McQuiston uses Jane’s life to provide a primer for readers on a brief, but wonderful, history of the LGBTQ community over the last five decades. But there is one thing of which she is certain: she has fallen in love with Jane.Īs August works on unravelling how and why Jane is stuck in the subway, Jane is able to tell her about the life she was living in the 1970s.
How is this possible? How did it happen? Can August help Jane escape whatever forces are keeping her on the train? August has so many questions. As they talk and get to know each other, something becomes clear to August: Jane doesn’t just seem to be someone fascinated with the 70s, she actually IS someone from the 70s, riding the Q train any and every time August boards the subway. In a city the size of New York City, what are the odds of two strangers meeting up accidentally on the same train twice? In spite of the odds, it happens. After Jane rescues August from her coffee accident, August resigns herself to the fact that she will probably never see Jane again. Jane is the hottest girl August has ever seen. In One Last Stop, McQuiston tells how August, on her way to her first day of classes, meets Jane. Is it a “meet cute” of the type employed in almost every/any romance novel? Absolutely! But, in the hands of Casey McQuiston, author of 2019’s fantastic Red, White, and Royal Blue, it is the beginning of so much more! They declare each other “coffee-girl” and “subway girl” and begin chatting.
The next time the student boards the train, her rescuer is there. Another young woman on the train comes to her rescue with a scarf and a kind word. A young woman on her way to her first day of classes at Brooklyn College spills coffee on herself just prior to boarding the subway.
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