• Uniquely Average

  • By: Susan Hawke
  • Narrated by: Michael Dean
  • Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (71 ratings)

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Uniquely Average

By: Susan Hawke
Narrated by: Michael Dean
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A 20-year age gap, a neurodivergent "boy" and a gray ace of a "Daddy", both lonely and unable to find their match...until now.

Ethan Humboldt is a cocky, confident chef with zero filter and even less humility. He’s also a very good, neurodivergent boy who’s been searching far too long for the perfect Daddy. At 30, Ethan knows what he wants - and what he needs. The only problem? Finding a caregiving type of Daddy to provide it.

Danvers Jones has more money than he knows what to do with and nobody to spend it on. He’s not looking for a fling, Dan needs someone to pamper. To romance...to adore. As a romantic gray ace, nothing else will do it for him.

Newly retired, Dan has one final mission - to find his former best friend's long-lost son and deliver a trust fund. After that, Dan’s determined to start fully living his life, which starts with the right partner. Only problem? Dan requires the type of person who’ll need his unique brand of Daddy.

Danvers and Ethan aren’t expecting to meet their perfect match in a random meet-cute gone wrong, but when does life ever go according to plan?

This stand-alone novel is a full-length, 43,000-word non-age-play Daddy romance. The core of this story was previously published as a 15,000-word short in the USA Today best-selling Dirty Daddies 2021 Anthology. It’s now been reworked and lengthened to provide the tale as originally intended.

©2022 Susan Hawke (P)2022 Susan Hawke
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Newly retired attorney meets neurodivergent chef

Danvers was a successful lawyer who got a bit of a wake-up call when his thrill-seeking ex-best buddy and law partner died in a parachuting accident. They were ex-best friends in the sense that they’d been friends since childhood. But Danvers coming out as gay, and his law partner’s homophobic reaction ended their friendship and, to a large part, any professional partnership they had. As executor of his estate, Danvers discovers that his partner had a neurodivergent child whom he’d abandoned but for whom he’d left a trust. However, after meeting him, Danvers realizes that he may have found his perfect companion in Ethan.

This audiobook is rather brief, clocking in at just under four and a half hours, and is not intended to be a lengthy depiction of a relationship. In truth, it barely covers approximately a week’s worth of time. However, it does an amazing job of portraying what it could be like to start a daddy-boy relationship with someone who is neurodivergent. Some have unfairly criticized this story for its insta-love aspects. Both characters ARE decisive and both are used to taking action. Both are comfortably well off and at points in their lives where quick action doesn’t carry tremendous risk. To me the guys attractions to each other and the reasons behind them felt perfectly natural and credible.

In many respects, the two are made for each other, and the story swiftly becomes a fantasy come true. The story is portrayed from Danvers’ and Ethan’s perspectives. Both of the main characters having their own different speaking styles. In the audio-book version of this Michael Dean’s yoeman-like narration and voice acting make it a fun adventure.

Some readers have criticized how Ethan portrays neurodivergence. I gotta disagree. I’m a big admirer of the TV show Atypical, which stars Keir Gilchrest as a neurodivergent character. The similarities are obvious here. So are the distinctions that one might expect. After all, there is a reason that this is referred to as a spectrum.

It’s also kind of a light treatment of the whole daddy-boy scene focusing on the two’s vertical relations more than their playtime which is fine by me as that’s one kink that sometimes feels a bit silly to me.

There’s also been some criticism in reviews of how the neurodivergent character is portrayed. I believe both the author and the narrator did an excellent job. One tiny aspect that I did consider a bit off-putting was the way that chapter 2 starts with dialogue from Jordan, one of Ethan’s employees with a significant stutter. Jordan plays no real role in most of the story but, particularly as voiced by Michael Dean, does “get in the way” of us learning more about Ethan early on. Once introduced, I kept wondering if we’d ever get more details about this guy, and fearing it a bit as stutters CAN so easily be overdone in audio-books. Somewhat to my relief he never re-appears but I would be curious about his story and how he came to work with Ethan.

I tend to be drawn to any story where the main character sees the world differently than I do. Perhaps it’s because I see my own upbringing as happy but a bit boring in the way that only a late boomer white midwestern male might do. While that fostered a sense of entitlement in many of my contemporaries, in me it fostered a curiosity and a love of diversity. I’m always curious about new experiences whether they be new foods, new cultures or new viewpoints and perspectives.

Michael Dean not only does a great job with the basic narration and the voice acting for the primary characters but gives voice to Ethan’s mother, one of Ethan’s friends, and one of Danvers’ friends and they’re all distinctive and “in character” whilst remaining innocuous enough to not detract from the story. Overall this is satisfying audio encounter.

I’d recommend this and will probably re-visit it from time to time. It’s a short work and doesn’t dig as deeply as I sometimes wish it had, so it’s probably not bound for my most frequent re-listen list. But it’s still a pleasurable trip.

*** Note: I am voluntarily reviewing this after receiving a complimentary copy ***

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(Bitter)Sweet feelings

This book was so good I don't have enough words to make it justice. Ethan and Dan are the perfect Boy&Daddy couple. They complement each other to make the sweetest whole. Michael Dean's narration gives it the right atmosphere, and Susan... oh how I already miss her wit, humor and sensibility. That woman had a rare and special creative mind the likes of which we will hardly encounter. Thank you, Susi, you and your guys will be forever in our hearts ❤️.

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Uniquely interesting listen

This is a pretty short and sweet listen. Dean I think does a good job with the characters and story as a whole there were a few little issues but nothing that was too overt. AS for the story itself I found them interesting and really enjoyed how the relationship developed,

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Perfect Daddy

I loved the expanded version of this story. It was great to see these two move together. It moves quickly but both men know what they want.
I listened to the audio version and it was well done.

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SWEETNESS OVERLOAD!!!!

This was a sweet and emotional read.

Such a cute sweet loving direct boy.

I kept asking and smiling and laughing at his antics
Loved Ethan!

And Dan was his perfect Daddy.

ALL YHE FEELS ❤

The Narrator captured the emotions of the character perfectly. I was completely invested.
Amazing work!

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a good story

This is a good story with likable characters. I enjoyed the development of Dan and Ethan relationship. And, of course, Michael Dean is always a pleasure to listen to.

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When Ethan decides that Dan is the right man to be his Daddy, who is Dan to say no?

An adorable Ethan who is his own person with no filter. A Dan who wants to be a Daddy. They are a great couple. Ethan is surrounded by people who understand him and want him to be happy. Dan is truly a good man who deserves to be in a loving relationship. I loved their dynamic. I was honestly sad to see this one end. Susan Hawke hit it out of the park with this one! And Michael Dean’s narration makes it even better. It was great to read, but he brings the characters to life! Highly recommend this audiobook!!

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Different in a Good Way

Great book. What I liked most was how was able to learn more about the sexual spectrum and understand. How could anyone not enjoy Ethan’s sweet, unique, outspoken and funny self.

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Ace + Neurodivergent Characters

As always Micheal Dean provides a truly remarkable narration!

I loved this title but really struggled to connect with the MCs. I was excited to read about the complex characteristics of an Ace Daddy & his neurodivergent boy. However, the story takes off at warp speed and everything simply moved along far too quickly for these complicated characters to establish a more meaningful beginning. In the end, I just didn't feel invested in their journey and as such had difficulty relating to several aspects of their relationship.

Quality writing that read as rushed and underwhelming.

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beautiful love story

This left me smiling!! It was a wonderful love story with an age gap. Ethan is a boy on the spectrum and Danver's is a Daddy and gray ace. I loved that the story was focused more intimacy and not the physical. Overall, fantastic!! Michael Dean did an excellent narrative of the story!

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