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When she got stuck on the Q in the 1970s, she was a super-confident, tattooed twenty-four-year-old – and she still is today. It was much harder to get a true picture of Jane – which isn’t surprising since she is stuck on the train and most of the story happens off the train. She is wildly attracted to Jane but completely unconvinced of her own attractiveness and desirability.

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August is a cynical loner who longs to connect (although it takes her a while to realize this!), that quintessential twenty-three-year-old who is full of self-confidence and self-doubt. We spend our time following her around Brooklyn, watching the pieces of the puzzle come together about the mystery of Jane.

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But then this book also has the unexpected romance between August and Jane plus an amazing cast of delightful misfits.Īugust is the main character of the story. It reminded me of Rebecca Stead’s 2009 Newbery Medal-winner When You Reach Me – a delightful, mind-expanding science-fiction mystery. But will rescuing Jane send her back to the 1970s? Or will Jane stay in the present? How in the world do you rescue someone trapped in a time warp on a subway train? And what happens when you fall in love with someone stuck in a temporal limbo?įellow readers, this book was so unexpected! It goes in a completely different direction from Red, White, and Royal Blue, bringing something utterly unique to the table. Now August knows that the combination of the Q and August has something to do with why Jane is stuck on the train and why August might be the only person who can rescue her. Niko’s thoughts spark an idea in August’s head – if she ran back to the subway and jumped on the Q line onto a different train going the opposite way, would Jane be there? It should be physically impossible – but there she is. Except when she touched you, then she felt super here. She feels really…distant, like not totally rooted here and now. Jane doesn’t appear so Niko joins the infamous Q commute to see if he can help figure out what Jane is. If not, well, they’ll have to work harder to figure out what is going on. Niko and August host a séance to determine if Jane is a ghost – if Jane appears, she’s a ghost. They decide that step one is to discover if Jane is really alive. Then she finds a photograph on the wall of Pancake Billy’s opening day celebration in 1976 and Jane is in the photo – Jane as August has seen her now.Īugust is stunned! She calls Niko, one of her NYC roommates (who just happens to be a psychic), to help her figure out what is going on with Jane. Coincidence? August wonders how this can possibly be. Yet without fail, she finds Jane on the Q whenever she climbs aboard, day or night, eastbound or westbound. Taking a risk, August invites Jane to Pancake Billy’s and out for a drink, but Jane never shows. On the Q, heading to her first day of classes, August spills a coffee down her shirt and “the hottest girl August has ever seen,” aka Jane, another passenger, gives her a scarf to cover the stain.Īugust continues to run into Jane on the Q train. In NYC she finds roommates and a part-time job at Pancake Billy’s House of Pancakes, while figuring out her commute to school – the Q train.

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August is a professional student and prefers a nomadic lifestyle, moving from college to college every few years. Twenty-three-year-old August Landry has recently relocated to NYC from New Orleans to continue her college education at Brooklyn College. Few quibbles aside, I highly recommend One Last Stop – especially if you are a fan of some supernatural elements in your romance. I mostly loved it but a few things kept it just shy of a perfect read. One Last Stop is a terrific sophomore effort that McQuiston fans will enjoy. Casey McQuiston’s debut novel, Red, White, and Royal Blue was an enormous hit and I, like many readers, was anxiously awaiting McQuiston’s second book.