Cozy and charming story about a girl looking for everything she thinks* she wants inspired by everything Hallmark just as she has seen on all its movies. When she heads to a "quaint" town in search of a story that could make her career, she encounters everything but what she was after.
Readers will find that this story will make them giggle and swoon within the same pages promising a wonderful escape and a more than enjoyable reading experience.

I think the premise of the book was interesting and unique. I love watching Hallmark movies about the main character going to a small town, but unfortunately I didn’t enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

I didn’t like how much the book mentioned Hallmark movies; it just kind of took me out of the story. I didn’t expect Hallmark to be referenced this frequently.

I also was not a fan of Finn and Adi together because I didn't feel any chemistry. I enjoyed the beginning of their relationship because I felt it was a good speed however, later in the book I didn't really love their relationship.

Thank you to NETGALLEY and Forever books for this ARC

This book gave me all the hallmark movie feels! I couldn’t put it down!
Ade was down on her luck when it came to dating, being recently stood up and sulking at home watching tv she hears about a real estate developer building a condo complex in a small town 2 hours from New York. Her enthusiasm for hallmark movies fuels her need to write an article about a “real life movie” playing out close to New York t
By coming up with this idea she meets Fynn a New Yorker also in this small town working to finish the development project.

such a light hearted feel good book!

I wanted to like this book. I love Hallmark movies. It's also the reason I read romance fiction. The biggest problem I had was the FMC was pushing so hard for it to be a Hallmark movie. She referenced all the cutsie things they feature. She kept trying to force it. The constant reference was a big turn off to me. I realize the book is "As Seen on TV"...and Hallmark is seen on TV, but I just couldn't. I also couldn't believe the chemistry between the MC. It seemed very forced. It started slow, and for me, it never picked up.

4.5 stars

As a fan of romance, Hallmark Movies, and Gilmore Girls this book was so much fun to read.

Adina wants to find work as a full-time journalist. She sure she's found the story that will get her the job when she hears about a developer building condos and retail in the small town of Pleasant Hollow. When she arrives she expects to find everything she loves about small-town, romance and Hallmark movies. However, Pleasant Hollow is nothing like she expected. There are no friendly locals, charming businesses, or handsome single men all over town.

What Adina does find, though, is Finn. She doesn't expect anything to happen between them as he works for the development she's researching, but there is obvious chemistry between them from the beginning.

Meredith Schorr did a nice job creating realistic and relatable characters in Adina and Finn. They are both doing the best they can with their individual struggles. They aren't perfect, but want to build something meaningful together.

I thought the story moved at a nice pace and had just a touch of drama and angst to keep things interesting. The romance book and Hallmark Movie references were fun and spot on. I really like Meredith's writing style and I can't wait to pick up more of her books!

Fun, Sweet and Easy Read (with a little spice)

This was my first book by Meredith Schorr and will not be my last! I really enjoyed this book. It took all the cliches from some of my favorite shows like Gilmore Girls and Heart of Dixie (really any small town love story) and used them to show us that while those fairytales may not exist in real life (all those meet cutes at the Fall Harvest Festival or Christmas Parade), we can still find our HEA even when we least expect it.

Finn and Adi are very relatable and likable characters. Adi is chasing her dream of being a journalist while Finn is pursuing his passion. Both have a bumpy path but watching their lives intersect was heartwarming and real. Their journey had me cheering them on, laughing, hoping and was easily relatable to obstacles and feelings we all face in life.

Overall this book made me smile and gave me all the feels of watching Rory (Gilmore Girls) or Zoe (Heart of Dixie) find their true loves. My college/high school self felt nostalgic reading this book!

Thank you to NetGalley and Meredith for the ARC!

This story was really cute! I enjoyed the characters and the romance. I thought the need to change the town annoying but also admired it because she wanted to write her story in order to get the job and help out her mother. But found the interviews with the towns people boring and just wanted to get to more of the romance aspect. I found parts of the romance cringey especially when they had their first kiss. Otherwise I think this book has good potential for a lot of readers to really love it!

Full disclosure, this book is from a publisher I have a book coming out with AND while I don't know the author well, I've spoken to her on social media and I have friends in common with her (smart friends whose opinions I trust). That said, no matter how much I like the people involved in this book I don't think I could've read it in a single sitting if it wasn't actually good. And I did and it was lovely. Warm and genuine and very real. And again, genuine but warm, because I think those are the best adjectives to describe it, in that order.

Adi (short for Adina--and what the love interest calls her) Geller is a freelancer trying to land a full time job at a publication where she interned. Her and her mother live together in NYC and their rent is going up, and that makes getting her career on track along with her part-time jobs as a barista and a spin instructor, kind of priority. A pitch of hers is accepted to write about a small town in upstate NYC kind of like it's a Hallmark movie, and the angle she thinks she has is a developer coming in and changing it.

However, when she gets up there she soon learns that the development isn't really a problem and the town while distinct and interesting is neither Hallmark nor Deliverance. She does, however begin a relationship with a manager on the development project who is there temporarily from NYC. His name is Finn and he is extremely sweet and fun and charming but also dealing with difficult things in his own life which he sometimes uses as a crutch to not et too close to people.

What ensues is both Adi searching for her story and Finn and Adi trying to find love together in a very real world, in which even "wins" don't solve all your problems and nothin is simple, however, love and friendship and caring is worth the effort.

And I would be remiss if I didn't mention the Jewish representation since Adi is Jewish and I'm Jewish. It's very clearly a part of her life but not an emphasis in the book. It's just lovely representing in which she is allowed to be an interesting person and have an adventure with that neither being and "issue," nor not a part of her, which is really special. Her and her mom are just Jews like tons of Jews out there, celebrating our holidays, looking for our regular culture lens, and living our normal, regular lives, with normal regular job and financial and relationship struggles.

Also, shout out to Adi's relationships with her mother and her best friend Kate. They were so well done and also REAL but sweet and strong and just a joy to real. Anyway, I really adored this book.
So thank you very much to Forever and NetGalley for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honestly, and only slightly biased review.

Thank You netgalley for this wonderful ARC.
This book was so good! I loved how Adina was made out to be the cliche journalist hallmark movie girl but, shes actually quite different she doesn't go about things like the girls in the movies. Also, I loved Finn hes the perfect . hallmark/non-hallmark movie boy
4 stars

This is my first time reading something by this author and I really enjoyed it. The story caught my attention from the beginning and held it all the way through. This was a quick and easy read, but left quite an impression. The romance was by no means easy, but still a lot of fun with plenty of laugh out loud moments throughout. The book definitely left me with a smile on my face and a happy feeling afterwards. The characters were interesting and well-developed with realistic qualities that gave them an authentic personality and were easily relatable. The story was delightfully cute with a little bit of steam. If you're looking for a fun, quick and light read, then you definitely will want to pick this one up.

I received a complimentary copy from Netgalley and am voluntarily leaving my review.

As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr was such a fun romance, perfectly injected with adorable banter, cringe-worthy moments, and slices of reality. Adi and Finn had to work to make their love story end in a happily ever after, and I loved cheering them on! Highly recommend!

I am grateful for the opportunity to read this book! As a Gilmore Girls fan, it was fun to read the parallels and nods towards Rory & Lorelai. I will say, it was a slow start for me. I wished more had happened early on in the book as Adi was finding her way in Pleasant Hollow. While I understand the slowness and lack of activity was exactly what Adi was experiencing upon her arrival, I found myself wishing for something a bit more. But as it picked up, I fell right into rooting for Finn and Adi! I enjoyed how the author pulled together the plot points and loved the role her Mom played in helping her process what was happening. If you enjoy Hallmark movies, this book is right up your alley!

3.5/5 - This was a super adorable, Hallmark, but not romance! Adina is convinced visiting the small town of Pleasant Hollow will give her all of the Hallmark movie vibes where everyone knows each other, there will be the token local man for her to fall in love with, and all of the small town hi jinx when a construction company moves in for new elite housing.

What she finds is little effort or care from the locals, and the most welcoming person is her ‘enemy’ of the story. She needs to adjust her plot, and maybe adjust her frame of mind for Finn.

The romance was so sweet. Finn and Adi had r spice, but the chemistry didn’t read as magnetic for me. I liked the sass from her friend as well. Overall, it wasn’t an amazing storyline, but I liked it!

Thank you NetGalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for an eARC copy of As Seen On TV by Meredith Schorr.

This was a quick, sweet read with a twist on the Hallmark movie angle.

I liked that the first few chapters gave a lot of background, set up the story, and got going fairly quickly but it did not feel like an info dump. I did not like that Adina was really naïve, it was fun for a bit but after a while it was annoying that she refused to let go of her preconceived notions of small towns and it's people. You'd think she would let go some after talking to the handyman and seeing herself in him and his obsession with NYC. Maybe I have preconceived notions of hardened New Yorkers.I see how that was meant to drive the story but it was a bit much for me, if you can get past that it is enjoyable.

The fight at the end was another example of how naïve she is, I felt bad for Fin and was kind of uncomfortable with Amina's prying.

Just a peeve: near the end she's still struggling for money, waiting for her new job/money to start and she pulls out a Khiel's chapstick. Those are not cheap.

"It’s hilarious how tourists paint the city as the romance capital of America when it is the worst the worst."

I know many reviewers will read and state "the book had me from page one!” but in this case, it’s true!

Page 1 = smile on my face
Page 2 = already highlighted a quote
Page 3 = grabbed my snuggly blanket and silenced my phone.

I mean... who does that? Not every book has this kind of effect on me, but As Seen on TV by Meredith Schorr is absolutely one of those books! Memorable. Talk about a meet-cute.

I love Adina Gellar's relationship with her mom. At one point its written "she snuggles in and takes comfort in her mother's familiar scent." I felt that on a visceral level. God, I miss my mom. I just love it when characters have this great relationship with their parents. Oftentimes, in books, they don’t but I guess that’s real-life as well.

Adina heads to a small town in New York hoping to find her very own Hallmark movie article to write about as a freelance author. Her article centers on a big bad developer buying out a quaint town for greed and prosperity. Unfortunately, the diner has no pie, the local B&B owner is a grouch and the only hotspot in town has just two beers to choose from. There’s no small-town doc or vet. No festivals or town gatherings. Nothing. It’s not the hallmark/lifetime movie setting people dream of. What she is finding is people are excited about the new development. Which is very much a plot twist she wasn’t expecting.

But it’s growing on her as well as this one guy she keeps running into. The only problem is... will this really make for a good story?

I loved every moment of this!
~Tanja

I really enjoyed this story and loved reading about a Jewish character! This was a really cute, fun, and quick read!

As Seen on TV is about a New York City freelance journalist named Adina going to a small town called Pleasant Hollow to try and see how real small towns compare to ones in Hallmark movies. When she gets there she realizes things aren't exactly like you see on TV.
I thought it was a really cute concept and really liked the Jewish representation as well.
The book is a combination of Gilmore Girls and a Hallmark movie, so if you like either of those this book is definitely for you! Looking forward to more from the author.
Thank you to Forever, Meredith Schorr and NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

This was a lovely debut by this author. I love romance novels where the characters grow and learn more about themselves and each other. It was relatable and funny.

Very fun and easy read. Highly recommend.

This is a cute, quick read! Adina is looking for an escape from life in New York when she travels to a small, upstate town to write about small town life. Adina quickly learns that small towns aren’t all they are cracked up to be! There are a few unexpected twists and I enjoyed watching her story unfold.

I feel like this book could easily become a cute Netflix original movie!

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!

Listen, I’m a big fan of the falling in love in a small town as comforting as Stars Hollow trope as everyone else is. If not, more. I love Gilmore Girls and cheesy romcoms and Halmark movies. In this book, Adi learns the opposite. That small towns aren’t as romantic as they seem to be. That they don’t have fall festivals, oktoberfest, and big Christmas trees. And instead, falls for the city boy developer. I LOVE the idea and set-up. But did not enjoy the execution. At-all. I was bored for most of the book other than one or two scenes that were good or steamy. It just wasn’t a strong book for me and the tension lacked between the love interests for me. Other than the spicy scenes I didn’t feel much of a connection at all.