Sometimes a book comes along that makes you believe in the impossible. Makes you believe you can achieve anything. One Last Stop is that book. Managing to be both heartbreaking and heartwarming and with a wonderfully diverse cast of characters, this lesbian time-travel romance is everything I wanted it to be and more. After reading and loving the author’s previous YA lgbt romance, Red, White and Royal Blue, I was so excited for this one but also slightly apprehensive that maybe I wouldn’t love it as much. But I need not have worried because this book has my whole heart. Dealing with important issues such as grief, missing persons, family problems and the history of the Gay Rights movement, what at first glance could have been seen as a lighthearted romance novel has hidden depths and will keep you thinking long after you’ve closed the final pages.

Bought on a whim, and was utterly compelled to read it in a whole day! A story about August, her family life and her new New York family. After feeling lost and as though she hasn’t fitted in anywhere she finds her home, and love in the city. The science is a little…curious, but the concept of the story is very sweet and a thoroughly enjoyable read.

It is truly one of the best books i’ve ever read, I couldn’t put it down. It’s got so much excellent queer representation! It has spiritual elements, there’s drag shows, comforting pancake houses! I cannot recommend this book enough!!

So considering it says in the description of this book that Jane has been thrown out of time, I thought it took a long time for the book to get to that point. I’d have loved to read that first section of the book, before August and Jane figure it out, without knowing that twist. But knowing it, it made that first bit feel a bit weird and strange, like a lot of suspense was being built when the reader already knew what it was being built up to. Moving on though: this is a sweet, slow burn romance, although once Jane and August do get together, there are some very detailed, steamy scenes. I really liked how their romance built up, going from chance encounters, through August’s slight obsession, to an actual friendship and more. Predictably the main problem point in their relationship is that Jane is effectively a ghost and therefore there are some limits to their future together. But for a fairly straightforward romance, rather than a more elaborate fantasy book, that was absolutely fine for me. What I found much more interesting and heartening to read was how August transforms over the novel from a very self-reliant person, keeping her secrets to herself and ready to uproot at any moment, into someone who lets in some people and becomes friends. She gets drawn into a really loving, caring community, which also happens to be a very queer one. There’s the let’s-club-together-to-save-this-treasured-community-business trope, which I always enjoy, and as part of that August and her new friends organise a charity drag cabaret. This honestly made me tear up, reading some of those scenes. That care, and love, in a community of people who have historically been persecuted, and in the very city where the story is set, was really powerful to me. I loved that through Jane’s memories of being a lesbian in 1970s USA, we see a real contrast and echo of August’s present day experiences. It also taught me a little USA queer history, with some things that as a Brit I hadn’t heard about before. Overall I enjoyed this book, despite it being very different in tone and pace to Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, which I’d previously read and adored. One Last Stop is a romance I recommend if you like your fantasy as a lighter touch element, or if you just want a sweet contemporary romance. [Review first posted on Heart of SFF]

i would genuinely give this book a hundred stars if only i could. i was completely sucked in from the first page right up until the last. the most beautiful story telling i’ve come across in a while all i want to do is reread this book for the rest of my life. i just absolutely cannot get over how amazing and brilliant and exquisite this book was. I LOVED THIS AND YOU WILL TOO !! i have a few regrets in life but buying this book will never ever be one of them!!