Imminently interruptible, it’s a soft, cozy love story about subway romance with easily skimmable fluff filler. ONE LAST STOP would make for a great airplane travel book or comfort read on a long, rainy day where you still have some things to do. Five or six make the narrative overwhelming. One or two would make the narrative richer. They are unfortunately couched between what sometimes feels like endless friendship discussions with August’s roommates–all of whom are entertaining, but all over the top in one way or another. The romance between August and Jane is the strongest part of the narrative, and all the make out and sex scenes are tight with tension, longing, and butch/femme dynamics. Found family abounds, deep introspection is the norm, and there’s a lot of NYC atmospheric elements that help bind the book together. The sci fi elements are deeply downplayed in favor of extensive character work. Overall, ONE LAST STOP is a cute, if overlong, ‘meet cute’ book. I did like the author’s last work, the m/m RED, WHITE, AND ROYAL BLUE, and so an f/f pairing, with time travel, sparked my interest. Jane may be the key to finding August’s long-missing uncle, but she may be the key to August’s heart, too.
The more August unravels about Jane, the more she comes to doubt not only her understanding of physics, but her understanding of her own family. Jane is the butch of August’s dreams, but has a little bit too much of the unknown about her. Frequent rides on the subway keep her running into a mysterious woman in late seventies fashion. Twenty-three-year-old August has just moved to New York City, intent on finally finishing her degree and carving out a life away from her obsessive mother.
Queer Representation: cis bisexual, cis (butch) lesbian, trans man Genre: science fiction: modern time travel
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