The Mis-Arrangement of Sana Saeed

De: Noreen Mughees

Narrado por: Shawn K. Jain, Deepa Samuel

Thirty-three-year-old hijabi Sana Saeed has put away her childhood dream of ishq—an all-consuming, sweeping love. The arranged dates she's agreed to have failed time after time, and she has responsibilities to consider—namely her sweet, autistic younger brother, Zia. Sana and Zia are a package deal, and she wouldn't have it any other way. But their traditional mother won't allow Sana to be named as his future guardian . . . unless she's married.

When Daniel Malik walks into Sana's office at the Department of Environmental Conservation, she's astonished—their childhood friendship has been a cherished memory ever since a feud between their families put an end to it eighteen years ago. But there's no chance of them becoming close again; Daniel may be as hot as a Bollywood heartthrob, but not only is he Sana's new boss, her mother would disown her if she ever brought him home.

With the clock ticking, Sana agrees to a marriage arranged by her family. She's seen plenty of arranged marriages grow into love; maybe that will happen for her too. But when a high-stakes case at work forces Sana and Daniel to team up, they find themselves less able—and willing—to play their parts of "good desi children." Now Sana must make a choice: family and security, or the one man who claimed her heart long ago.

©2023 Noreen Mughees (P)2023 Tantor

Captivating

I’ve read quite a bit of halal romance, a genre I love. This one stands out for its believable, lovable characters and excellent plot. I actually stayed up all night because I so wanted to see what happened next. At sunrise, I was happy to listen to an ending that was well worth the journey.

Halal romance with good characters

I really enjoyed this book. The barriers between Sana and Daniel’s love just keep coming. If you like a persistent love story this is for you. However I did not like the female narrators performance. Many points in the book she seems to overdo it with the emotional delivery. It was a bit cringy.

Cultural representation and romance!!

I love Muslim representation and the romance was swoon worthy. The food the romance the writing! Ah soo good!

Worth the buy!

I enjoyed this book. The characters took me some time getting use to, and once I did, I was curious knowing what would happen next. Great book for gym, walk or car ride.

Sweet!

I loved the ending 😭 A chaste romance but still plenty of tension and angst.

Nah

Truly had a lot of high hopes for this book I was waiting for it and now that I got the chance to read it and also listen to the audio it wasn’t given it wasn’t it I don’t know how to describe it, but I don’t like it.