Adina (Adi) Geller is a struggling journalist trying to land a full time position writing lifestyle stories for Tea, an online magazine. But for the time being, Adi is strapped with juggling three jobs. One as spin instructor, the other a barista at a nearby coffee house, and lastly a freelance writer which just didn’t cut the mustard.

Adi was fortunate to live rent free with her mother. But with an imminent rent increase looming in the horizon, Adi desperately needed something more substantial. So, a position at Tea would be her ticket to independence. All Adi had to do was come up with the perfect pitch to the editor of Tea. Little did Adi know that the perfect pitch would lead to an extended stay in a small town and a bit of an unexpected romance.

As Seen on TV is a semi steamy romance that will have you turning the pages for more and not wanting the story to end. But the story does end and in an “aww shucks” kind of way.

The characters are lovable and I found them all to be somewhat like the characters from the Hallmark Movie Channel. They all seemed so real.

The plot is a friends to lovers trope. And as friend relationships go, there are the ups and downs of life. But added to the friend relationship, there’s the added complexity of familial ties. Family drama that tarnishes the best of relationships. But with strength, patience, and perseverance, that tarnish can be polished away.

As Seen on TV is a wonderful romance novel that will surely please those die hard romance fans. The author, Meredith Schorr is an excellent storyteller and I’ll be adding her to my favorite authors list. You should too. Five outstanding stars.

I received a digital ARC from Forever (GCP.) The review herein is completely my own and contains my honest thoughts and opinions.

Thank you to NetGalley for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. This was a cute read. Adina was likable. I just felt like something was missing. I couldn't connect with her. Finn was also a likable character but at times their romance felt off and almost confusing. The premise was there, and the author was wonderful, but this just wasn't the book for me.

As Seen on TV was a cute "small town" Romance. Adina Geller goes to small town Upstate New York to write an article in hopes of getting the scoop of real life Hallmark movie. But she got a healthy dose of reality as Finn shows her around the small town. Their romance may start in small town but it sure isn't like all the movies Adina loves so much. This romance is more peeking through a cracked door/listening at the door than an open door romance. It was a cute reminder that not everything can be a Hallmark movie, and that close community isn't just for small towns.

Pub date: 6/7/22
Genre: rom com
In one sentence: Adina thinks small town Pleasant Hollow will be just like a Hallmark movie - but not all small towns are picture perfect.

I had high hopes for this one, but sadly it didn't work for me. Adina is a very young 25, and I couldn't connect to her or her insta-love story with Finn. There's wasn't much plot or growth, and I value both of those elements in romance.

That being said, I've seen a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews, so if you're looking for a light read, this may work for you!

Thank you to Forever Publishing for providing an ARC on NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was everything you’d expect from a chick lit rom com. This was a little too much of a slow burn for me and I didn’t really care for the main character, Adina. Light read, perfect for poolside, beach reading.

Right from the start it was charming and funny. Also I must mention how much I loved to read a book with a Jewish lead! I don’t think that’s happened to me before with a romance book, so I was just delighted to relate to a book in this way.

In the beginning, Adina seems to have a big stereotype about what small-town life is like. She’s planned her whole article before even arriving in town, and is thrown off to find out the reality doesn’t exactly match her expectations. One thing that surprised me at this point is that it felt like she barely did any research before heading out. Everything about the town was a shock to her!

Finn was a very sweet lead man. He is always running into Adina and trying to help her out. His backstory surprised me, and made for a good contrast to what Adina expected.

I think Adina spent a while dwelling on how she thought the town should be that she didn’t bother thinking about how to truly write an article, just how to write the article she’d imagined. To be honest, it made me wonder a bit how she expected to continue as a writer. You can’t always decide the story beforehand, and often you have to approach things with a rather open mind. This led to her growth as a character though, as she learned to stop talking to people with an angle in mind. It also felt like she made many moments about herself, such as with Finn’s dad. She learned though, in the process of writing her article.
Overall a delightful story for all those who crave the Hallmark movies!

I was personally unable to connect to the voice of the MC, who felt very young, but I think this book will work for many people.

Adina, also known as Adi, is a freelance writer trying to catch her break. She is also a Hallmark-watching romantic who believes a small town is her key to finding love. She's sick of awful Tinder dates, ghosting, and the hook up culture that New York City brings. When she sees that a big name developer is putting up a high rise condo in a small town upstate, she has the perfect story idea. Her hope is that the cute little town will be against such a huge change and she can tell their story. What she thinks will be like a Gilmore Girls' Stars Hollow couldn't be more different.

Meanwhile, Finn is leading the construction project. He's a successful New York City boy so of course Adi wants to paint him as the villain, but he's just not that guy. After spending time together, Adi pursues him. What was supposed to be a one-night stand, turns into four and Adi thinks she could see hope of a future with Finn. Just as quickly as she starts feeling something for Finn, he lets her know he isn't boyfriend material.

Adi feels defeated, both professionally and romantically. Where should she go from here? Should she keep pursuing a story that just isn't there or totally switch it up? Should she fight for a possible relationship with a guy who is the opposite of her idealistic, Hallmark, small town hero with troubles of his own?

I enjoyed Adi's journey of finding herself and laughed at her crazy antics throughout 'As Seen on TV.' I was rooting for her and Finn the whole time and I thought the ending was great.

Thank you to NetGalley, Meredith Schorr, and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the ARC.

As Seen on TV is the perfect book for fans of Gilmore Girls, small towns and Hallmark movies. The story follows Hallmark and Happy Ending obsessed Adina Gellar, a freelance journalist, as she travels to Pleasant Hollow to write her big break article. Unfortunately, Pleasant Hollow isn’t all that pleasant with lackluster dining, grumpy townspeople and no story in sight. The best part of her trip ends up being Finn Adams who is managing a large scale construction project in town. Due to their close quarters and instant chemistry, sparks fly between Adina and Finn. Does Adina write her big story and find her happily ever after? You will have to read to find out!

I enjoyed reading this book. I wish Adina had her epiphany a little bit early about small towns and Hallmark love stories. I felt bad for Finn and the situation he was in with his father. Addiction/ alcoholism are a losing battle and I think it is really easy to enable with the best of intentions.

I was satisfied with the ending of this book! I thought both grand gestures were fitting. I am glad that Adina was able to adjust her view on relationships after talking with her mom. I think it is really easy with social media, movies and the like to see the ending of something without all the hard work that happens in the middle. Relationships are tough, love stories are imperfect but they can be fulfilling and happy just the same.

Overall, I liked it and would recommend for anyone who loves a Hallmark movie. It was a sweet read and surprisingly spicy which I wasn’t expecting!

I would rate this between 3.5 and 4 stars.

Thank you to Net Galley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I love the way As Seen on TV take a hallmark movie and flips it on its head. Instead of portraying everthing as rainbows and butterflies the main character Adina gets to see what small town living is really like and I like the authors attempt at portraying that. The romance was sweet and the dialogue between the two was witty and humorous which made the book much easier to read. I like that both parties of the relationship were fundamentally human with meaningful problems.
However, I feel like the author spent to much time letting the main character be delusional about the small town even when the truth was staring her right in the face, it went on for far to long.
Otherwise it was a solid book and I would like to read more from the author.

The concept of the book was promising but I couldn't connect with the main character at all. She felt a bit immature and close-minded, especially when she first arrived in Pleasant Hollow and her preconceived notions of small town life and its residents. It just felt like she kept getting in her own way and there was little growth or depth to the story and character development.

I seriously loved this book so much!!! It's the perfect romantic comedy book! I loved the hallmark + Gilmore girls references!

It also had such a cute storyline to it, I didn't want to put the book down because I wanted to know what would happen next!

A great book to read if your looking for something light and fun

What an adorable read! I'm so glad I got to read this one early and I will definitely be recommending it to friends of mine. It's a sweet and charming romance and my Hallmark movie loving heart, soaked every moment up! The premise is great, the development of characters is wonderful and the pop culture references are just the icing on top. It's such a cute read and I am so excited to read more from Meredith Schorr in the future! This one is perfect for fans of Hallmark movies and just sweet and swoony romance stories.

I tried, I really tried because I was very excited to read this one! I love Gilmore Girls but honestly, there was very much the air of trying too hard to make this like Gilmore Girls + a Hallmark mash up. I was hoping that Adina would mature but the character development just wasn't there and she's pretty clueless....are you sure she is 25? This was also very much an insta-love story with a major dose of insta-lust. Basically between all of the breaking up and getting back together it felt like high school. The writing was pretty clunky throughout and the plot could have been more developed, but I did like the ending.

It is a quick, quirky and fast read, so if you want to try it give it a go. Also, nice to have some Jewish Rep!

Thank you to Forever and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

The anti-Hallmark feel of this book was fantastic. Not everything is festivals and romance when you go to a small town. I really enjoyed the premise and execution of this one!

I love all of Meredith Schorr's books and this was no exception. While her previous novels have been light and happy-go-lucky overall, this one had more of an edge to it. I felt like I was seeing a new side of Meredith's mind. Adi and her mom were in a precarious financial situation. Finn had another kind of difficult situation to deal with that also affected Adi.

When Adi gets the go-ahead to write about a new building complex going up in a small town, she is more than thrilled for the chance to write the story that will launch her career. However, she ends up in a town where no one cares about the stuff she sees in Hallmark movies and things just go downhill from there....except for her connection with Finn, of course.

I enjoyed so much about this novel. It had a Kerry Winfrey and Nora Ephron feel. Anyone who loves Hallmark movies and small town romance novels will get a kick out of this story. The characters are interesting and well developed. The dialogue is genuine with great banter. There are a lot of humorous moments and pop culture references too. Meredith also incorporates some elements of Judaism into the story, which I definitely enjoyed. (Even though I'm not ready for Passover yet, let alone Rosh Hashanah!) I love that the story took place in the autumn and I could even feel the crisp weather thanks to some great descriptions.

Since Adi is waiting for something exciting to happen in order to write her news story, I sometimes wondered when something dramatic would happen in the story, as well. On that end, Meredith did not disappoint and the resolution is the best! I don't normally laugh and cry at the same time, but I did with this one.

I highly recommend picking up this adorable and charming novel when it releases in June, but be sure to read Meredith's earlier books in the meantime.

Movie casting suggestions:
Adina: Zoey Deutch
Finn: Bart Edwards
Kate: Midori Francis
Valerie: Neve Campbell
Lorraine: Harriet Sansom Harris
Derek: Mikey Day

I didn’t find this book to the typical romance I usually read which I love. I was hooked in from the beginning. The two main characters Adi and Finn were so cute and I loved them. This was a slow burn and just what I needed.

“But what I realize now is this: romances always work on television and in books because when conflict arises, there is a set page count or time limit by which it must be resolved so the couple can live happily ever after. Not many real-world relationships could survive if all their problems needed to be solved within two hours or 300 pages.”

Pleasant Hollow is no Stars Hollow. Unfortunately, Adina shows up in the small Upstate NY town expecting it to be just that, reminiscent of a Hallmark movie. She meets Finn, the *gasp* face of a big developer coming in to create a complex in Pleasant Hollow. This book sounded adorable with the mix of Gilmore Girls and Hallmark.

Adina and Finn hit it off shockingly fast and I got a little whiplash wondering where on earth their connection came from. They were quick and fast and then they had issues and then they weren’t sure and their relationship was messy. It took until about 70% into the book for the main characters to gain any depth in both their personalities and their relationship. Then it went off the hinges again. They had a few conflicts, and I found myself frustrated even more at Adina’s immaturity for expecting the relationship to be like a movie in those scenarios. Finn apologized and grew as a character, but she never did! The ending felt contrary to the entire narrative of the book.

Thanks for Forever for the copy of this ARC.

This book was not for me. The MC was apparently 25-years-old but was clueless and immature and did not act her age at all. It was instalove, which normally doesn’t bother me, but I didn’t feel the connection at all. Overall, not a favorite.

Adina is done with dating in NYC. She dreams of a made-for-tv romance where she bumps into a stranger in a small town and they build a life together. She also needs the perfect story to finally earn her a promotion at work. When she sees that a large developer has targeted a town called Pleasant Hollow, she knows she has found the solution to both her work and love problems.

However, when she shows up to Pleasant Hollow there is no charming festival on the town calendar, no mouth watering cherry pie, and no warm greeting from the town's inhabitants. As sparks fly with the developer she wants to bring down, Adina starts to wonder if real life is nothing like the movies.

I am a sucker for a Hallmark movie, so it feels like this book was written just for me. I loved Adina and her determination to discover the cinematic side of Pleasant Hollow. It did feel naive at times, but that allowed her to grow as a character as the book went on and the naive bubble was burst.

The story was really interesting, and I loved the banter between characters and Adina's interactions with the townspeople. This is a light, sweet read and I enjoyed it.

There were some Gilmore Girls references throughout the story, so fans of the show will have fun picking up on those.

I love a book that I can binge read in a day, and this delivered. As Seen On TV is a funny, sweet debut by Meredith Schorr and I can't wait to read it again.

Thank you to Forever Pub and NetGalley for an eARC of this book in exchange for my thoughts.