When she finds out that Jane has been in the subway since the 1970s, she tries to figure out a way to save Jane. The book is New Adult contemporary + mystery + science fiction and it was done so well! I love the vibes and especially appreciated that the science fiction aspect didn't take over the entire book.Īugust moves to New York and meets Jane on the subway. And no, it's not too early for me to say this. It blew through my expectations and solidly landed itself in my best books of 2021. One Last Stop was nothing I expected while being everything I expected. Trigger warnings: on-page sex, electrocution, memory loss, missing family members, mention of violence against the queer community, mention of homophobia, drug use, alcohol use. Maybe it's time to start believing in some things, after all.

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 august