There was Issah, a drag queen who delivered a heart-wrenching line about an unrequited love and background characters with equal relevance and snatches of dialogue that became enough to make a reader fall in love with them and understand their characters. One Last Stop featured Augusts’ roommates, Myla and Niko, who knew what they were doing alongside fan-favorite Wes, who had parts of his life slotted out and found himself a mess in others. It matters especially with queer youth, who can grow up with a sense of alienation if they don’t have positive queer influences in their lives.įound family holds value to queer readers, and centering a story on growth as well the plot gave this cast more room to grow than the cast in many contemporary novels, such as the Simon Vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda
What often resonates with readers about this cast is the found family itself - the idea that there can be this group of people who understand someone perhaps better than their own family. The cast in One Last Stop is a found family of queer roommates, and McQuiston fleshes each of their dynamics and personalities out. Since many of JUVEN’s readers are writers, there is something to be learned from her balance. One thing that seems to have immediately set Casey McQuiston apart from other writers is their development of the cast without a deviation from the main plot. While navigating life with her diner job and abnormal roommates, she grapples with a rough past and an uncertain future and takes it upon herself to save Jane.
It features cynical August, who moves to New York City and meets Jane, a girl from the 70s stuck in time.
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