It’s probably the aspect of the rom-com genre that turns me off the most. I do have a bit of a grudge with perfect happy endings (and I’m not talking about the actual end of the book, if you think I’m spoiling).

Jane does border on the manic-pixie-dream-girl trope in my opinion, but. Myla, Nico, Wes, and Isaiah added so much color to what might have been a bit of a boring story if focused only on August, who feels distant for a good portion of the novel. They were absolutely charming and compelling and felt so real. Though it turned out to be a little simpler than that (more on that later), I stayed for the characters anyways.īecause y’all, the characters. However, the magical premise of it all did catch my attention. Yep, despite all the hype, I’m just not that thrilled with romance (as you might know if you’ve read some of my other reviews). I’ve never read a Casey McQuiston book before. 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. 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.

One last stop book cover