Consider Yourself Kissed
Hardback Published on: 08/05/2025
Price: £16.99
Synopsis
'What’s the grown-up meaning of ‘happily ever after’?'
When she first meets Adam, Coralie is new to London and feeling adrift. But Adam is clever, witty, and (he insists) a quarter of an inch taller than the average British male. His charming four-year-old daughter, Zora, only adds to his appeal.
But ten years on, something important is missing from the life Coralie and Adam have built. Or maybe, having gained everything she dreamed of, Coralie has lost something she once had: herself.
Set against an eventful decade that included the soap opera of five Prime Ministers plus Brexit and Covid, Consider Yourself Kissed puts the subjects of love and family on a grand stage, showing how the intimate dramas in our homes inescapably compete for energy and attention with the shared public dramas of our times.
Consider Yourself Kissed is an unforgettable novel which effortlessly balances sweetness with bite, the public with the personal, and humour with heart.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Cornerstone
- ISBN: 9781529154757
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 224 x 145 x 31 mm
- Weight: 455g
- Languages: English
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My First 5 star read of 2025
Consider Yourself Kissed is an absorbing family drama made even more interesting by the political background in the time frame that it’s set.
None of us p... READ MORE
Lots of politics
Coralie leaves her native country of Australia and moves to the UK to escape her old life and start all over again. She works in copywriting and transfers ... READ MORE
Refreshing and moving
Not what I expected, Consider Yourtself Kissed is actually a bit of an epic novel, following the life of an Australian woman living in London over about te... READ MORE
A grown up love story, warts and all
Consider Yourself Kissed is the story of Adam and Coralie and their lives in London over the course of a decade. Coralie is Australian and meets Adam when ... READ MORE
Funny, insightful, and thoroughly enjoyable.
4.5★s
Consider Yourself Kissed is the second novel by Australian-born author, Jessica Stanley. Needing to escape a hurtful break-up, the legacy of a troub... READ MORE
A Funny Love Story
I really wanted to describe this wonderfully readable and engaging book as state-of-the-nation but does that make it sound more serious, more grim, more po... READ MORE
Relatable Romance
Oh, this is such a brilliant story of the slowly meanderings of life, love, parenthood and trying to truly stay in touch with your personal self.
I absolu... READ MORE
Buy it!
As a 42 y.o. mother-of-two I have never identified more with a main character than with Coralie... I found myself attempting to read the last 20 or so page... READ MORE
Five stars!
Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica Stanley is a heartfelt exploration of love, family, and the complexities that come with navigating both personal and pu... READ MORE
Beautifully readable and relatable
A very readable story about love, families, children and how life creeps up on you without you noticing. Coralie meets divorced dad and his gorgeous 4 year... READ MORE
Warm and Relatable
A warm, perceptive and relatable book about a noisy, chaotic family with all their complications: parental baggage, Christmasses, quirks, sadness.
The tit... READ MORE
Grown-up love in London
No love story takes place in a vacuum, and we are all affected by the world around us - its inequities, madnesses and moments of progress. Consider Yoursel... READ MORE
Cracking family drama with a twisted comedic edge.
Ahh, this was very cute! The political and Covid flashbacks gave me metaphorical hives, but I really loved this rundown of our recent history told through ... READ MORE
Great read with fab characters
I really loved this book. Great characters in Coralie and Adam. When they bump into each other it's a case of love at first sight but what happens when one... READ MORE
Absolutely amazing debut!
How is this a debut and how did it take me through all my loves and fears in one sitting - yes, I read this in one go and yes, it might have taken me less ... READ MORE
Consider yourself.. in love with this book
Ahh, this was very cute! The political and Covid flashbacks gave me metaphorical hives, but I really loved this rundown of our recent history told through ... READ MORE
London romance
Romance set in London. Coralie rescues Zora when she falls in a park pond and so she meets Zora's dad, Adam. Coralie works in marketing and Adam is a polit... READ MORE
Love In A Time of Brexit
What I Loved About This Book
1. The story of an Australian woman living in London and finding love, creating a family and feeling frustrated by how life c... READ MORE
A love story
An enjoyable love story involving many facets of family life. Fairly recent politics are woven into the story as well as the pandemic.
A total delight
Coralie leaves her native Australia and transfers to the London office of her copywriting job after a bad experience with her boss. Her future seems bright... READ MORE
A realistic love story
I really like the way this love story novel was written. Integrated the realities of blended families and politics and events that were happening in the wo... READ MORE
Love, family and politics - a great reading group novel
This is a grown-up love story with a difference, set over 10 years, which talks about the realities of life after the meet-cute and the seeming happy-ever-... READ MORE
The Normal During The Abnormal
The fact that this book is set during Brexit and COVID made it so relatable. Those memories of feeling like nothing could be relied on to be ‘normal’ and t... READ MORE
An ordinary life in extraordinary times
Coralie moves to England from Australia and meets Adam. They fall in love and make a family. Against the backdrop of all the political drama and Covid lock... READ MORE
Warm
Absolutely loved it
Politics, choices, life in contemporary times , all laced with a love for books - a great read!
I picked it up after a guardian review and thoroughly enjoyed it. A warm story set against the backdrop of contemporary British political climate, the chal... READ MORE
Much more than a love story!
A love story but also so much more! I sped through this gorgeous book with is fabulous and believable cast of characters.
As Coralie and Adam get togethe... READ MORE
Really loved this
I really loved this book. Great characters in Coralie and Adam. When they bump into each other it's a case of love at first sight but what happens when one... READ MORE
Extraordinarily likeable, with perfect supporting characters
This is the sort of book that shows you, as Jo Walton says, how authors keep their books' covers apart without having wizards or spaceships in them. It's a... READ MORE
GREAT READ
VERY GOOD BOOK
A nearly perfect book
“Consider Yourself Kissed” is a love story set against the backdrop of life and politics in the UK from 2012 until nearly the present day. Coralie, the mai... READ MORE
A beautiful novel of love family and london
Consider yourself kissed is a reflective, sweet and at times funny story of one couple’s relationship, from meeting through to life together with kids, dem... READ MORE
Perfection!
Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica Stanley
This is the story of the relationship between Adam and Coralie - how they meet, get together and the next te... READ MORE
An honest and emotional book
A modern romance but warts and all. Meeting, moving in, having a family, lockdown, juggling and losing your sense of self.
Dysfunctional nuclear family t... READ MORE
More than a Love Story.
A decade of love and family.
Coralie meets Adam when she saves his daughter from drowning. Soon they find themselves in a relationship, ten years later ... READ MORE
Amazing Book! Had me completely hooked from the first page. I had to keep reading to uncover what would happen next!
Well, I could not read this quick enough! I was so engrossed in the story I wanted to keep reading to find out what was going to happen next!
The book i... READ MORE
so true to life
Coralie and Adam have a good relationship until they have children. Adam's high powered job means he has little time to spend at home helping out , Coralie... READ MORE
Relatable and well written
Not what I expected, Consider Yourtself Kissed is actually a bit of an epic novel, following the life of an Australian woman living in London over about te... READ MORE
Enjoyable and touching
It's messy and compelling and goes way beyond the usual boy-meets-girl happily ever after, examining a relationship that goes on for years through danger, ... READ MORE
political turmoil
Coralie has transferred to London from Australia where she has escaped a situation at work. She notices Adam out with his captivating daughter, Zora, and e... READ MORE
Five stars!
Consider Yourself Kissed by Jessica Stanley is a heartfelt exploration of love, family, and the complexities that come with navigating both personal and pu... READ MORE
Enjoyable and relatable
This is a very relatable book which follows one woman’s love story and what it takes to keep your identity and sense of self whilst falling in love and rai... READ MORE
Refreshing
This isn’t my usual genre; I rarely read romance titles. But I’m pleased I read this. It’s Charlie and Adam’s story, told over approximately a decade and... READ MORE
Nice enough story
This was a nice enough story following couple Coralie and Adam as they negotiate love, life and family relationships against the backdrop of Brexit and Cov... READ MORE
A brilliant book I enjoyed every page of
Consider yourself kissed is a reflective, sweet and at times funny story of one couple’s relationship, from meeting through to life together with kids, dem... READ MORE
Do not recommend
Not an enjoyable read at all and does not deserve the rave reviews. Save your money and buy something better.
Not quite what I expected
This book isn’t quite what I thought it would be, having read the prologue and the blurb, the reality was something different. I read to about 11% but I di... READ MORE