The Dallergut Dream-Making District: A Magical Realism Mystery of Lost Customers and Hidden Secrets, and a Follow-up to The Dallergut Dream Department Store (The Dallergut Dream Department Store, 2)

Take a train ride to where dreams are made...

It's been a year since Penny first walked through the doors of the Dallergut Dream Department Store, and surviving a year at the store means one thing... She is now an official employee of the dream industry! She can finally take the express commuter train to the Company District, where all the dream-production companies are located, and discover how all raw dream materials and testing equipment are produced.

But the Company District is not quite what she expected. Instead it hides a secret underbelly of the magical industry that Penny thought she was a part of.

Penny discovers the Civil Complaint Center, full of people filing complaints about their dreams. She also learns about the regular customers who have stopped coming to the store. As she gets to the bottom of each complaint, she begins to expand her horizons, moving beyond the role of dreamseller to understanding what lies in the hearts of their lost regulars.

In this bestselling follow-up to The Dallergut Dream Department Store, Penny and her crew of coworkers must visit a special dream-making district to unlock new secrets about the customers they lost and hope to bring back. Delving deeper into the dream industry and its customers, The Dallergut Dream-Making District braves a new land in search of answers: Why do some customers buy a dream and never return? Will Penny and her colleagues be able to bring their regulars back?

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Published Jun 24, 2025

304 pages

Average rating: 7

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StephanieT
Jun 25, 2025
7/10 stars
Miye Lee’s Return to the DallerGut Dream Department Store is a charming and quietly profound sequel that reaffirms the series as a standout in the cozy fantasy genre. Set once again in the mysterious, whimsical dream department store, the novel expands the world with even more inventive insights into how dreams are made—this time with a touch of mystery involving some of the customers and their troubles. Penny’s continued growth as a new employee allows readers to explore deeper emotional layers of dream life, from nightmares that need tending to aspirations that quietly shape who we are. Lee’s gift lies in blending gentle magic with thoughtful reflections on rest, longing, and the blurry boundary between waking and dreaming. Inventive, soothing, and rich with detail, this book is a true comfort read for anyone who has ever wondered where their dreams come from. Thanks to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing | Hanover Square Press for this ARC. This is my honest review.

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