A Summer Of Second Chances In 'Small Town Hearts'

Before Lillie Vale's Small Town Hearts even began, I was struck by the dedication: "To anyone who ever needed a second chance." I'm a sucker for a good dedication. And who among us hasn't ever wanted (or needed) a second chance at something?

I'm also a sucker for good small town story. Probably because I was born a Vermonter with maple syrup for blood. Babe, is also a child of northern latitudes — she lives in a picturesque seaside town in Maine called Oar's Rest. I found her perspective a refreshing change from the usual books of this sort: This young woman actually loves the small town in which she was born and raised and has no grand dreams of moving away for a bigger and better life somewhere else. (I also enjoyed that this was book for older teens that didn't slip into the all-consuming romance and sex that typically accompanies the New Adult label.)