*`Review: Fake it 'Til Christmas by Claudia Burgoa`*

Title: Fake it 'Til Christmas
Author: Claudia Y. Burgoa
Release Date: November 19, 2025



REVIEW:
4 Stars
A fun holiday read. I love a good grumpy/sunshine romance. This one is so good with a fake dating and neighbors to lovers flair. Soren and Win are so opposites I love it! Win's thought process is so entertaining. Soren is a grumpy guy who loves his solitude, but I love how he secretly enjoys his sparring with Win. They may be opposites, but they fit like puzzle pieces. I felt for Win with her family. I hate that she feels like she has to compete with her siblings and she doesn't feel good enough. That is one reasons why I really like Soren because he thinks she is plenty good enough and is for her career path. The banter between Soren and Win is on point. This was a delightful holiday read!

BLURB: 
From USA Today Bestselling Author Claudia Burgoa comes a fake-dating holiday romance filled with slow-burn tension, awkward family dinners, and one grumpy man who might just ruin Christmas for anyone else.

All I agreed to was a fake relationship.
A weekend of pretending I'm in love with my grumpy, emotionally constipated, private-jet-commuting neighbor.
Easy, right?

Except nothing about Soren Thorn is easy.
He doesn't believe in horoscopes, hates throw pillows, and treats feelings like they're contagious.
He's all sighs, black coffee, and unreadable expressions—and for reasons I still don't understand, he needs me to be his girlfriend for one very public, very awkward family event.

I thought I could handle it.
Play the part. Make it cute.
But then he started trusting me—with real pieces of himself.

Now I know his favorite coffee, some of his secrets, and the exact look he gives when he's about to self-destruct but pretends he's fine.

And I'm starting to realize this whole fake dating thing might be getting too . . . well, not fake.
Because I don't just want to survive the weekend.
I want to know what it would feel like if none of it were pretend.

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