Review: Little Forevers by Katie Kaleski

From Goodreads:
Phoebe likes Gage, but there's a problem—he's her brother's best friend.

As the result of an extra-marital affair, Phoebe Bautista has had little contact with her dad, none with her step-mom, and her siblings have just recently learned of her existence. Now she goes to stay with them while her mom is on assignment in The Yukon for three months. As she tries to find her place and navigate the developing and rocky relationship with her temporary family, she begins to spend time playing music with her brother, Oliver, along with his best friend, Gage.

Gage is cute, smart, has selective mutism, and makes Phoebe’s heart skip a beat, but she knows she has to fight her feelings for him, so she doesn’t ruin her growing bond with Oliver. But the more time the three of them spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore what she feels for Gage, especially when she learns he might like her too.

And with her dad pretending everything’s fine, the fact that she might never belong anywhere, and knowing that she only has so much time with her new family, Phoebe might not make it out with her heart intact. 

My Thoughts:
***Thank you to YA Bound for giving me the opportunity to review this book***
First up, I love this cover. So pretty! It was the first thing to make me stop and want to take a look.
The story itself is fun and sweet, with characters that are unique, a little nerdy, and interesting. The meat of the story and characters was charming. I loved the infusion of Filipino culture as well!
My problem was that I felt like I was reading a first draft. The editing was basically non-existent, and it got worse as the book progressed. Wrong words (signing instead of singing for example) missing punctuation, and errors just littered the book. It became a distraction from the story because at times I had to go back and mentally edit things just to make sense of them. This was disappointing, and I wish it wasn't an issue so I could love the raw essence of the story.
I hope the author does clean up the manuscript because this is a fun story!