Faking Through the Snow
Meribeth Richards
Publisher: Self-Published
Publication date: Nov. 6, 2026
Genre: Holiday Romance
Finding a fake boyfriend for Christmas was easy… until it turned out to be my ex-boyfriend’s dad.
Coming home for Christmas was bound to be chaos, but I only made things worse when I claimed the handsome stranger who helped me in the airport as my boyfriend. Why? Because he happens to be my ex’s father.
Now Beau and I are left to fake it through the snow, the holiday, and a Christmas competition that is making our fake relationship feel a little too real.
Will we be able to win the competition and survive the holiday? Will I be able to keep things fake and festive? No matter what, I’ll be a Christmas Eve that Beau Winters will never forget.
My Thoughts…
This was a hot mess holiday and I thoroughly enjoyed it!
I liked that when Eve asks Beau to “go along with it” and then states that he’s her boyfriend…. to her ex-boyfriend/his son’s face, Beau goes along with it! Even when he realizes that she’s his son’s ex-girlfriend, he still plays along because he doesn’t want to embarrass her. This right there knocked Beau up in my eyes, because he could have easily sold her out and told the truth, that he had no clue who she even was. Instead, he plays along.
The age gap didn’t bother me. Sure, he was old enough to be HER father, but it was fun seeing a younger, more playful side come out of Beau. You’re led to believe he’s this holiday Grinch, but you see him enjoying the holidays and you know it has a lot to do with who he’s spending it with, rather than the holiday cheer itself.
One thing that did bother me was the intimate scenes. I’m someone that likes a show, not tell, approach when it comes to reading. I want to experience the emotions. I want to see the trees covered in blankets of snow. I want the author to get me a chance to experience the story and be part of it, not just be told what’s going on. So the fact that the open-door scenes were them telling each other what they wanted or planned to do, and then having the other person go “YES! Do x, y, z!” or exclaiming that they love it, just felt cringe to me. It’s a personal preference, but I much prefer to not have narration going on when the characters are getting busy.
Overall this is a solid, fun, cute, holiday romance. I really liked the festivities, and that the book had this overall feel of Christmas. From the baking cookies, to the sleigh ride, to going to the tree farm to pick out a tree, the overall vibe of this book screamed Christmas. I loved the fake relationship aspect of it, especially considering the awkward dynamics of it. This would make an insanely fun holiday rom-com movie.
