Review: Dial A for Aunties

Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

What a hoot! It wasn't a huge laugh-out-loud book; it was more an eye-rolling frustrating book with a lot of giggles. There were times that I wanted to throw the book against the wall, but then I remembered it was a Library Book and didn't want to make the taxpayers pay for a new one! This book proves that if something CAN go wrong, it will. I love learning about uber-rich weddings, and to add more pleasure for me, this particular wedding has problems that we could never foresee. I also love multi-cultural fiction, and this one was perfect. It all ends happily, though! Along with what an accidental murder, we have a romance Now what is happening with Meddy and her Aunties was totally unrealistic- I had to suspend my disbelief and then beat it into submission to get through this book. But it was just so worth it. It was a clean read sex-wise, but it did have swearing and believe me, you can see why if you read this. I loved this book so much that I have already pre-ordered the next one. Four Aunties and a Wedding  (less)

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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? "