so gorgeous and spellbinding that it just pulls you in immediately and doesn’t let you go. The panic of being about to graduate and not knowing what’s next, or even being out of college and still not knowing what’s next, is something that’s still very real for me. When August found out that she had the credits to graduate college in one more semester and immediately panicked, I really connected with that scene. There aren’t many books I’ve found that really capture that early-twenties, quarter-life crisis, but this one did that for me. And man, this book was exactly what I’ve been needing. As a 24-year-old who’s been living her post-college years in a pandemic, you could say it struck a nerve. When I saw that this book followed an early-twenties protagonist who was trying to figure out her life, I knew it would be something I could instantly relate to. And it’s up to August to figure out how to help her. And then she meets Jane on the subway, who’s gorgeous and mysterious and seems to be unable to get off the train. She moves in with a few roommates, gets a job at a diner, and attends her classes, trying to figure out what’s next for her. But, I have to say, I think I enjoyed One Last Stop even more.Ģ3-year-old August moves to New York and transfers to her third college because she doesn’t know what she wants, but she does know that she’s better off alone. I absolutely adored it, and I wondered if it would be difficult to live up to that standard. McQuiston’s debut novel, Red White and Royal Blue, was a masterpiece. This is easily one of my favorite books of 2021, and I knew it would be–it was one of my biggest anticipated reads of the year. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all.Ĭasey 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. ![]() 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. 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. 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. 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. From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks…įor 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.
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