Week 11 Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties

From Goodreads:

What should have been a family celebration of Chinese New Year descends into chaos when longtime foes crash the party in this hilariously entertaining novel by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.

After an ultra-romantic honeymoon across Europe, Meddy Chan and her husband Nathan have landed in Jakarta to spend Chinese New Year with her entire extended family. Chinese New Year, already the biggest celebration of the Lunar calendar, gets even more festive when a former beau of Second Aunt's shows up at the Chan residence bearing extravagant gifts—he's determined to rekindle his romance with Second Aunt and the gifts are his way of announcing his courtship.   

His grand gesture goes awry however, when it's discovered that not all the gifts were meant for Second Aunt and the Chans—one particular gift was intended for a business rival to cement their alliance and included by accident. Of course the Aunties agree that it's only right to return the gift—after all, anyone would forgive an honest mistake, right? 

But what should have been a simple retrieval turns disastrous and suddenly Meddy and the Aunties are helpless pawns in a decades-long war between Jakarta's most powerful business factions. The fighting turns personal, however, when Nathan and the Aunties are endangered and it's up to Meddy to come up with a plan to save them all.  Determined to rescue her loved ones, Meddy embarks on an impossible mission—but with the Aunties by her side, nothing is truly impossible…

My Review:
I had such a fantastic time reading this book! I've really fallen in love with this series, and this installment-which, according to the reader discussion page, is the final book in the series-was another wild romp of wild shenanigans, plots and plans, and hilarious moments! 

One thing that I loved about the 2nd book was that Meddy realised that she was just like her family, coming to wild conclusions. But just because you know something about yourself, doesn't mean that it can't happen again. And they get pulled into this situation, and it was so good! 

This whole case with gifts getting mixed up, and then ending up dealing with the different factions, not to mention some romantic entanglement, it was all wild and chaotic and so entertaining and hilarious to read, and I couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen next! 

I am really happy about where we left these characters. The way things wrapped up, it was really satisfying. It all came together really well, and I had a blast watching it all go down! But it is a little sad, that this is the last time we'll see these characters adventures for the first time. 

This was a really fantastic series, and I am sad to say goodbye to these characters, but I can't wait to read more by Jesse Q. Sutanto! 

Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto
Series: Aunties #3
Read: March 12th, 2024
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a End of Series 2024 Book, Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Berkley
Expected Publication: March 26th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars