I loved Velvet, but they took the 'annoying' characters from Velvet and tried desperately to recreate the first series. Ridiculous Clara, ridiculous Pedro, timing with details all over the place. I only realized what a class society Spain had....obnoxious.
I got through half of the first season, and realized I don't care about either character they either brought through from Velvet, or made up for Coleccion.
It could have been better if they would have shown Ana and Alberto in America.