![]() " One Last Stop" is a delightful love story, but it's also a tale of queer joy, chosen family, and the importance of being yourself told in McQuiston's relatable style. Of course, August and Jane can't help but fall for each other as they try to figure out her story, and as their time together grows shorter and shorter, they'll have to decide what they're willing to sacrifice for true love. But soon, August uses her detective skills to uncover the truth about her Subway Girl: Jane is a time traveler who has been trapped on the train since the 1970s - and she can't remember anything about her life before she stepped onto the train.Īugust makes it her mission to get Jane back "when" she belongs, fighting the clock as subway repairs threaten to take Jane away forever. But not only does August find herself living with roommates who are determined to be her friends as soon as she arrives, but she also can't stop thinking about Jane Su, aka Subway Girl, a devastatingly sexy commuter she sees every time she steps on the Q train.Īugust is drawn to everything about Jane: her love for retro punk music, her tattoos, her kindness, and her ever-present leather jacket. McQuiston's sophomore novel stars August, a 23-year-old looking for a fresh start in New York, a place that seems perfect for a cynical, amateur sleuth who just wants to blend in. Henry puts an arm around him, touches the hinge of Alex’s jaw with fingers that smell like smoke.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. Instant NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestseller GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER for BEST DEBUT and BEST ROMANCE of 2019 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR for VOGUE. First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. He and Henry drift to a swing at the edge of the porch, and he curls into Henry’s side, buries his face in the collar of his shirt. Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston 4.11 730,350 ratings86,635 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Best Romance (2019), Winner for Best Debut Novel (2019) Original cover edition of ASIN B07J4LPZRN here. He feels wrapped up and warm, turning slowly under the moon. Alex sits and listens to the cicadas and the water and his dad’s rough ranger voice, and when his dad slumps off to bed, June’s songbird one. They sit around the fire pit and play old Johnny Cash songs, Selena, Fleetwood Mac. Nora, one of Alex’s chambrays thrown on over her bikini, floats barefoot in and out, keeping all their glasses filled from a pitcher of sangria brimming with white peaches and blackberries. His dad keeps an old guitar in the living room, and June brings it out on the porch so the two of them can pass it back and forth. He chews proudly, a huge smear of barbecue sauce across his upper lip and the tip of his nose. Red, White, and Royal Blue serves as a great piece of LGBT+ representation in literature, as it centers on a romance between Alex, a bisexual, and Henry. Alex demonstrates and watches with poorly concealed glee as Henry gingerly picks up a rib with his fingertips and considers his approach, cheering as Henry dives in face-first and rips a hunk of meat off with his teeth. Never eaten barbecue with his hands before. “For the things I said to you.” He doesn’t have to specify which things. How do you do all the good you can do? “ I’m sorry, by the way,” Luna says. He thinks of something he hasn’t allowed himself to think about since all this started after London: his LSAT results, unopened and tucked away inside the desk in his bedroom. He can relate-it echoes the same deliberations he’s been having with himself. There was no way in hell I was going to let Richards win. ![]() And I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to fix the damage I’ve done, but I honestly don’t care. ![]() “You all would have.” “I mean … Raf, it was a fucking crazy plan.” “I know. Or, like, anybody.” “You would have tried to stop me,” Luna says. “I just wish you would have told me what you were doing. I didn’t think anyone would believe me.” “I believe you,” Alex says readily. I said it was a risk I wasn’t willing to take with my own career, but truthfully, I didn’t think what happened to one gay Mexican kid twenty years ago would make a difference to his base. But he wanted me to come forward with what Richards did to me, and I … couldn’t. I wouldn’t let anyone else, and I’ll never stop being grateful to him.
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