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I'm only halfway through but I literally had to come complain about Brad. He's the worst. He ruins every scene he's in. He's just too much.

The other actors are great and the storyline is good, though the country bumpkin in the city part is a little overdone. (Her name is even Violet like in Coyote Ugly.) I love the NYC setting of it all. It's just that Brad nearly makes it unwatchable. I don't know if he was directed to act that way or if that's what he brought to the role but he needed to tone it down. I honestly didn't see how Violet's character could stand to try to date him.

I loved seeing Stephanie Sy back! She was fun in The Santa Summit.

We're only three episodes into the series so far but I'm really loving it. I think it's a brilliant new spin for hallmark and love that it's so diverse. For once, I think my husband will truly like to watch a hallmark show with me. Usually I just have him watch the hockey movies so we can make fun of them (no hockey player walks around an airport with a single stick, it's hilarious). But this is far more complex in the way it presents and handles issues. They're still major issues but they get resolved in ways that are a little bittersweet or joyful - not sad or heartbreaking. I really hope they bring this series back next year, whether it's anthology style (new location, new families) or continuing to follow these families.

I'm not actually writing a review. I love this movie. It's like a better version of a Hallmark holiday movie.

But someone in a review from 2019 said it wasn't believable that Sam quit his newspaper job to become a logger. That's because it's not. He quit to become a BLOGGER, with a B. He decided to get a remote writing job. (My last job was as a remote blogger - often now referred to as a content marketer - ghost writing blogs for SaaS companies.) Anyway I find that part very believable because I worked in journalism and left to do marketing writing in 2013 because journalism pays terribly and marketing pays pretty well in comparison.