Dial A for Aunties
"Sutanto brilliantly infuses comedy and culture into the unpredictable rom-com/murder mystery mashup as Meddy navigates familial duty, possible arrest and a groomzilla. I laughed out loud and you will too.”—USA Today (four-star review)
“A hilarious, heartfelt romp of a novel about—what else?—accidental murder and the bond of family. This book had me laughing aloud within its first five pages… Utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming, this book is sure to be one of the best of the year!”—Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read
One of NPR's Best Books of 2021!
One of PopSugar’s "42 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2021"!
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?
“A hilarious, heartfelt romp of a novel about—what else?—accidental murder and the bond of family. This book had me laughing aloud within its first five pages… Utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming, this book is sure to be one of the best of the year!”—Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read
One of NPR's Best Books of 2021!
One of PopSugar’s "42 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About in 2021"!
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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Readers say *Dial A for Aunties* is a fun, fast-paced dark comedy blending cozy crime with family chaos, praised for its humorous take on cultural exp...
I can forgive being hung up on your first love. I can understand wanting to give someone the benefit of the doubt but when you're ignoring the red flags and not investing the catfish situation you were thrown into without confirming his identity yourself?? Putting yourself in danger like that with eyes wide open?? It's a no for me.
If you are thinking to yourself... hmm... I'd like to read a book that is a worse version of a cross between "weekend at Bernies" and take your pick of any rom-com, then this is the book for you! I was really looking forward to reading a quirky, outside of the box, asian authored book. There were just too many 'cringe-worthy' moments of the discussions with the Aunties that seemed contrived and not natural. But I did finish the book, so I threw in the additional star. 2 stars for me.
Jesse always being such chaos to her books but the characters are developed in a way that you are laughing & rooting for them.
Cute! Definitely a head empty no thoughts kinda book which is what I was in the mood for. Seriously, don’t try to logic some stuff. It takes the fun out of it. But beyond that, as an Asian American I enjoyed the family dynamics and found many aspects of it relatable which was great to see.
I’m surprised I finished this in a day. I actually liked it more than expected. Gave it ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️. It was a pallet cleanser. I haven’t read a book that made me laugh in a long time. I did it as an audiobook and it felt like I was listing to one of my mom’s Spanish novelas. It’s very much like a K-soap, everything was far fetched, over exaggerated, and predictable.
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