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The Cinnamon Bun Book Store (Dream Harbor #2) by Laurie Gilmore Review

 Hey ForeverBookers,


How are you all? I hope you’re good! 


I’ve just finished reading “The Cinnamon Bun Book Store” and I LOVED it! This will be a short review as “The Cinnamon Bun Book Store” is a quick and easy read. 


4.5 Stars! 


“The Cinnamon Bun Book Store” follows our FMC, Hazel who had a small part in “The Pumpkin Spice Cafe,” book 1 in the “Dream Harbor” series. She’s the book shop owner of the town. This book store changes its name frequently but for now it’s the Cinnamon Bun Book Store. She discovers clues in some of her books…to what though? Noah, the younger MMC of the story helps her work out what they mean and all before her 30th birthday! She doesn’t feel like she’s had much of a life and regrets that. Can Noah help her see that her life is still worth living? 


I read this for a couple of readathons. They were: 


Reading Rivalry - Let’s Do The Time Warp Again - The Cinnamon Bun Book Store is the second book in the Dream Harbor series so it’s like I’m reading it again but BETTER! 


The Always Fully Booked Challenge - a book with a food in the title - Cinnamon Bun! 


On The Cover Challenge - a window - there are a few windows to the bookstore. (I changed “The Book Of Life” by Deborah Harkness to cityscape).


Spoilers below…


“I’m sure plenty of people noticed when you moved here.’

      ‘Oh, they definitely noticed when I bailed on the family business.’

      ‘Oh.’

      ‘I’m not so much a mystery as a screw-up. Sorry to disappoint.’

      ‘You don’t disappoint me at all.’

      He met her gaze again, a look of quiet surprise on his face. He quickly covered it up with a charming grin. ‘I think we need to get back on track.’

      ‘We do?’

      ‘Yep. I promised you a fun night. HANSOF, remember? We can’t be sitting around talking about my family drama on a HANSOF night.’

      ‘Sounds like a German cousin or something.’

      Noah laughed, the playfulness back in his eyes.

      ‘And HANSOF says no more family talk. It’s time for the Ferris wheel.”


Hazel and Noah start a Summer Of Fun or Hazel And Noah’s Summer Of Fun (HANSOF, as it’s known in the book). This is because Noah wants to show Hazel that she’s still young. This is all in the lead up to her 30th birthday, which she’s afraid of. She doesn’t feel as if she’s done anything in her life yet. Noah, is younger than her too. We don’t often see an older female and younger male in romance books, I don’t think so this was refreshing to see. Hazel is scared of the Ferris wheel. This fear is gotten over quite quickly with Noah’s help, of course. Noah doesn’t want to talk about his family issues. I believe that Hazel helps him through these too. 


The main part of the novel, I believe is in the middle when they’re sailing on a boat. Noah is a fisherman so he knows what he’s doing when it comes to sea travel. However, when a storm hits then unexpectedly, what happens? I’ll let you read for yourself but it’s good! 


I was a little disappointed in the end of the novel, just because the wrap up to the mystery of what the messages in the books were was a let down. However, the romance was brilliant, I loved it! 


Overall, I enjoyed The Cinnamon Bun Book Store! It’s an easy novel to read, which was nice. The cover certainly suggests autumn however, I believe it takes place in the spring/summer mainly. That’s the only hangup I had with it along with the mystery letdown! I’m therefore giving it 4.5 stars as it’s not the authors fault who designs the cover snd the romance is one of my favourite contemporary romances! 


I’m going to read another contemporary romance next! 

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