One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Kindle edition

I latched onto this book after reading Red, White, and Royal Blue by the same author. Loved that book! This one was different than the first one I read. I have to say right now, I loved this book!

I started reading it on May 2 and finished it on May 10. A quick read that I absolutely wanted to finish fast but didn't want to end.

This is a bit of a time-loop love story for August, a 23 year old girl who moves to New York City and her life takes some unexpected twists and turns. From random roommates, working at a pancake diner, to meeting an amazing girl on the train, Jane.

August sees Jane repeatedly on the same train, and she's always wearing the same thing. Peculiar. Fast forward a little and we come to learn that Jane is stuck on the train, and became stuck there in the 1970s. Insert time-loop drama here. August and her unique roommates have to figure out how to get Jane un-stuck from the train. Therein lies the rest of this book. It's so good!

Read it!

Post written on July 7, 2023. Publication date reflects date I finished the book.

Red, White & Royal Blue: A Novel by Casey McQuiston

Quarantine Reading

Kindle edition

I read about this book in Real Simple Magazine, I think. It's been on my "to read" list for at least a year. I finally requested it from the library via OverDrive - shout out to eBooks and Kindle!  I started it on June 15 and finished on June 21.

Though I read the description when I first put this on my "to read" list, I didn't entirely remember what it was about when I started reading it. Let me tell you - this book is really fresh, funny, and I really loved it.

It's a love story, coming out story, and political book all in one. This book tells the story of the first family of the United States. The president is female (YAHOO!) and divorced and has two adult-ish kids - Alex and June. Alex's arch nemesis is one of the Princes of England, Henry. Through a turn of events, these two men who hate each other have to become besties to quell a potential PR nightmare of their causing. Their fake friendship evolves into a real friendship and an entirely new actual PR nightmare to deal with.

One of the several things that made me laugh out loud while reading this book is the "nickname" Alex gave Henry in his phone - HRH Royal Dickhead 💩.  I was laughing so much at that.

If you like a love story, have an open mind, I think you'll love this book. It's fresh, it's modern, it's funny, it's sad, it's engaging, and I definitely stayed up too late at night reading this. I just couldn't put it down.  Now I'm left with the "what's next" desire for a sequel.