Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Dial A for Aunties


Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Rating: 5⭐
Genre: Fiction, Romance (second chance, friends to lovers)

Review:
This book has been on my TBR for quite some time now, but I recently picked it up from the library so I forced myself to read it. I've only heard great things about it, but when I read the synopsis, I wasn't that intrigued. To be honest, I went into this book not expecting much. But, oh my gosh, this book was amazing. I loved the banter and the flashbacks that Meddy had with Nathan back in school and it made the book so much better. I love having context to relationships--and Jesse definitely gave me that. Reading about Meddy's past and the "curse" allowed so much more understanding to this book. The aunties were so hilarious and added the perfect amount of comic relief when needed. The murder--which is spoiled to you the moment you open the book--is not what you would think at all. I went in thinking this book was going to be solely about Meddy's aunties and a murder...which doesn't sound all that great to me. This book really outdid my expectations and I finished it within a day.

Synopsis:
What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests, and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? 

You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! 

When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. Unfortunately, a dead body proves to be a lot more challenging to dispose of than one might anticipate, especially when it is inadvertently shipped in a cake cooler to the over-the-top billionaire wedding Meddy, her Ma, and aunties are working at an island resort on the California coastline. It's the biggest job yet for the family wedding business—"Don't leave your big day to chance, leave it to the Chans!"—and nothing, not even an unsavory corpse, will get in the way of her auntie's perfect buttercream flowers.

But things go from inconvenient to downright torturous when Meddy's great college love—and biggest heartbreak—makes a surprise appearance amid the wedding chaos. Is it possible to escape murder charges, charm her ex back into her life, and pull off a stunning wedding all in one weekend?


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