Eliza Kennedy

[A] smart update on chick lit…as bracing as a margarita in a Manhattan bar… Very funny, very sharp and very modern

Magnificent…packed with great one-liners… This is a laugh-out-loud book [with] extremely smart writing

One of the funniest debut voices of the year

[A] romping summer read… Sheer unadulterated and adulterous fun

whip-smart, pacy, and truly hilarious. The Bridget Jones’ Diary for our times, you’ll probably read it in one sitting because that’s how good it is.

A salty, lively first novel… In the fine tradition of screwball-comedy brides[,] the book’s dialogue is crackling, bawdy and modern

I started reading Sunday morning, finished Sunday afternoon, have not laughed this hard or this much at a book since Bridget Jones's Diary. It was wickedly smart, hilariously funny, sexy, clever, and stupidly accomplished for a first novel. In short, the most enjoyable read I have had in YEARS. I completely loved it.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I Take You is the funniest book I've read all year. I drank four bottles of chardonnay by myself because I couldn't get to a book club fast enough. Eliza Kennedy makes infidelity sexy again!

The smartest, sexiest, funniest (like, hilarious) beach read on the shelves right now.

In the first big beach read of the season, New York lawyer and bride-to-be Lily Wilder has a hard time staying faithful to her perfect fiance´—but that won’t stop this hilarious debut novel from winning you over and warming your heart.

This debut novel’s take on modern gender roles is aggressively provocative. It’s also funny and, eventually, wise.

Sparkles with candor and wit... Kennedy’s ribald story is both engaging and atypical, the perfect combination for a new voice in women’s fiction.

A whip-smart, whip-fast debut… One for the beach

This provocative debut explores whether monogamy is all it’s cracked up to be

Witty, sparkling and a dissection of monogamy and happiness... Entertaining

Here is a heroine who scores a solid ten on the sass-o-meter, and she made the whole reading experience a hoot… Guilt-free fun with this deliciously rampant romp.

‘Whip-smart, pacy, and truly hilarious. The Bridget Jones’ Diary for our times, you’ll probably read it in one sitting because that’s how good it is’ Stylist 
 
I’m getting married. He’s perfect! It’s a disaster. 
 
Note to self: 
 
Do not tell future-mother-in-law that you got into Harvard Law School by sleeping with the Dean of Admissions. 
 
Do not sing Beyoncé-style while representing client in major court deposition (actually, that one kinda works). 
 
Do not buy into the social construct of fidelity. But hey, for an easy life, do not let Will find out about all the other men (esp. my boss/his boss/his best friend). 
 
Meet Lily Wilder: New Yorker, lawyer extraordinaire, blushing bride. And totally incapable of being faithful to one man. As the big day dawns, one thing's for certain, Lily's in for a hell of a surprise...

Eliza Kennedy

Praise for I Take You

Funny, smart and controversial

[A] smart update on chick lit…as bracing as a margarita in a Manhattan bar… Very funny, very sharp and very modern

Magnificent…packed with great one-liners… This is a laugh-out-loud book [with] extremely smart writing

Funny, smart and controversial

[A] smart update on chick lit…as bracing as a margarita in a Manhattan bar… Very funny, very sharp and very modern

Magnificent…packed with great one-liners… This is a laugh-out-loud book [with] extremely smart writing

Funny, smart and controversial

[A] smart update on chick lit…as bracing as a margarita in a Manhattan bar… Very funny, very sharp and very modern

Magnificent…packed with great one-liners… This is a laugh-out-loud book [with] extremely smart writing

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