Hello, friends! I am incredibly excited about today’s post because not only do I get to cross off one of my New Year’s Resolutions of participating in a blog tour, I also get to shout about one of the most fantastic and fluffy books I’ve read this year. 🌊☀ Small Town Hearts has easily become one of my favorite reads with its lovable characters, fun plot line, and heartwarming summer setting.
Lille Vale’s vivid imagery makes scenes dance off the page so I thought it’d be fitting to capture her beautiful writing with a rainbow aesthetic. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words, and I can barely contain how much I adore Babe and Levi, the main characters, within one single blog post. Also, as a quick disclaimer, all photos for these mood boards were taken from Pexels and Unsplash which are my favorite go-to’s for free stock images. 📸 My full review of this book will also be published next week as part of the Xpresso Book Tour!



SMALL TOWN HEARTS by Lillie Vale
PUBLISHED BY Swoon Reads (MacMillan) on March 19th, 2019
GENRES: Contemporary
PAGES: 336
ADD TO GOODREADS // BOOK DEPOSITORY


Rule #1 – Never fall for a summer boy.
Fresh out of high school, Babe Vogel should be thrilled to have the whole summer at her fingertips. She loves living in her lighthouse home in the sleepy Maine beach town of Oar’s Rest and being a barista at the Busy Bean, but she’s totally freaking out about how her life will change when her two best friends go to college in the fall. And when a reckless kiss causes all three of them to break up, she may lose them a lot sooner. On top of that, her ex-girlfriend is back in town, bringing with her a slew of memories, both good and bad.
And then there’s Levi Keller, the cute artist who’s spending all his free time at the coffee shop where she works. Levi’s from out of town, and even though Babe knows better than to fall for a tourist who will leave when summer ends, she can’t stop herself from wanting to know him. Can Babe keep her distance, or will she break the one rule she’s always had – to never fall for a summer boy?

R E D


“I wasn’t a girl who missed the ways things used to be, I was part of the storm. I was the eye of it.”

O R A N G E


Y E L L O W


“There was safety in things staying the same.”

G R E E N


B L U E


“That was the risk of summer boys. They always outgrew summer.”

P U R P L E


B R O W N


“Out of all the places in the world, why Oar’s Rest?”

D A Y


N I G H T


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lillie Vale, upon discovering she could not be one of Santa’s elves or attend Hogwarts, decided to become a writer to create a little magic of her own. Enjoying the romantic and eerie in equal measure, she’s probably always writing a book where the main characters kiss or kill. Born in Mumbai, she has lived in many U.S. states, and now resides in an Indiana college town where the corn whispers and no one has a clue that she is actually the long-lost caps lock queen.
Find Lillie Vale on Twitter and Goodreads!
Be sure to check out the full blog tour schedule to see all the amazing guest posts, interviews, aesthetics, and creative posts!🌊☀
March 11
- Lily (Sprinkles of Dreams) – guest post
- Marie (Drizzle & Hurricane Books) – interview
- Eloise (Eloise Writes) – review + aesthetic
- Simant (Flipping Through the Pages) – review + creative
- Elin (Annotated Paperbacks) – creative
March 12
- Nandini (Unputdownable Books) – creative
- Santana (Santana Reads) – review + character aesthetics
- Danielle (Bookish in Texas) – interview
- Laura (Green Tea & Paperbacks) – creative
March 13
- Sofia (Bookish Wandress) – review + a playlist
- Ashley (Bubbly Booknerd) – creative
- Lauren (Bookmark Lit) – review + creative
- Victoria (The Contented Reader) – interview + review
- Camillea (Camillea Reads) – review
March 14
- Morgan (The Bookish Beagle) – review + creative
- Fanna (Fannatality) review + creative
- Syndney (Syndneys.books) – creative bookstagram
- Fadwa (Word Wonders) – review
- Mishma (Chasing Faerytales) – review + creative
- Lili (Utopia State of Mind) – guest post
March 15
- Tiffany (Read by Tiffany) – creative
- Haley (Fangirl Fury) – review + creative
- Romie (Romie We Deserve Love) – creative

Every post I see for this book just gets me more and more excited! I absolutely LOVED these mood boards! Every picture on them perfectly fit my aesthetic. I tried picking a favorite, but I honestly couldn’t. Every time I thought I chose the perfect board I’d scroll up or down to another perfect board! I can’t wait to read your review!
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Ahh I’m so excited for you to read it!! It’s definitely one of my favorite contemporaries (OF ALL TIME) I thought it was just so fluffy and perfect ❤
I'm so happy that you enjoyed these mood boards too 🙂 I had such fun making it, and this was my first time making anything like it! I'll definitely make more in the future now. I had a hard time picking a favorite too, but I would probably go with Red, Blue, Day, or Night ❤ Those I love the most!
My review will be up in a few days so I'm really excited that you're excited for it! If you read the book, definitely link me it because I would love to hear your thoughts as well~
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These mood boards are so beautiful and fit the book perfectly ❤ My eyes are so satisfied right now
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Aww thank you Kay ❤ I had so much fun making them. I'm glad you love them!! 🙂
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This book is high up on my TBR now. I have been seeing some great reviews for it and the mood boards are absolutely gorgeous.
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It’s definitely worth all the hype!! If you write a review for it or read it, I’d love to hear your thoughts ❤ It's such a sweet read 🙂
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This rainbow aesthetic is so pretty!!! Thank you for sharing and being part of the tour!
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I had so much fun ❤ Thank YOU for organizing and giving me this fabulous opportunity!
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Oh my god these moodboards are absolutely gorgeous ahhhhhhhhhhhh I am so so very much in love with them ❤ ❤ ❤
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AHHH this makes me so happy to hear ❤ I had so much fun making them so I'm glad that you loved them as well 🙂
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TIFFANY THESE ARE SO GORGEOUS.😍 Oh my gosh, I loved them, and it got me even more excited to read this book!!
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afjlsafjslk thank youuuuu olivia ❤ you're always so sweet! i really hope you read this book and love it! it's such a fluffy contemporary 🙂
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I love love love these so much!
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❤ ❤ ❤ and you're always too sweet to me
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Uh, I love these aesthetics so much??? So gorgeous and I really need to read the book.
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Aww thank you!! I can’t wait for you to read the book ❤
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Ah, this post is so awesome and so pretty! I loved scrolling through. I can’t wait to read Small Town Hearts and it definitely shot up on my tbr!
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Aww thank you!! I had so much fun making it and putting it together so it makes me so happy that you think it’s pretty ❤ I can't wait to hear your thoughts on this book!
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I haven’t read the book yet but I’m really looking forward to this. I hope this become available on our local bookstore soon. And Tiffany!!! This mood aesthetic are excellent! I love all the colors! Great job!😍😍♥️
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Aww I’m so glad that you loved them and think they’re aesthetic!! I had so much fun making them 🙂 I’ll definitely want to make more in the future!!
I really hope you get to read this book sometime soon. *fingers crossed* that it becomes available at your bookstore!!
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Thank you Tiffany. and Yes please! I’d love to see and revel on your aesthetics. It’s relaxing to look at them tbh.☺️
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TIFF THIS IS SO GORGEOUS I GOT EMOTIONAL AT THE NIGHT MOOD BOARD
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JULES AGHHH THANK YOUUUU I had so much fun making it ❤ ❤ ❤
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