{"product_id":"consider-yourself-kissed-one-of-the-big-love-stories-of-2025-the-sunday-times-9781923058828","title":"Consider Yourself Kissed: 'One of the big love stories of 2025' The Sunday Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new edition of the unforgettable literary love story. 'Truly lives up to the hype.' Diana Reid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA new edition of the unforgettable literary love story. 'Truly lives up to the hype.' Diana Reid  Mother, writer, worker, sister, friend, citizen, daughter, (sort of) wife. If she could be one, perhaps she could manage. Trying to be all, she found she was none.  Coralie grew up in Australia but needed to escape some ghosts. Adrift in London, she meets witty, sexy, generous Adam-and his charming four-year-old daughter. Falling in love is fun. And then?  Coralie yearns for children of her own, and to become a writer. But her trips back to Australia change her perspective. Ten years on, something essential is missing.  In this unforgettable story about what 'happily ever after' might truly mean, Jessica Stanley writes about life as we live it, and reveals how our intimate dramas can get tangled up with the public events of our times.  An honest, entertaining and intelligent portrait of a woman in love, Consider Yourself Kissed will capture your heart.  PRAISE-   'Consider Yourself Kissed is a love story like no other- charming, warm, heartfelt and funny but with a truly razor-like authenticity. I absolutely loved every moment and didn't want it to end!' Liane Moriarty  'This summer's must-read ... A sparkly enjoyable romantic comedy like One Day and Normal People' The Times  'Fresh and sparkling...This charming literary romance queries the endgame in romance fiction, the happily-ever-after, in a way that lingers.' Age  'Consider Yourself Kissed is a smart literary love story and an absorbing family drama. Jessica Stanley follows her characters over the years as they make their way in the private, intricate, fragile world they create for themselves, and in the always-changing larger world. This is a deeply appealing and winning novel.' Meg Wolitzer  'Fabulous...It's clever, joyful, familiar and awkward, and so funny.' Nina Stibbe, author Reasons to Be Cheerful  'Sweet and tender.' Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We're Doing it Right?  'Utterly brilliant-so astonishingly clever, but with a core of love. It's generous, it's hopeful, it's one of the very best grown-up love stories I have ever read. And wears its smartness so lightly, but it captures the strangeness of the past few years perfectly. I could not have adored it more.' Daisy Buchanan, author of How to Be a Grown-up\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781923058828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 31 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Text Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Melbourne, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.6(H)x12.9(L)x2.6(W)312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 312\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eJessica Stanley is an Australian novelist living in London. She grew up in Melbourne, studied in Canberra, and worked in journalism and on progressive political campaigns before moving to the UK in 2011. Consider Yourself Kissed her second novel, has been published in Australia and internationally to great acclaim.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e is a love story like no other: charming, warm, heartfelt and funny but with a truly razor-like authenticity. I absolutely loved every moment and didn’t want it to end!’ * Liane Moriarty *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e is that rare thing: a novel that truly lives up to the hype.’ * Diana Reid *\u003cbr\u003e’This summer’s must-read … A sparkly enjoyable romantic comedy like \u003ci\u003eOne Day\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNormal People\u003c\/i\u003e’ * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e‘Buy this for yourself and then buy a few more copies for everyone you know.’ * Madeleine Gray, Saturday Paper *\u003cbr\u003e‘Fresh and sparkling…This charming literary romance queries the endgame in romance fiction, the happily-ever-after, in a way that lingers.’ * Age *\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart literary love story and an absorbing family drama. Jessica Stanley follows her characters over the years as they make their way in the private, intricate, fragile world they create for themselves, and in the always-changing larger world. This is a deeply appealing and winning novel.’ * Meg Wolitzer *\u003cbr\u003e‘Fabulous…It’s clever, joyful, familiar and awkward, and so funny.’ * Nina Stibbe, author Reasons to Be Cheerful *\u003cbr\u003e‘Sweet and tender.’ * Pandora Sykes, author of How Do We Know We’re Doing it Right? *\u003cbr\u003e‘Utterly brilliant—so astonishingly clever, but with a core of love. It’s generous, it’s hopeful, it’s one of the very best grown-up love stories I have ever read. And wears its smartness so lightly, but it captures the strangeness of the past few years perfectly. I could not have adored it more.’ * Daisy Buchanan, author of How to Be a Grown-up *\u003cbr\u003e‘Jessica Stanley’s principal subject is romance, which she renders—in all its mess and glory—masterfully. But the real delight in \u003ci\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e is how the novel confidently thinks about love more broadly: the feeling we can have for family, for work, for art and books and our homes and our friends, for the very world around us. It is an exhilarating read, a marvel of a book.’ * Rumaan Alam, National Book Award finalist and NYT bestselling author of Leave the World Behind and Entitlement *\u003cbr\u003e‘A clever and funny rom-com in the vein of Dolly Alderton's \u003ci\u003eGood Material\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/i\u003e shows how relationships have to change to find an equitable balance for both partners.’ * ABC *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Balances literary depth and a breezy, engaging style, making \u003cem\u003eConsider Yourself Kissed\u003c\/em\u003e the elusive next Sorrow and Bliss… delivering a loveable, compelling novel about what it means to be a woman today.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Books+Publishing *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Deeply romantic…Funny, familiar and relatable.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Qantas Magazine *\u003cbr\u003e‘A delightfully grounded romance and a treasure … very human.’ * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e’Suffused with wonder and joy.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Vogue *\u003cbr\u003e‘As warm as a David Nicholls novel.’ * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fresh and original... a brilliant book that hits all the right notes'\u003c\/p\u003e * Good Housekeeping, Book of the Month *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Charming... with quiet ingenuity and compassion'\u003c\/p\u003e * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e‘5 stars. This book is a triumph.’ * AU Review *","brand":"Jessica Stanley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48544232210649,"sku":"9781923058828","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781923058828_422f85be-c051-475c-a8a6-0ee949de8b8d.jpg?v=1776451948","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/consider-yourself-kissed-one-of-the-big-love-stories-of-2025-the-sunday-times-9781923058828","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}