I think that all love stories should have some element of yearning to be compelling, but when it's a queer love story, I feel like if you don't have that element of yearning, it sometimes doesn't work. 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. Dont miss the first half of our interview. 'To me, One Last Stop is an Unbury Your Gays book,' says author Casey McQuiston. Especially in romance, I feel like we always need more of them.īut in terms of longing, I think that so much of the queer experience is yearning. is the Inclusive Romance Novel Queer Readers Deserve. This is somebody who is, on the page, described as somebody worth longing for because I don't think that butch lesbians get their due. When I set out to write this book, one of my objectives was to write a book in which the love interest is a butch lesbian. That's a common theme in romance in general, but it's kind of turning it on its head to have it be in a woman-loving-woman (wlw) context. There are these really rich descriptions of Jane as someone to desire. In 'One Last Stop,' you give us so much of August longing for Jane before they're actually together. 'One Last Stop' has similar themes to 'Red, White, and Royal Blue,' but McQuiston shows her growth as an author in the book 'A dazzling romance, filled with plenty of humor and heart.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Martins Griffin 'A dazzling romance, filled with plenty of humor and heart. 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. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile.Īugust’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane is 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 Jane. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston Published by St. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane.

Moving to New York City is supposed to prove cynical twenty-three-year-old August right: magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist.īut then, she meets this gorgeous girl on the train. From Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes One Last Stop, a romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks.

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