As soon as I saw this I new I wanted to read it – a blurb from Abby Jimenez (who I LOVE) comparing it to Gilmore Girls?! Yes, please. Unfortunately this one fell flat for me and I DNF'd it at about 100 pages. I really wanted to love it, I really wanted to care about the characters, but I just didn't. When the romance started to heat up I just couldn't buy in, and there were some cringe-y aspects too. Please read some other positive reviews because this could have just been a right book, wrong time.

Thoughts

I like how this one started out. Big city girl, Adi, trying to help her mom (unknowingling to her mom) save their apartment by landing a full time writing gig instead of living off freelance gigs. You have to give her props for wanting to help her mom by getting a more stable job. When she hears that a big city real estate mogul plans to develop a small town, well there is the story. The people living in said small town have to be furious that a city man wants to change their town, but it’s quite the opposite.

I loved all the references to Gilmore Girls in this story. The romance aspect was also fun. Adi is one of those characters who gets knocked down time and time again, but then gets back up. If you’re looking for a cute story and an easy read then look no further.

Big thank you to @NetGalley @meredithschorr
& @foreverpub for my #eARC of this one! All thoughts are my own!!

I’m not a huge Hallmark Channel lover but I do love Gilmore Girls, so I thought I’d give this one a shot after reading the blurb!
Adina Gellar is tired of living with her mom and working 2 jobs. She wants to be a journalist so bad, so when she sees a new apartment complex is being built in a local small town, Adina immediately thinks of all the Hallmark movies she’s seen with the same plot! And now she can try the inside scoop for real! She immediately books a room at the B & B in Pleasant Hollow and makes her way there! Unfortunately for Adina the only thing “pleasant” Pleasant Hollow seems to be her!! Can she make her breakout story happen?!

This was such a cute read without being overly cheesy!! I was prepared for ALL the cheese but I was given slight cheese with a side of heavy steam instead!! And we all know I love my steam!! I definitely recommend this cute romcom and it should definitely make your summer TBR list!! 4 stars!

As Seen on TV definitely will enhance your beach read TBR, wrapping sweet humor around sizzling romance. Aspiring journalist Adina travels to Pleasant Hollow to pursue a feature article idea that hopefully will land her a byline—and a permanent position—with an online publication. But no matter how she finagles, she can’t conform the standoffish small-town residents into her Hallmark-wrapped box.
No locals capture her heart, but the sexy “antagonist” in her story provides plenty of heat and allure. Too bad he’s way commitment shy, for a good reason.
If this were a true Hallmark movie, how would the story end? Like As Seen on TV, of course! The fun romp collides a syrupy/cozy image of small towns with everyday reality, then compares them to the joys of living in the “big city.” (Having grown up near small towns, I’m not dissing them. But they were far from Hallmark-ish!)
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advance review copy of this enticing debut.

I've had AS SEEN ON TV on my tbr since September 2020 -- you could say I was eagerly awaiting this one!

A woman journalist, frustration with dating in NYC, a small-town setting... it checked so many boxes for me! Adi is trying to get her career off the ground, hustling for freelance gigs, when she pitches a story about a real estate magnate targeting a tiny town and threatening the locals' way of life.

But the storyline just isn't quite working for me. Adi keeps acting in a way that I think is supposed to portray a rather green reporter, but comes off as an indication that journalism is not a good fit for her, so the questions of whether she'll get this story and land a full-time staff position lose steam.. A third of the way in, there have been some scenes between the two love interests, but nothing that's gotten me hopeful or excited about the prospect of them ending up together. The idea of a city girl being a fish out of water in a small town, when her preconceived notions are dashed, has a lot of promise but the execution so far isn't for me. DNF at 33%.

Of course, YMMV -- I think this book will work best for readers who are avid Hallmark movie viewers (there are several references throughout) and into the slow burn. I'd also recommend it to those who enjoy coming of age/growing up storylines, as I think 25-year-old Adi reads fairly young.

As a huge Hallmark movie fan (I’ve seen ALL of the premieres during the Countdown to Christmas this year!) I was so excited to sit down and read AS SEEN ON TV. The author takes many of those classic Hallmark/made for TV movie tropes and turned them on their heads which I found incredibly refreshing after so many rinse and repeat stories. My only complaint is that I wish I could spend more time with these characters!

3.5 Stars

Adina is a struggling freelance writer who lives in NYC with her mother. She’s obsessed with Hallmark movies and when she pitches a story to her editor about a big development being built in the small town of Pleasant Hollow, she’s imagining something out of one of her movies. She’s hoping for friendly townspeople and finding love with a small town boy. What she gets is not at all what she’s expecting.

This story has a cute premise and there is a lot to like about it. It was light and fun and I was able to finish it in a day. Adi has a great support system at home and even though money is tight, Adi and her mom are a team willing to take on any challenges together. I loved reading about Adi’s experience as a journalist and chasing down stories. There’s great Jewish representation and Adi’s best friend is a fantastic ride or die character. I also liked Finn’s character, even though he seemed a little underdeveloped to me.

Adi, however, was an exceptionally frustrating character. Her inner monologue was repetitive and for growing up in NYC, she seemed sheltered and immature. I find it hard to believe that an educated woman in her twenties would have these assumptions about small town life, which were cute at first but got very irritating after a while.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys small town romance, friends to lovers and Hallmark movies. Issues with the main character aside, I did enjoy the premise and I think other readers might as well. Thank you so much to NetGalley and Forever for the arc to read and review.

As Seen on TV had all of my favorite romcom components with some tough stuff sprinkled in for good measure. Much like our main character, Adina, I love a good hallmark movie! I loved seeing the comparisons in this book and Adina work hard at her goal of writing. Even though this book was fiction it felt very relatable!

I would rate this book as a 3.5 star. I really enjoyed the twist on all the Hallmark movies, which I also enjoy. I loved that Pleasant Hollow was the oppostite of the Hallmark small towns and I understood how disappointed Adina would feel when the town turned out to be very unwelcoming.
Adina was a great MC and Finn was dreamy too. I did think the book dragged a little in the middle but I loved all the twists the author wrote and how everything came together for a HEA.

This book is so cute. I love a good rom-com. It gave me reminders to my favorite show Gilmore Girls. I loved that the main character was a journalist, something I am not familiar with. I could definitely relate to how hard dating is in this day and age.

The Sex and the City movie, Gilmore Girls and Hallmark movies, these are a few of my favourite things - and they were all mentioned in the first chapter of As Seen On Tv by Meredith Schorr, and after that I was sold.

Guys, this was everything I love about Hallmark movies wrapped up into a 337 page book. We had the quirky, determined heroine in Adi. The misunderstood romantic hero in Finn. The overly supportive single mom and the fiercely loyal best friend. Add in a small town that is nothing like Stars Hollow, we’ve got ourselves something that will hit you in the feels and make you smile all at the same time. We even had some pretty great grand gestures in here!

I loved how Adi was honest about how she felt about Finn and yet, at the end of the day, she stood up for herself and wouldn’t let herself be treated less than she deserved. Finn himself, had some great character development in how he reacted to his situation. The side characters in Pleasant Hollows were so quirky, I had a good laugh at how they were nothing like Adi had pictured before she arrived.

Overall, this was exactly what I was hoping it would be (and yes, I may have recognized certain Hallmark movies that were referenced), and now I’m ready to check out more from Meredith Schorr!

The depth of Meredith Schorr's rom-com, AS SEEN ON TV, is both subtle and sublime. Schorr gives Adina and Finn depth that is heartfelt. Her dialogue is snappy, well-paced, and realistic, and the supporting cast is filled with folks we recognize in our own lives, which makes it that much more touching.

AS SEEN ON TV’S readers may not live in either Pleasant Hollow or New York City, but because Adina and Finn’s journey is what they’ve experienced—or have hoped for—in their own lives, Schorr’s novel will certainly resonate with those who love happily ever afters.

In the story As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr, the main character, Adina, is in search of a story about a small town called Pleasant Hollow. Before arriving to this town, she has this assumption that the town is going to be just like the setting of the typical Hallmark movie and other shows such as Gilmore Girls. However, once she gets there she realizes that despite the size of the town, it is nothing like how it is presented on TV. I greatly enjoyed reading this story and seeing how Adina created her story and what she learned about Pleasant Hollow. I also enjoyed how her and Finn’s relationship grew throughout the story. This story was such a sweet rom com that also highlighted many of the realities of life and how life isn’t always how we think it might be.

This books was fine. Cute at times and kept me interested enough to want to finish it. I wasn’t a fan of the towns people whatsoever though. I thought they were rude and completely unlikeable and not redeemable (which I understand is part of the plot, but I thought it went too far), The main character’s mom and best friend were great supporting characters, and I liked Finn for the majority of the story. I did feel like the story was stretched out too much, while at the same time not enough happened. I don’t know if that makes sense. And what Finn did at the end of the book… I’m not sure he’s redeemable in my eyes after that. So yeah, it was fine.

Thanks to Netgalley for a digital arc in exchange for my honest review.

Well, I got 30% in , and I couldn't finish. The writing style was too YA and the female main character was very immature. I feel like this book had great potential but unfortunately, it didn't hit the mark for me.

Twenty-something Adi Gellar thinks she has found her big break into journalism when she pitches a story about an NYC developer building a commuter community in small town New York. With a head full of Hallmark movie plots and a dwindling bank account, Adi sets off to Pleasant Hollow to gather details about the supposed big bad big city wolf coming to prey on what she believes will be a quintessential, tight-knit, small-town community.

Meredith Schorr turns those Hallmark movies on their head, though, as Adi soon discovers that--no matter how hard she tries to push Pleasant Hollow into the picture-perfect mold she has in mind--the town is not going to cooperate.

Enter love interest Finn Adams, who is also not what Adi expects.

What ensues is a delightful--and somewhat unexpected--story, that in the end, makes Adi realize that maybe, just maybe, what she was looking for all along can be found at home.

*Knowledge of the Hallmark movie canon and roster of actors is definitely helpful, but not necessary, for this one.

**While there are numerous Hallmark references, please be aware that this is an open door romance novel.

CW: deceased parents, alcoholism (and extremes of what that can entail), homelessness, grief, familial obligations / tension

I received an advanced copy from Forever (Grand Central Publishing) and NetGalley. Review opinions are my own.

I was excited to read As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr, marketed as perfect for fans of the Gilmore Girls and Hallmark movies. (Check and Check!) I settled in with my kindle, cup of tea, and thoughts of Stars Hollow, but by the 2% mark, I was pretty sure this was not the book for me: Early in the first chapter, Adina, a 25-year-old aspiring journalist, describes her mother as a “seasoned but very well-maintained forty-eight-year-old” (48 is not old!) who has guys in their 20s checking her out on dating apps while Adina has middle-aged men contacting her. This was not the vibe I was expecting.

The aspiring journalist badmouths the editor to whom she is unsuccessfully pitching stories, and then gets excited when he accepts her pitch about a small town where a condo development is being built in what she suggests is a real-life Hallmark movie plot. However, she does no advance research on how the town feels about the development and developer. When she gets there--financed by her mother as an investment in her career--and starts talking to people, she is surprised to find out that they welcome the development. Her research efforts while she is there are unprofessional, and she doesn't seem that worried about wasting her mom's money while she tries to find a story.

I ended up liking the love interest, Finn, and some other characters, like Adina’s mother. Adina, however, remained immature throughout. There were also explicit sex scenes, with use of the F-word and other non-Hallmark-friendly terms, which I was not expecting in a book pitched to this audience.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy of this book. My opinion is my own.

I love a small town romance! Adi is trying to break into journalism. She thinks she's found the perfect story pitch when a rich developer starts building in small town Pleasant Hollow with similarities to one of her favorite hallmark movies. But Pleasant Hollow is not what she expected with the exception of Finn Adams.

This was a cute rom-com with steam. Adi grew up in New York City and is bound and determined to make Pleasant Hollow fit her ideas of a Hallmark small town. Adi seemed very naive and immature for a 25 year old however. Some of her ideas are really over the top so I found I needed to suspend belief and roll with it. There were lots of references to tropes in small town hallmark movies. Finn is a likable character and was very supportive of Adi.

Thank you to the publisher for my e copy of this book.

I love Meredith Schorr, I have read all of her books, they are among my favorites for romcom, so I was overjoyed to get an advanced copy of As Seen On Tv, as Meredith’s books always are, it was well written, entertaining and full of love and laughs. I would recommend this book for those who are fans of romantic comedy and those who enjoy Hallmark movies.
Thank you Netgalley and Forever Publishing for an e-ARC which o voluntarily reviewed.

This was the perfect feel-good romance anyone could ask for.

Adi l Hallmark movies and is excited to see how the small town of Pleasant Hollow will align with her upcoming article. She's shocked when she gets there, only to find out that the one she's labeled the enemy is indeed a friend — or lover.

𝗔𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗩 is the perfect book for romantics like myself who wouldn't mind smiling sheepishly.