A review by stacyroth
The Rules of Arrangement by Anisha Bhatia

3.0

Zoya Sahni has a great job and a loving family, but she is not the things desired in the marriage world: dark-skinned rather than light, spunky instead of submissive, and overweight rather than skinny. Zoya is overjoyed when she receives a promotion at work, along with the news of being a possible candidate for a job in New York City. However, that very night, her family has arranged for her to meet a possible candidate for an arranged marriage. As she gets closer to her dream job in New York, she also meets the perfect ideal of a husband for an arranged marriage. When she is forced to choose between the two, what choice will she make?

I would almost classify this book more as a women's fiction than a romance novel. The real growth takes place in Zoya learning what she wants for herself and looking at her family in a different light. I do like Zoya's boss, Arnav, and wish we could have seen more of him. The narrator did a good job with the audiobook.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me an audio ARC of this book.