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.

Read this if you:
•like Gilmore Girls
•like Hallmark movies
•want a far fetched read 🤷‍♀️

This book started off well. Adina put love on a pedestal and wanted everything to be a Hallmark movie. She went to a small town called Pleasant Hallow to write a story. She expected this town to be exactly like Stars Hallow from Gilmore Girls. At first it was funny how much she wanted the town to be like Stars Hallow, but then it was basically just the same thing over and over. There was also insta love when she met Finn. Usually I don’t mind insta love when there’s mutual connection and they’ve said more than 100 words to each other. This one felt forced and/or abrupt. There were a lot of themes in this book that had potential, but it fell short for me.

Thank you NetGalley & Forever publishing for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. Pub date: June 7

As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr is a charming read that will appeal to lovers of a small town vibe that offers the ever present possibility of romance. This was my first read from this author, and while I was not tearing through the pages, the storyline is one that was interesting enough to draw me into the setting of Pleasant Hollow, and to feel mostly engaged.

Adina Gellar is a New York based journalist who has become jaded by big city life, and she is seeking the romance that a small town seems to offer up on a plate if the Hallmark movies are to be believed. When a story presents itself in the sleepy town of Pleasant Hollow, Adina knows that this is her chance to live out her Hallmark moment. But unlike in the movies, this town is not the fairytale setting of her dreams and is, in fact, pleasant in name only. Will she find a way to realize her dream, or will the Hallmark franchise leave her wanting?

Ms Schorr delivers a satisfying tale that will certainly find an audience, but I am not sure if this one will stay with me any longer than the duration of a Hallmark movie. 3.5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an ARC.

Adina is from NYC and goes to a small town upstate to write about her experience, thinking it will be like the towns she sees on Hallmark Channel. However, when she arrives, she realizes it is nothing like the Hallmark Channel. She meets the love interest when she arrives, but soon finds out that he is also from NYC.

This was a good concept, but it struggled to capture my attention and I didn’t connect to either of the main characters. It was a cute book, but it wasn’t for me.

DNF

Pretty sure this is a case of “it’s not you, it’s me.”

I kept waiting for the story to hook me, but alas after 35% it did not. So I had to call it. I thought the premise was cute from the description and something I would enjoy, but the lack of depth in character of Adina wasn’t working for me. She came off kind of silly and naive. Maybe that was on purpose, but it didn’t work for me.

In retrospect, maybe my lack of hallmark movie knowledge or desire to watch them plays a role in my expectations as well. Who knows

While it didn’t work for me, I’m sure it will work for others.

I started this book while driving home from vacation and I couldn't put it down. Thank you to Forever Publishing for sending me a physical copy to review. I can't wait until this book is officially out in the world because it already means so much to me. I loved that Adina was a journalist, and I loved that she was Jewish as well. The inclusion of the Rosh Hashanah dinner was such a delightful and heartwarming scene and seeing Jewish joy on the page is magnanimous. Adina also went to Hofstra and I loved seeing my undergraduate alma mater highlighted. This book also had amazing pop culture references including Gilmore Girls, hallmark movies, and great rom com novels/movies. Adina's passion for finding her story and determination to write it had me so emotional and I really felt seen in this story. Adina was amazingly headstrong and I cheered for her journey the whole time. I also enjoyed the nod to healing and communicating within families. The romance was a roller-coaster, but it was so meaningful at the same time. Of course I enjoyed the spice, but there was so much to fully and wholly love about this book. My Jewish and writing soul are so happy. I highly recommend this for the laughs cozy vibes and joy I love to find while reading.

I'm having a hard time rating this book.
First, what I really enjoyed:
Adina's perception of small town life having only experienced them through Hallmark movies.
Struggling to write a story
Chemistry between Adina and Finn
Adina's relationship with her mother

What troubled me:
Although Adina had.a few thoughts about how she should be more in tune with her best friend's terrible news, she continues to just focus on her own problems and do absolutely nothing to help or console her friend.

The extremely dark, and unresolved, backstory for Finn. Did not see that coming in my romcom.

The way Adina dealt with Finn's father's alcoholism was very uncomfortable for me. Family traumas like that are very delicate. For Adina to act like Finn hadn't figured out the best way to get through one of his father's benders and just walk up in there and attack Finn for not putting her feelings first did not paint her in a good light at all. The cycle of abuse and addiction is a lot more painful and complicated than this story would have you believe. So after 15 years, Adina comes along and suddenly Finn is going to set up boundaries that his father will respect? His dad is just going to head off to AA again, after he's fallen off the bandwagon so many times and it's just going to click because she's in the picture now?

I'd been leaning toward giving the book 4-5 stars until that difficult scene with Finn, his dad, and Adina. That changed the whole vibe of the book and I never came back on board with the light-hearted romance spin after that.

This book had the premise and the idea that I had hoped would be a fun and easy read. The idea of the book was what I wanted but the actuality of it was not my favorite. The nods to the different tv shows and movies was fun, but the characters and the story lagged way too much. Not something I wanted to come back to, but felt like I should. It was not a favorite, but hoped it would be, so the book just left me lackluster and bored with it. Not for me, and hopefully others will enjoy it!

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC!