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A Cumulative Dream Harbor Review (Books 1–5)

Laila Clarke Student Contributor, Colby College
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Colby chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

🎃🍂 The Pumpkin Spice Café: 4/5

The cutest autumnal story that reminded me of Luke and Lorelai from Gilmore Girls. A coffee shop owner, Jeanie, and a farmer, Logan, have an adorable romance with a grumpy x sunshine dynamic.

☀️📖 The Cinnamon Bun Bookstore: 4/5

The second book is a mystery, summer romance between two of Logan’s friends: Hazel, a bookseller, and Noah, a fisherman. My favorite trope in this book was opposites attract.

🎄☃️ The Christmas Tree Farm: 2.5/5

This one, while not my favorite, was still somewhat enjoyable. Jeanie’s brother, Bennett, falls in love with a Christmas tree farm owner, Kira. I despise winter, and this book was not cute enough for me to fall in love with the season.

🍓🥞 The Strawberry Patch Pancake House: 3.75/5

I truly see myself in Archer. He’s a grumpy, world-renowned chef who needs help raising his kid, which forces him to hire Iris. The single-dad x nanny trope is the reason for the lower rating, but the idea of the found family is endearing.

🥐🍁 The Gingerbread Bakery: 4/5

As soon as I was introduced to Annie, the bakery owner, and Mac, the bartender, in the first book, I knew I wanted more. The two main tropes in this book are second chance romance and enemies to lovers. As someone who holds grudges like Annie, I enjoyed reading this book.

🌼💐 The Daisy Chain Flower Shop: TBD

This book is going to be released in May 2026, and I can truly say I am excited. As much as I like the original trio of Jeanie, Hazel, and Annie, I am ready to get to know the other characters in this town. Why does Daisy have such bad luck with romance?

⭐️ Overall Rating: 3.75/5

laila is a student at colby college. she is studying american studies (government/environment concentration) and astronomy.

laila has been writing for a newspaper since high school. she is extremely interested in journalism and photography.

when laila is not writing articles, she is playing soccer, doing physics problem sets, reading books, watching gilmore girls, or volunteering with an orchestra.