Title: His Uptown Guy
Author: Felice Stevens
Series : The Landmarks Series book two
Genre: MM Romance
Release Date: January 24, 2019
Rating : 5/5 Stars
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When Jesse Grace-Martin loses his father on 9/11, his charmed life is gone forever. People look menacing, and the streets no longer seem safe. After experiencing a brutal mugging, Jesse retreats to his apartment in the landmark Dakota building. Five years later, his first attempt to walk outside those famous gates again is a disaster—except for meeting the gorgeous maintenance worker who helps him through his crushing panic attack. Jesse can’t stop thinking about the guy but hesitates to reach out, knowing he has little to offer.
Dashamir Sadiko has big dreams. Money in the bank tops his list, and his peek into the life of the uber-wealthy at his job at the Dakota is all the incentive he needs. Struggling to work full-time and go to college, Dash desperately wants to break the cycle of poverty his parents had hoped to leave behind in Albania. When the two men become friends, Dash isn’t sure what to expect but can’t help his growing attraction to sweet and sexy Jesse. It’s nice to see how the other side lives, but his affections can’t be bought; Dash wants to be his own man.
Defying the Dakota’s co-op rules, the two share lunches, their hopes and dreams, and ultimately their hearts. Jesse slowly regains his courage, but he’s worried he’ll never be the person he once was and that he’s not good enough for Dash. And Dash isn’t convinced the son of poor immigrants’ has a place at the table with a blue-blood, trust-fund man. Jesse needs to realize that money can’t buy happiness and love, while Dash must learn to trust that what they have is real, that he’s more than Jesse’s walk on the wild side with an uptown guy.
He was a porter, a poor kid from the Bronx, from an immigrant family…
And I’m the guy who can’t leave his apartment without having a panic attack…
“I thought I’d never get put back together. But I must’ve been waiting for you to find my pieces.”
It a very sweet, heartwarming story about two men from two different world who meet by fate. And like long lost pieces of puzzles, they perfectly fit for each others.
This book gave me strong emotional feelings when I read it. The story sounds a bit cliché at first but it gave deep impact in me and touch to the deepest of my heart. Seeing how the two main characters who come from two different social status trying to fit to each others life with all conflicts and all those egos they must faced before finally find their happiness (like always) was written in such beautiful way in Felice’s hands.
9/11 had put Jesse’s life upside down. He the ‘lock’ himself in his apartment for years and must deal with his anxiety and panic attacks each time he’s going outside or meet a lot of people. But then come Dash…
He came to Jesse life and brought back the spark to his lonely life. Their friendship start to grow intensely day by day. Dash with his kindness warm heart had made Jesse feels alive again. It’s like Dash had found him and brought him back home. And with Dash help…Jesse then fight his fear that had imprisoned for years him and ready to fly…
The two main characters are very sweet and lovable. Their story successfully warmed my heart to the fullest and yes, I love both Jesse and Dash equally.
There’s also some secondary characters that I love and successfully stole the spotlight like Jesse’s assistant, Miranda. She’s like a mother figure to Jesse for five years when he’s struggling with his anxiety and panic attacks while ‘trapped’ in his self-made prison that made him feels like a prisoner in a multimillion-dollar jail.
And I was like Miranda when I’m reading this book and have this constant urge to hugs both Jesse and Dash and engulfed them with love. The other character that I love is Dash’s mother, she’s a very lovely and brave woman with so much love in her heart. She successfully made my mouth watering with ALL the food she’s cooked for Jesse almost the entire reading!!!! (Thanks to Felice!)
His Uptown Guy successfully leave deep impression in me. It’s beautiful story about loss and trauma and the journey to finding life again…
“You could have anyone, and yet you want me.”
“You’re not anyone. You’re the only one. My one. The only one I see.”
Highly recommended!
Felice has written over twenty books in the gay romance genre. Her books been translated into German, French and Italian. Her novel. One Call Away, part of her Soulmates series, was mentioned in Buzzfeed as one of the best “Out for You” gay romances of 2017.
Felice lives in New York City with her husband and two children. Her day begins with a lot of caffeine and ends with a glass or two of red wine. She recently retired from the practice law and now daydreams of a time when she can sit by a beach somewhere and write beautiful stories of men falling in love. Although there are bound to be a few bumps along the way, a Happily Ever After is always guaranteed.
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