I friggen love these books, y’all. I laughed so many times, and to the point of tears streaming down my face. Meddy’s Aunts are phenomenal. They are hilarious without knowing they are. They are fiercely loyal and 100% authentic to themselves. I want to hug them and then get into some crazy shenanigans. I want a Komodo dragon hat, a glass of champagne 😆, and to pretend I’m part of the mafia.

I really need @netflix to pick this up as either a movie or a series. Preferably a series since it’s two books, and I want to be able to watch their antics for more than two hours.

Have you read these books yet? If not, add them to your TBR! Then buckle up when you read it because they are a hoot and a half.

Thank you so much to @berkleypub and @netgalley for the arc! ❤️

I read Dial A for Aunties, the first book in Jesse Q. Sutanto’s Aunties series back when much of the world was on lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. That book with its crazy and lovable Aunties delivered so many laughs and left me with a huge smile on my face at a time when I didn’t think there was much of anything that could cheer me up. I therefore couldn’t wait to get my hands on a copy of the second book, Four Aunties and a Wedding. I’m thrilled to report that the Aunties are back and are just as much of a hilarious delight as they were in the first book!

The wedding in question is of course Meddy Chan’s and her college sweetheart, Nathan, and the Aunties are going to do everything in their power to make sure their niece’s big day is picture perfect. If you read the first book, you’ll remember Meddy. She’s a bit more traditional and conservative than her Aunties and sometimes wishes they would tone it down a bit, but no matter how over-the-top they are, Meddy ultimately knows that everything they do, they do out of love for her. Whether it’s wearing hats with gigantic kimono dragons perched on them or taking secret lessons in British slang and speaking in fake British accents so that they’ll “fit in” better at the ceremony, which is taking place in Oxford, England, the Aunties’ goal is to make a good impression on Nathan and his parents. I lost track of how many times I laughed out loud, but the Aunties saying “bugger off” and calling people “tossers” was definitely a highlight, haha!

Even though humor is the main order of the day with this book, there are also a few lovely and more serious moments, both between Meddy and Nathan, and between Meddy and her Aunties. There’s a lot of love and loyalty in this book and it really comes shining through.

The key to the Auntie books is that you really have to love over-the-top antics. It’s non-stop craziness and hilarity, especially once Meddy and her Aunties uncover an assassination plot that is going to ruin Meddy’s wedding and the Aunties make it their mission to foil the plot and save the day. If you’re expecting anything less than a zany good time, you might end up a bit disappointed. But if you want to straight up laugh yourself silly, you’ll definitely want to check out Four Aunties and a Wedding.

Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto was a highly-entertaining follow-up to Dial A for Aunties that had me laughing out loud numerous times throughout the novel.

In this novel, Meddy and Nathan are about to be married. Meddy, her mom and her three aunts are in the wedding industry, so it almost seems to perfect when they find another family in the wedding business that seems to match their styles perfectly. Meddy hits it off immediately with the photographer, Staph, but after overhearing phone conversation the day before the wedding, Meddy learns the almost too perfect vendor family is actually part of the mafia and are planning to take out one of her wedding guests on her big day. To avoid the raising any suspicions, Meddy enlists the help of her aunts to keep the target safe and keep her big day going as planned.

Overall, this was a great read. The specific plot points aren’t super believable, but that’s part of what makes the book enjoyable. Everything that happens is just so wild and unbelievable that it is hilarious. This is a book that I’d recommend to anyone looking looking for a good laugh while they read.

**3.5-stars rounded up**

Four Aunties and a Wedding is the follow up to Jesse Q. Sutanto's hilariously over-the-top 2021-release, Dial A for Aunties. In this second installment, Meddy and her fantastic Ma and Aunties are back, doing what they do best; getting into trouble, causing chaos and steadfastly supporting one another through it all.

Meddy's Ma and Aunties are wedding planner extraordinaires, but when it's Meddy's turn to take the walk down the aisle, she wants them to attend as her most valued guests, not as the planners. Therefore, they decide to hire out the jobs they would normally handle. They're pleasantly surprised when they are able to find another Chinese-Indonesian family-run wedding planning business to help them. What are the odds?

Meddy can't believe her luck. That is until she catches the wedding photographer, Staphanie, who she has grown close to over the months of planning, discussing taking a hit out on someone at the blessed event. Oh yeah, this seems more like Meddy's luck; terrible. As it turns out, the whole family of wedding planners they hired are part of the Mafia and plan to use Meddy's wedding as the backdrop to their next assassination, but who is their target?

Now it is up to Meddy, her Ma and Aunties to protect all of their guests, while simultaneously taking the mafioso down and keeping everyone else, including the groom, in the dark. If this sounds like the wackiest set-up to you, you're not wrong. It is wacky, wildly outrageous and an absolute blast to read!

I love Meddy and her relationships with her family, especially with her Ma. All the Aunties and Ma love Meddy so much, she's almost drowning in their support. Sometimes their best intentions overshoot the mark a bit, but what are families for, if not to embarrass you every now and again.

This had some adorably played out drama, however, I will say that I wished there had been a bit more mystery to it. I know it isn't necessarily a Cozy Mystery, but it feels like it wants to be. There's so much about this to love, but I didn't really feel like their were any stakes involved. I know there was the hit they were preventing but, that almost seemed back burner compared to the slapstick hijinks.

With this said, I still found this to be super cute and fun. For me, this is the ideal type of book to bring on vacation, or to binge in a weekend when you want to forget about real life for a while. I love these characters so much and hope there's more to this series. From the ending of this one, it sounds like there definitely could be. I would 100% be on board.

Thank you to the publisher, Berkley Books, for providing me with a copy to read and review. I'm definitely a Sutanto fan!!

I want to start by saying this book was a highly anticipated read for me. I loved Dial A For Aunties, the book had me laughing aloud and desperately missing my mom's side of the family. It was a book that I could so uniquely relate to. So when I was fortunate enough to get a #free copy of Four Aunties and A Wedding from @berkleyromance and @netgalley, I was beyond geeked. I genuinely downloaded the book and got started within minutes of having access. Readers, I struggled. The book is slow-paced in the beginning, the plot really doesn't start to get heated up until 25% into the book. Sutanto's characterization of Meddy's family in this sequel felt cruel at times and I know from reading her author's note that it definitely was not the intention. The comedic writing just felt forced and exaggerated for me, which masked the truly funny moments with the outlandish Aunties. For example, I loved their eagerness to learn British slang, or their need for the best designer brand knock-off luggage, or the way they poke and prod at one another. Their genuine warmth for one another contrasted with their outrageous barbs is what makes them feel like authentic characters. It was Meddy's embarrassment and her characterization of her aunts (and mom) that made me dislike her a bit. I didn't love her the way I did in the first book. Once the book got going, it flew for me! I'll definitely be reading any of Sutanto's books, this just wasn't a grand slam for me!

I love the aunties so much! They’re so fun and have hearts of gold. I was so excited to read about Meddy’s wedding and I was looking forward to what kind of mischief would unravel. While the humor and chaos were there, the sequel felt quite similar to the first book in terms of plot. There were so many similarities that it kind of lost its luster. However, I thought the ending was great and liked how it tied in with the first book.

Delightful feel good followup to Dial A for Aunties with humor and mystery. Readers who loved Meddy and her wedding producing family will enjoy all that goes wrong with Meddy's own wedding.

Meddy and the aunties are back with more chaos 🤣 The family flies out to the UK for Meddy and Nathan’s wedding but more chaos ensue! This time there happens to be a mafia who is targeting someone in the wedding. Meddy and the aunties try to stop them bc they just want a proper and peaceful wedding but ofcourse that doesnt really happen. It’s just as chaotic and entertaining as Dial A for Aunties (if not more?!). And same with the prior book — if you expect a super logical plot, this isn’t for you. But if you just want to enjoy an entertaining story full of family antics, this book is the right one!

Thanks Berkeley and Netgalley for my gifted copy in exchange for an honest review. This was another fun and wild ride! I love the chaos that follows Meddy and her family, although I was sad it took away from her wedding day. Her mom and aunties are always funny and so protective of her and one another. This is definitely a series where you need to suspend reality a little, but if you do, it’s a lot of fun! I’m hoping the storyline about Meddy and Nathan’s wedding means there is a third book coming!

Meddy Chan’s wedding day is finally here. After a disastrous first meeting between her Ma and Aunties and her future in-laws, Meddy thinks nothing could make matters worse. Then she finds out that her too-good-to-be-true wedding vendors are in the mafia – and they’re planning a hit on her big day. And she can’t tell the police, or else her own family’s big secret will be exposed.

Just like the previous book, Four Aunties and a Wedding is hilarious and over-the-top in the best way, with the same kind of humorous writing and madcap antics. It does require the same kind of suspension of disbelief as any situation comedy, but if you can manage to do that, it’s totally worth the effort. And for such a funny book, it really packs in a lot of heart. As eccentric and sometimes exasperating as her Ma and Aunties are, all of the women in Meddy’s family really do love her fiercely, and in spite of their squabbling they are completely loyal to each other. I also still really like Nathan and Meddy together, they are adorable.

Overall, I liked it a lot, though some bits of the plot were a little flimsy, more so than the first book. Solid 4 stars.

Representation: Chinese-Indonesian main characters and side characters, Own Voices author

DNF. I really liked the premise but the writing did not work for me at all. It wouldn't be fair to the book if I finished reading and gave it a low rating.

Ahhh!!!! I was so excited to see the aunties again in this sequel, and this book was no disappointment. Meddy Chan is finally getting married! As a photographer in her family's wedding business, it is now her turn to tie the knot with the love of her life since college, Nathan (who is a DREAM😍😍😍). The last time Meddy, her mom, and aunties were at a wedding, they were trying to hide a murder. Obviously, Meddy has no vision of going through that again, so the family decides to hire another family who has their own wedding business. Meddy clicks with their family photographer, Staphanie. With all of that in check, Meddy has no doubt that the wedding will go well. But then...after the crazy bachelorette night, Meddy overhears Staphanie and her family plotting a murder...at her wedding! Staphanie then threatens Meddy and her aunties to not get in their way of killing their target, or else they're all going down for what they did to Ah Guan (read Dial A for Aunties to know what I'm talking about🤪). Let me just say, despite all of this fear and crime that should get us spooked, the way the aunties handle the situation will get you laughing like no tomorrow😂😂 I definitely loved learning more about the Indo-Chinese culture, and I just could not put this book down till I was done. I'm praying there's a third book to this series. Btw, have I mentioned how much I love Nathan? Such a sweetheart❤ A MUST-READ Y'ALL.

This was a fun, light-hearted read. Similar to book one I don't think that the synopsis does a good job of preparing readers for what is to come, BUT given the wild, organized chaos vibe of the story I honestly think it is part of what makes the experience so much fun!

These characters are laugh out loud funny, they jump right off the page and into your heart. You feel their pride and confidence while also experiencing the second hand embarassment from how other people perceive them. The author really does an excellent job at demonstrating how people don't always care what someone thinks of them while still being able to show readers how their actions are perceived by others. It's truly incredible.

I think this stories biggest asset is its characters and the lessons they teach. While the plot is WILDLY entertaining at the core of this story is a really beautiful message about being true to yourself.

This is a very Funny Cozy Mystery, and this is the second book in the Aunties series. I love the characters in this book series. The Aunties are so funny. I laughed so hard while reading this book. If you want a fun and funny book with a little mystery on the side this is the book for you. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher (Berkley Books) or author (Jesse Q. Sutanto) via NetGalley, so I can give an honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

This was such a fun read! I loved being back with Meddy and her aunts. I loved getting to know Nathan better. I liked his dad. I loved the twists and the turns with Staphanie's family. This was so great!

And the Auntie fun continues!

The second Aunties book was just as fun as the first one. All the hijinks and shenanigans you could ask for!

I definitely think the first one is still my favorite - only because I felt bad the whole time reading this one that Meddy's wedding was the setting - and it was basically about to be ruined. But the Aunties made up for most of it. Specifically Intoxicated Aunties. :)

I did actually notice more of how Sutanto peppered her family customs and traditions throughout - more so in this one than the last one (probably because a wedding is all about family tradition!) and I LOVED how she showed how just because you are Asian, your customs and cultural differences are so varied depending not only on where you were born, but also where you have lived. It was added into the narrative so well and so interesting!

I'm pretty sure that mafia, kidnapping, getting stoned, and tackling people at your wedding are NOT traditional wedding behaviors, but I mean - it's all in good fun just the same! The Aunties are wildly over the top in the best of ways and I will never tire of them. Don't take it too seriously - enjoy the ride and have fun. I cannot wait for Meddy and Nathan to have babies... the next book should be a riot!

Four Aunties and a Wedding is the second book in the Aunties series by Jesse Q. Sutanto. So not only do we have four aunties but three uncles too! They're back and ready to handle the mafia during Meddy's wedding. Uh oh!

Meddy has been to countless weddings as the photographer but never the bride. Now she is the center of attention and marrying her college sweetie, Nathan. Instead of Meddy's mom and aunties catering the wedding, they are enjoying the day as guests in standout purple dresses and all the flair.

As a compromise, they hire a Chinese-Indonesian family-run company that runs like their business. What's a wedding without a charade? Meddy overhears a phone conversation of The Family's plans to take out a target. The day turns into preventing a murder scene and taking down the mafia.

Four Aunties and a Wedding quickly went from entertaining to ridiculously funny. If you're looking for a funny read with a storyline that would probably never happen in real life, then read this! It is a bit on the silly side and not much of a mystery. Certainly a book I had to be in the mood to read.

Happy Early Pub Day, Jesse Q. Sutanto! Four Aunties and a Wedding will be available Tuesday, March 29.

~LiteraryMarie

Meddy and her aunties are back in another wedding chaos story. However, this time was more special because it was Meddy and Nathan's wedding. The craziness of Meddy's family was still the most exciting part of the series.

Since the wedding was held in London, Meddy's mom and her aunties prepared themselves to be as "British" as possible. They learned the British slang and prepared Komodo fascinators for the wedding. Thus, it was dog's bollock!

Meddy decided to hire a wedding vendor instead of using her family to organize her wedding. But it turned out the vendor was a mafia family, and they planned to kill someone during the ceremony. So Meddy and the aunties had to save the day before it happened.

It's not easy to write a story about a foreign culture. It could lead to a long explanation of how things worked in certain cultures and drag the story. However, Jesse Q. Susanto did an excellent job balancing that out. The only thing I found missing from this second book was it was less "fun" and more chaotic. Nevertheless, FOUR AUNTIES AND A WEDDING was an enjoyable read, and I would recommend reading these books in order.

Why I love this book:
👰🏻 Over-the-top and super hilarious, I’d just about peed in my pants reading this one!!!
💍 I super adore the meddling but lovable aunties, they are just like my 10 paternal aunties back home!
👰🏻 Relate much on the Chinese-Indonesian culture and traditions, from calling everyone aunties and uncles (even if unrelated) down to the calling of in laws as ma and pa.
💍 Despite not having read book 1, I was able to understand the backstory and appreciate the current one.
👰🏻 Komodo dragon fascinators?!? Yep, you had me at Komodo!😂 IYKYK! Oh and “Mary Joanna”?!?!😂😂😂
💍 The aunties’ antics especially the British slangs were so funny, I was seriously laughing out loud! I can literally hear them in my head with their accents!
👰🏻 Nathan…the perfect boyfriend/fiancé/groom! I love him!!!
💍 Meddy…I absolutely love her train of thought and sense of humor! I could live in her head just to be entertained!
👰🏻 It’s about family and them having your back no matter what. Inspite of and despite the consequences!!!😂

The Aunties are back! Lets face it, I dont think I met a single person last year that did not love " Dial A for Aunties " so when I got a advanced copy of this- I was stoked!

The aunties are hilarious as always and I found myself laughing out loud so many times for the first 30-40% of the book.
Getting ready for Nathan and Meddy wedding is fun plus being transported to Londo is exciting!
I loved the tie in to the first the book and the closure and full circle about Ah Guan from the first book.

I must admit though I think I liked Dial A for Aunties better than this one, for some reason myabe this time some of the circumstances and all of the craziness seemed a bit too over the top.

Overall though I enjoyed the Asian representation, the aunties, family values, the mystery element and all the funny moments.

Thank you to Berkley Publishing and Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review