Book Review: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Sutanto – reviewer – Natalie Jayne Peeke West Country Correspondent

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ARE YOU…DEAD?’

OH MY GOD. I THINK HE IS.

When Meddy Chan accidentally kills her blind date, she turns to her aunties for help. Their meddling set her up on the date so they kind of owe her.

WELL, THAT DIDN’T QUITE GO TO PLAN.

Although hiding this goddamn dead body is going to be harder than they thought especially when her family’s wedding business has THE biggest wedding of the year happening right now.

IT’S PRETTY BAD TIMING REALLY.

It turns out the wedding venue just happens to be managed by Meddy’s ex, aka the one who got away. It’s the worst time to see him again, or…is it? Can Meddy finally find love and make her overbearing family happy?

Dial A for Aunties is such a page turner… Recently I have been trying to broaden my reading horizons, because,  like many other book worms I have a specific genre which is my absolute favourite and that genre takes up around 80% of my bookshelf space. This year I said to myself “Natalie, just pick up a few books that you wouldn’t normally read. What is the worst that can happen?” So sticking to my guns i tucked into my advanced readers’ copy of ‘Dial A for Aunties’.  It would have been one of those books that I would have said to myself “Nah, I won’t enjoy that.”

I am so glad that I read it, it was funny – and not the little chuckle to yourself on the inside funny but genuine laugh out loud funny.

I will not give away any spoilers but I will say that even though I have absolutely nothing in common with Meddy I found her to be extremely relatable and so too her aunties for that matter. They are all strong and developed characters . The writing style is something that all bookworms love – you start reading at 9pm, telling yourself that you will only read for a hour and before you know, it’s 2am and you still can not put it down.

I applaud Sutanto, she has single handedly converted me and I can not wait to see what other delectable delights she has in store for us.

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