"Very funny British chick-lit."

Grace Silverstein and her fiancé, Spencer, have been engaged for two years but can't seem to set a date. At first, Grace had been excited about the wedding and their life together, but she's feeling less comfortable now. Add in the facts that Spencer never wants to talk about marriage, he's drinking too much and working long hours, and she's feeling unsettled in her life.

Then she runs into her first love -- Jimi Malik. He loved her and left her (the very next day!) 13 years before and she knows better than to get involved with him. He shows no signs of being any different than he was then -- a flirt and totally unable to commit. Except -- wow! -- he's engaged. Then he's not, as Jimi learns about the other side of being heartbroken. He gets dumped and in his misery, turns to his old friend, Grace.

This is a fun, very British book. Jimi is a doll, and it looks like he's finally ready to settle down. Maybe. Hmmm. While there are several subplots in this book -- one in particular is very touching -- there is something slow about it. Not necessarily in a bad way, but if you're expecting non-stop action as so many books are these days, you won't get it. DO YOU COME HERE OFTEN? is more geared toward the emotions and exploring the myriad feelings and stages of relationships. I enjoyed it for a change of pace.

Reviewed by Morgan Chilson
Posted January 10, 2005

Summary

See the happy bride-to-be! Grace Fairley lives in South West London with her fiancé, Spencer, a divorce lawyer. They've been engaged for two years and still haven't set a date, a fact that has started to irk Grace no end. In fact, things just haven't been feeling right at all lately, and aren't they supposed to when you're with Mr. Right? Then Spencer goes and makes a fool of himself -- yet again -- on Grace's birthday, and she ends up walking to a taxi company to get a lift home. Alone. See the guy who dumped her thirteen years ago! Jimi Malik, a half-Indian, half-Irish writer and ladies man who lives in North West London, has surprised everyone -- himself included -- by deciding to settle down with Kylie, a twenty-one-year-old model from Canada. But when he bows out of his own stag night and goes to catch a cab home, he bumps into Grace Fairley and the past comes rushing back. Like the way they couldn't stand each other. And how their high school hair-pulling routine eventually turned into friendship, then something more. And how he never called again. She's still furious at him and he's still hot for her. But what's the harm in sharing a cab? After all, they're both getting married...Right?