While this isn't on OMG Amazing, groundbreaking book, I thoroughly enjoy these stories and they're very comforting

This continues to be just the cutest cozy mystery series! I love learning more about the Chinese-Indonesian culture from author Jesse Q. Sutanto and through Meddy Chan and her family.

I think I enjoyed this book even more than the first, and had quite a few lol moments while reading.

*many thanks to Berkley/Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

Meddy Chen has worked at countless weddings, but it’s finally time for her own. Her mother and aunties find a Chinese-Indonesian family-run wedding company for Meddy’s wedding. The family is a mirror image of Meddy’s, including Staphanie, their wedding photographer, who can relate to Meddy’s problems with her family. However, the night before the wedding, Meddy overhears Staphanie talk about taking out a target at the wedding. Staphanie’s family isn’t a wedding vendor. They’re actually mafia, using Meddy’s wedding to murder someone. Meddy’s aunties and mother have to help her figure out who the target is and stop the mafia family before they ruin Meddy’s wedding.

This story was a funny sequel, though not as funny as the first one. A lot of the humour from the first book came from the unexpected things that the aunties did to cover up the murder. I was expecting them to be outrageous in this story. However, there were some laugh out loud moments.

I also found this story much more intense than the first one. A lot of the antics that they did to try to figure out who the target was were more serious than funny. I couldn’t see how they were going to get out of this mess. In the end, the explanation made sense to me so I was pleased with what happened. I hope there will be another book in this series because these are such fun characters!

Four Aunties and a Wedding is a great rom com sequel to Dial A for Aunties!

Thank you Berkley Books for providing a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

It was good to catch up with the Aunties and Meddy and Nathan again, while at times throughout the book, I felt like the aunties and Meddy were giving me some major anxiety, and I wanted to scream at Meddy to tell Nathan what was going on, I did enjoy the book. I would have liked to go in more depth about the reason why Nathan's parents didn't get along with Meddy's family and would have liked to see a resolution for that plot.

The sequel missed the score. The elements that made the first book magical were pushed to overdone heights in the sequel. However, Sutanto clearly has more ideas for the series and the next book may restore the series to its original appeal.

After reading Dial A for Aunties I knew this one was a must! I loved the absurdity of it. If possible, this one was even more hilarious. I love the unique characters, the cultural references, and the ability to weave in a mystery but still making it light hearted.

Love love love these books!

I continued to love the bond between the aunties, but I found this entire story implausible and was unable to get behind it - the first in the series was a series of conveniences that was entertaining and believable enough, this went too far past reality. Overall, it was entertaining and I laughed while listening, but probably don't need to pick up any other installments in the series.

Meddy's turn to have is finally here! As a wedding photographer, she has been to a ton of weddings, but now she gets to have her own. So you can say it's a bit of a let down that she finds out her wedding vendors (a Chinese-Indonesian family company) are planning to kill someone at her wedding.
This is the sequel to "A for Aunties," which I found delightful. It has all of the hijinks, but the hijinks don't seem as smart or quick witted as the first book. It was fun but I wasn't having a great time like last time.

The Aunties are back! This book was just as fun as the last, I can totally see these Aunties in a TV series!!

Meddy Chan is ready to marry Nathan, In England, no less. Somehow, her aunties pull off a great coup and find yet another wedding planning family to work on Meddy's wedding. However, this group sports uncles instead of aunties. The zaniness is on display as they all touch down at Heathrow and never lets up. Soon after Meddy overhears the other family photographer, Staphanie, talking about targets, she realizes that they aren't just family, but Family. With her ma and aunts unwavering assistance, Meddy tackles another movie like mix up with lots of quick thinking. Be sure to hone in on the hats in the cover art, they play their role spectacularly!

I really enjoyed Dial A For Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto for its over-the-top zany characters involved in wacky capers. So I was excited for the second book in the series, Four Aunties and A Wedding. Unfortunately, it was all farce and very little heart.

In this installment of the Aunties series, Meddelin is marrying Nathan in an elaborate Chinese-Indonesian family wedding, hosted by his prim-and-proper parents in England. Of course Meddy's mother and her sisters are very involved in the wedding planning, and their taste is over-the-top in every way - gowns, hats, flowers, etc. When crazy things begin happening with the wedding vendors, everything goes off the rails and all kinds of shenanigans occur.

I'm glad I read this to know the next part of Meddy and Nathan's story. However, the craziness with the aunties was so absurd, it was just silly and overshadowed the wedding.

I listened to the audiobook with Risa Mei continuing her spot-on narration with Chinese/Indonesian accents and slang; probably would have DNFd if reading in print. If there's a third book in the series, which seems inevitable, I think I'll pass.

Thanks to Berkley Books and NetGalley for the review copy of this novel; all opinions are my own..

I was a HUGE fan of Dial A for Aunties--with the perfect mix of humor, mystery, and romance, it made my list of favorite reads of 2021. Unfortunately, I think this an instance where the needn't have been a sequel. Four Aunties and a Wedding is a stressful, implausible read without the magic or sensical plot of the first. In this book, we see Meddy on her wedding day to college sweetheart Nathan, who she reconnected with in the first book. But when Meddy discovers her wedding planner is part of the mafia and planning a hit at the wedding, things go awry. Meddy bends over backwards to keep this secret and keep things from going wrong--hiding the whole thing from Nathan, who gets more and more PO'd as the day goes on. What a lovely wedding day. The whole thing is just so frustrating, you want to shake Meddy and say, "Girl! It's your wedding day! STOP!" And the explanation at the end doesn't make much sense, either. I'd certainly give the author another go, but this seemed like a case where an unnecessary sequel was forced into publication, and I'd rather have read something new by her.

Thanks to Berkley for my eARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

3 stars - 5/10

3.5 stars. This book like the first in the series was hilarious but also far fetched but hey that’s the beauty of fiction. There were parts that just made me so mad for the groom cause like you have a whole ass drama happening here and he should know about it!! Anyway, I think the author does a great job in keeping you hooked and laughing. These would make for perfect romcoms. I loved the aunties and Meddy’s mom. I loved the way Meddy towards the end realized how much she loves them exactly the way they are. When her mom and the aunties were mad at her for standing up for them by talking back to her mom in law I was cracking up because in my family the same thing would happen. This is a fun read, great for a summer bonfire!

I loved Jesse Q. Sutanto's Dial A for Aunties, so I was excited to continue the series with Four Aunties and a Wedding. While the first book was delightfully improbable, emphasis on delightful, this installment was more improbable than anything else. While there were plenty of funny/sweet moments, the plot was stretched really thin in places and there were too many scenes that felt like filler. The aunties' antics were similarly over-the-top, e.g. the British slang they adopted for Meddy's Oxford wedding. I will continue to read the author's books, but unfortunately this one was hit-and-miss for me.

A bit too long and a little too much bizarre antics. I found myself skipping 3/4 through. Still the aunts and Meddy are a lot of fun. The wedding couldn't have been anything else than chaotic. A fun romp, the jinks are funny. It's like «Married to the Mob», «Crazy Rich Asians» got together and decided to have a wedding.

Funny, light, a bit too long.

Highly entertaining sequel that isn't quite as good as the first. The aunties get into more trouble as Meddy nears her wedding day. I just wanted her to have a nice wedding but it's impossible with her aunts. I felt so bad for Nathan because she was gone for half the day. Things got a bit repetitive even if I was laughing out loud at some parts. Still a solid book.

I adored the first book in this series, Dial A for Aunties, so my expectations were extremely high for book two. What can I say? It was fine. I laughed a few times, and was entertained for the most part, but was left a tad unimpressed in the end. The plot was super duper ridiculous just like book one, but I was definitely rolling my eyes a lot more with this one. If you’re in the mood for something fun, over-the-top, and lighthearted, then Four Aunties and a Wedding is just the book for you.

I LOVED the first Four Aunties book and was so excited to see a second one so soon. It did not disappoint! I laughed, I cringed, I hoped and prayed that it would all turn out okay. It was great to return to the characters and to see more of their development. I hope there will be more adventures for Maddie and her aunties.

There’s something about the books in this series that are so absurd, yet they somehow just work. Picking up shortly after where Dial A for Aunties left off, Four Aunties and a Wedding follows protagonist Meddy at her own wedding this time, where (of course) a massive chain of disasters ensue.

You know how they say how doctors make the worst patients? That’s basically what happens in this novel, with, you know, your casual mafia twist. Meddy and her aunties run a wedding planning business, and are now looking for vendors for their own family wedding. Meddy doesn’t get much of a chance to choose her own vendors given how opinionated her aunties are, and when they find a family with a similar background to their own who are in the business, it’s pretty much a done deal that they will hire them. Come to find out, however, that they’re a “mafia” family and the whole wedding planning business is a cover to “take out a target” at the wedding- and to Meddy’s family horror, they actually really don’t know what they’re doing, whether it comes to photography, hair and makeup, floral arrangements, etc. The story vacillates between them trying to salvage the disaster that is Meddy’s wedding while also trying to prevent an assassination while also taking matters into their own hands- and if you’ve read the first book in the series, you can probably only imagine how that goes!

Despite the shenanigans, there were also some real gems in this novel, such as the Oxford setting (Meddy is actually getting married at Christ Church’s College which I visited when I studied abroad, and it was so cool to have been where the story was set!). The author also makes a note in the beginning of the book about wanting to explore different experiences of the Asian diaspora in this novel, and does so through the meeting and merging of Meddy and Nathan’s families during the wedding weekend (which honestly, does not go well, but also highlights how not everyone’s experience is the same).

Overall: Another delightfully campy installment, there’s no denying how fun of a read this was!

Brought to you by OBS reviewer Caro

Oh, how the tables turn! Meddy and her family were always the ones helping brides organize their weddings, but now it’s Meddy who has to organize her own wedding with the help of Ma and the aunties. Finding a dress was difficult, especially since it had to be approved by Meddy’s family, but once she found the perfect one, all that was left was the banquet vendors. Ma and the aunts know that Meddy will be busy, so they take it upon themselves to find a vendor family like theirs to take care of the wedding. They settle on a Chinese-Indonesian family-run company just like them, and what’s best is that they are family, as in, Meddy’s grandmother cousin niece cousin sister-in-law. What could go wrong?!

Nathan, Meddy and the aunts meet with the vendors at their favorite dim sum restaurant. The vendors show them their portfolio of previous work, admiring it and even recognizing certain things from social media the aunts didn’t know they were the creators. Meddy is fascinated by everything, but the photography style catches her attention. When she inquires about the type of camera Staphanie, the vendor photographer, uses and her technique, Staphanie mentions it’s the same camera as Meddy’s. Meddy is surprised, slightly doubtful, but asks to be shown later how to get smooth pictures like hers.

Meddy and Nathan’s wedding will take place in England, a destination wedding that will alleviate inviting all of Meddy’s family, since having them all there can be a little overwhelming for her. The day they are set to fly to England, the aunties fly in style with fake Louis Vuitton suitcases and they all start speaking British, with words such as, luv, hot cuppa, Toodle pip, cheerio. This is all part of them trying to fit into the British culture, only making Meddy even more stressed.

Meddy’s flight is stressful, followed by an awkward first meeting between her family and Nathan’s parents. Good thing Meddy’s friends are there to cheer her up the day before the wedding, and with everything ready there’s nothing else to worry about. In appreciation of Staphanie’s help, Meddy prepared a small gift for her, but as she is about to give it, Meddy hears Staphanie’s conversation. Meddy hears her plotting an assasination during her wedding reception, confirming from Staphanie’s own words that they are Mafia, and using her wedding as a cover up.

I had so much fun reading this book! If the aunties were amazingly hilarious and quick on their feet in the first book, they are even more mischievous and scarier here. Especially Fourth Aunt threatening someone with a blunt cream knife and making I’m watching you finger motions. Meddy is terrified of anyone killing someone at her wedding, she tells the aunties and they take matters into their own hands. Especially since Meddy can’t call the police because Stapanie’s family threatens them with telling about their own murder incident. I still couldn’t help laughing once in a while when the aunts said or did something mafia in their own way to help Meddy. It’s all about family with the aunties.

From this book, I definitely liked that we could read more about the aunties and know past events in their lives that shaped them into the women they are. We also see how Nathan is so used to Ma and the aunts that he just follows their lead. I can’t wait for a possible third book in the series, especially if they all go visit Meddy’s extended family.

There is so much fun content in this story, I can’t spoil it all, you definitely have to read it. Not to mention that if you have a family as close and big as Meddy’s you can definitely relate. Any Hispanic party/gathering probably has the same amount of guests that are all related somehow, how can you not invite them? And someone will always be making decisions for the bride or birthday person. You’ll most likely have a good time reading or end up laughing with Four Aunties and a Wedding.