After her mom impersonates her on a dating app, Meddy Chan goes on a bad date with a rich hotelier and he’s accidentally killed.
Not knowing what to do, Meddy puts the body in her trunk and enlists the help of her mom and aunties to hide the body.
Things go from bad to worse when the catering freezer he’s stored in shipped to the next wedding Meddy’s family is coordinating. “Don’t leave your big day to chance, leave it to the Chans.”
While this one is filed under romance, and it does have an HEA, this is really a dark (family) comedy. The laughs won’t hit everyone the same way, but if you’re an Asian American reader, I bet the family dynamics and the relationships among the aunties hit close to home. We’re not Indo-Chinese like Meddy’s family, but I know my mom and aunties would definitely rally to help me hide a body. Did I say that out loud?
I couldn’t resist recreating the cover, we get so few opportunities to do it!
Actually laugh-out-loud funny, Dial A for Aunties delivers an escape from reality we all need. It’s a Spring (Summer, Fall, Winter) must read. I’m 100% not surprised the book is already in development as a series for Netflix. I can’t wait.
Grade: A-/B+
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Jesse Sutanto has two more events this week to celebrate the release of Dial A for Aunties:
Tuesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. EASTERN / 4:30 p.m. PACIFIC: Jesse Q. Sutanto in Conversation with Uzma Jalaludin, hosted by Belmont Books. Register here.
Wednesday, April 28 at 8:00 p.m. EASTERN/ 5:00 p.m. PACIFIC: Instagram Live with Reading with Robin (@robinkallink)