Boss Witch by Ann Aguirre is the second book in the Fix-it witches series. While returning readers will have a better understanding of the characters and set up, I think it can also be enjoyed as a stand alone.

Clementine Waterhouse is a perfectly logical witch. She doesn't tumble headlong into love. Rather she weighs the pros and cons and decides if a relationship is worth pursuing. At least that's always been her modus operandi before. Clem prefers being the one in charge, always the first to walk away when the time is right. Attraction has never struck her like lightning, until the witch hunter comes to town. Gavin Rhys hates being a witch hunter, but his family honor is on the line, and he needs to prove he's nothing like his grandfather, a traitor who let everyone down. But things in St. Claire aren't what they seem, and Gavin is distracted from the job immediately by a bewitching brunette with a sexy smile and haunting secrets in her eyes. Can the bossiest witch in town find a happy ending with the last person she should ever love?

Boss Witch is a great follow up to Witch Please. I like that we get to see Clem's story, even as returning readers will see the overlaps of Danica's love story as well. I thought the dual points for view from Clem and Gavin was very well done. It gave the reader a much bigger picture of what was happening and what insecurities and outside complications were impacting the relationship. I liked the depth of the story, and the way the hunter versus witch dynamic played out, and I thought the resolution was a little too perfect, but I really enjoyed it. Just like in the first book, I enjoyed the support system in the town, magical and not. The community of St Claire is written so well that I rather want to move there. I also enjoyed Clem setting boundaries and figuring out how to balance what she wants and needs from the people in her life without being too nice or harsh about it. I think we all need to take a page from her book and do the same.

Boss Witch is an engaging read that fans of the author are going to need to read.

This book is just pure fun! This is Book two in the series that I am coming to love.
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A solid set of characters in Clem and Gavin, not to mention the town of St. Claire, make this series one to add to the TBR! I do love that there are real relationship issues in this but mix in the witchy vibes and elevates it to a completely fun story. I cannot wait for book three!
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This is a very fun book. I really enjoyed Witch Please so it was great to see some of that from Clem's perspective and get the insight into what she was feeling and doing during Danica's story. It was also very interesting to see Danica's story from an outside perspective while getting the flip of that from what we saw of Danica's perspective of what was going on with Clem during all this.

These characters were fun and interesting. The pace of the book was good. Definitely looking forward to the next one!

The title's slightly cringey and neither it nor the cover really match the tone of the plot, but the story and characters themselves are plenty enjoyable. I actually didn't see the biggest twist coming and was pleasantly surprised by it. I did like seeing the interpersonal networks of the coven and how they helped each other through mundane woes and the big witch hunt.

10000/5

I waited until I got my physical copy to review this because it's just so much better to read that way.

I can't even form proper sentences because I loved every single freaking second of this book.

The sass., the plot, the other stuff all TOP-TIER.

I'm a big fan of Ann Aguirre's writing so I knew as soon as I saw this that I would enjoy it! I wasn't aware that it was a sequel so I did feel a little lost while reading, but it wasn't too bad and didn't detract from my enjoyment of the overall story. If anything, it encouraged me to pick up the first book! This was such a cute story and I am so invested in this little family, oh my gosh. I can't wait for the next one!

Who doesn't love a good paranormal romance with a cheeky mc, a hot guy and a slow burn?


This is the second book in the Fix It Witches series, and some of the timeline in this book overlaps with the timeline in the first book, but with different POVs. The war between the witches and the hunters is building leaving Clem and Gavin not only in the middle, but on opposite sides altogether. Throw in the cutest mouse ever, Benson, and you have a must read witchy romance. First book I've read by this author, will not be the last!


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I was really loving this book for the first half of the book then I just got bored. I will be reading the next book in the series because I really do love this author.

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I’ve found Ann Aguirre’s books to be absolutely delightful since I read Strange Love. I’m so happy to say Boss Witch is an absolute treat. Clementine Waterhouse, member of the St. Clair coven, is trying to distract a witch hunter who has come to town. Only he’s nice, and handsome, and incredibly charming. So maybe it is Clem who is distracted… Adorable small town, eccentric family, a bit of witchery, Boss Witch has it all. If you need something to make you feel happy, this is a book for you. 4.5/5.

If I could give this book a million stars I absolutely would. Following book 1 "Witch Please", we now get to learn more about Clem and Gavin, and their incredibly complex relationship. A witch and a witch hunter! There are so many things to love about the fix-it witches series including the diversity of characters, the complex relationships, the strong female bonds, and the absolute joy of this small town which comes alive as a character itself.

5/5 Stars

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Boss Witch is the second book in the Fix-it Witches series by Ann Aguirre and I recommend reading them in order as Boss Witch starts about halfway through events of Witch Please and continues from there. So if you don't want Danica's story ruined start with that one first. Even though I loved Witch Please more, I still enjoyed reading Boss Witch and getting to know more about Clem. And as someone who never cared for Disney's Cinderella I never thought my favorite character in a book would be a talking mouse. But Benson was adorable.

I haven't read the first book in the series, but I will do so after this review.

Gavin, a witch hunter, comes to town threatening the peaceful St Claire, but Clem will not let that happen. She will do anything to protect her family, even if it means luring the enemy to bed. She doesn't expect to fall for him and wants more each day that passes.

Gavin is battling with the thought of not being a witch hunter. He's never liked doing his job, especially now when he's in a town where everyone is friendly and accepting.

Both characters are as flawed as any of us, and their growth was well portrayed. I loved how Gavin took his time to figure out who he was and how he handled it. Clem was a strong woman, determined always to get stuff done.

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Boss Witch was one of my most anticipated reads after falling in love with these characters in Witch, Please last fall. I’m here to say that Boss Witch by Ann Aguirre did not disappoint.

I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel in the Fix-It-Witches series. There were some loose ends that were left unresolved at the end of Witch, Please which were addressed in book 2. The timeline overlaps with book 1 so I highly recommend reading Witch, Please first to fully understand the magic and back history.

This is the ultimate in a forbidden romance as a witch and witch hunter fall in love. This paranormal rom-com was cute and kept me entertained. It had a bit heavier tone as compared to book 1 because of the witch hunting component, but still had plenty of funny and steamy moments that I was expecting. I loved the chemistry between Clem and Gavin.

I was not expecting Benson (love him), and I hope we see more of him in book 3. I loved all the scenes with the coven and found it super interesting seeing things from Clem’s POV in this book compared to Danica’s POV in book 1 during the same timeframe as it really highlighted their personalities.

And now I’m definitely intrigued for book 3 based on the glimpses we got on the next couple. Can’t wait to see where this series goes next.

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3/5 ⭐️s

It’s mind-boggling to me that Ann Aguirre is also the author of Strange Love, one of my favorite alien romances. This duology of small town witches is so different in comparison!

Boss Witch had some shining moments. I loved Clem and Gavin’s struggle to not fall for each other. They both have secrets that keep them from fully committing, and that angst is delicious! The plot with the witch hunters was the best part of this book, and I wish we’d focused more on that. I hadn’t read Witch Please before reading this, so the subplot with Clem’s family left me more confused than interested.

I think I would’ve loved this more if there wasn’t so much jarring attention to detail. I don’t need every meal described to me dish by dish. It doesn’t make me feel like I’m in the story. If anything, it pushes me out of the story in an awkward way.

Overall, this was a cute romcom! Not my favorite, but a quick and easy read.

Spice: 1.5/5 🌶s

Witch Please by Ann Aguirre was the introduction to the author's Fix-It Witches series, a fun romp into a paranormal world where cousins Danica and Clem run a repair shop using their witchy powers to fix equipment. While that story focused on Danica and mundane human baker Titus, there's a point in the story where a witch hunter comes to town and Clem says she's going to handle the situation. Danica and Titus get their HEA and the reader is left to wonder what Clem and the witch hunter get up to. Well, the time for their story is here with Boss Witch.

The above mentioned witch hunter, Gavin, does not make a very favorable impression upon his introduction. In fact, he seems like a big, scary jerk. But as the old adage says 'never judge a book by its cover'. We quickly learn that when he'd first rolled into town it had been a combination of exhaustion, frustration, and too many energy drinks that had resulted in an ill-conceived show of temper. But it was exactly his ranting about trying to find witches that had pinged the coven's radar and brought Clem into the picture. In fact, Gavin hates his job as a hunter but he's been under his controlling father's thumb his whole life, a father who runs an order of witch hunters whose mission is to find all witches and sever them from their powers. A trail of witch energy had gotten him the assignment in America, a relief for Gavin to be a continent away from his father in England. He's going to do his duty and find out if there are any witches in the area but he's also hoping for a little respite too.

Clem knows the danger that she and her coven are in having a witch hunter in their quiet town. They always take great pains to shield their magic but Danica's romance with Titus has resulted in some energy leaking out and drawing Gavin to their home town. When she tells her coven that she'll handle the situation, what she intends is to lull Gavin into a fun, flirty relationship while distracting him from his hunt. With any luck, she'll convince him that there's nothing to find here, and send him quickly on his merry way. A chance encounter (perfectly planned on her end) has Gavin picking her up at the local pub. While nothing happens between them then, the sparks of attraction definitely flow both ways and a couple of fun dates later, they're hitting the sheets big time in some steamy love scenes. Gavin has told Clem that he's on sabbatical from his job as a history teacher ( a partial truth), and only planning to be in town for a short time. Clem makes it clear that she's not looking for any commitment and just wants to enjoy their time together (which she hopes will be short). With both having ulterior motives, is there any chance this couple can get an HEA?

Despite not being able to reveal to each other who they really are, Gavin and Clem share a surprising amount of personal information with each other (which definitely complicates their wishes to keep their relationship from getting serious). Gavin has an emotionally (and physically) abusive father, an estranged mother, and a grandfather who has recently reached out to him after being absent for decades, and he can talk about some of these things with Clem without revealing his 'other' occupation. Clem is the caretaker in her family and she finds herself wanting to help Gavin whom she can tell is clearly lonely. She arranges for him to have a pet mouse that he can travel with and shows him how to take care of it (with a little help from some vivimancer magic).

Clem has her own troubles, with her matchmaking and controlling grandmother trying to reconcile her parents (long divorced, and both remarried), and her cousin Danica's relationship leaving Clem more and more on her own to handle the repair business. Gavin is able to offer a comforting shoulder to her in return. Both of them would like to turn the world off and stay secluded together but things come to a head when a group of enforcers, sent by Gavin's father, show up.

Without giving away any spoilers, let's just say that the latter part of the story ratchets up the tension and makes Clem and Gavin choose sides. I am most impressed with Gavin's character arc from beginning to end. His dangerous biker dude persona is a front for a man with a big heart. As for Clem, her relationship with Gavin sets a few things into perspective and helps her make some decisions to benefit not just herself but her family too. What seemed impossible at the start comes to fruition with some surprising twists and turns and Clem and Gavin get their well deserved happy ending. There are threads in this series that will lead to book 3 with a new couple and I'm reserving a reading date for that one now!

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Quick(ish) Review

The second book in this series is a bit slow to start but the story really picks up speed towards the back half. My quibble with the series in general, and this in particular, is that the romance always feels like second fiddle to the overarching storyline. And this heroine is straightforwardly unromantic, which doesn’t help. But the ‘verse continues to intrigue, so in the end, I enjoyed that even if the romance was just ok.

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I loved Witch Please for it's whimsical take on modern witches hiding in society and trying to have love lives with mundanes. The magic system is well fleshed out for it being a mostly romance book, and there is a great level of spice - enough but not too much (by my standards). So I knew I needed to continue this serious. Boss Witch follow Clem as she tries to distract a witch hunter in town from finding Danica as her magic is glitching. Gavin hates his legacy as a witch hunter, but when indoctrinated at a young age and punished when he asked questions - he can't disobey his dad. He is instantly attracted to Clem but knows it is just a short term romance while he tries to do his job. Little do either of them know that an enemies to lovers romance is one of the best kinds...

Loved it, just like I expected to. Gavin and Clem's chemistry leaps off the page and they clearly are meant for each other. Clem is high stress and tries to handle so much in this book and her anxiety is so relatable as she gets overwhelmed. And Gavin is a calming force for her unexpectedly, since his whole goal is to take her magic and find her coven. Gavin is clearly hating his job and looking for any excuse to stop hunting witches and he goes through such a journey in this book. Truly, my guy deserves all the awards for what he handled and survived.

Modern day witches make for amazing books and Aguirre succeeds again with Boss Witch. Expect family drama, close calls, spicy romance, and the most adorable mouse named Benson. You won't regret it.

**Thank you to Sourcebooks Casablanca and Netgalley for an early copy in exchange for an honest review**

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve not read the first book in the series (completely blanked it was a series) so I missed out on a lot of information or it just wasn’t really for me. I liked it, it was funny in a lot of ways but I did have to keep rereading what the book was about as the plot just kept going over my head.

I wasn’t expecting the spice to be thrown in and a lot but I did enjoy it, the characters seemed to have a strong connection

Clem knows there's a witch hunter in town. He's not exactly subtle about it. She wants to protect her friends and family because, if caught, the hunter will take away not only her magic, but her memories.
Gavin Rhys doesn't exactly enjoy being a witch hunter but he wants to make his father proud. He's okay with letting go of some of his responsibilities to spend more time with the gorgeous woman he's met at the bar. He is still looking for the witches in town but maybe he has something better to focus on.
I didn't enjoy this book as much as the last because the two are inherently lying to each other the whole time they are in a relationship. I did like how Aguirre sort of dealt with that at the end though.

Three stars
This book comes out April 5, 2022
Follows Witch Please
ARC kindly provided by Sourcebooks Casablanca and NetGalley
Opinions are my own

Ann Aguirre takes us back to her Witchy Waterhouse cousins and readers will surely be entertained with her cast of loveable characters.

Ok, so when I read Witch Please in the fall I didn’t instantly love it, but I was still ready to go back and hang out with the Waterhouse witches because Clem was one of my favourite characters in the book and I wanted to read her story. And I’m so glad I did. I loved Boss Witch – it’s funny, spicy and so engaging.

Although this is the second book in the series, you could read it as a stand-alone. Book one and book two overlap each other a bit in the timeline and you see the same situations from different character perspectives which I thought was a unique way of moving the story along and giving more insights into characters. For world building, I would still recommend you read book one though.

In Boss Witch, the whole cast of characters are revisited (with some new faces of course) and I feel like you get a better understanding of the main players in this book. Clementine, as I noted, was one of my favourite characters in book one, but I loved learning more about her background, family dynamics and what motivates her in this book. The very hunky witch hunter, Gavin, was such a yummy character. As the son of the head witch hunter he has strong family expectations, like Clem and her relationship with her Gran. Gavin, however, has this soft side that tumbles out of him as he gets to know Clem and the other people in the town. I loved the fire station scenes where Gavin would go and sit with senior citizens and get to know them. It started out with him trying to find out information on the magic activity in town but turned into genuine relationships where he had meals with them and helped them with chores around their houses. Gavin, I realized, was just lonely for family and a sense of belonging. When push came to shove and he has to choose between his witch hunting family or his newfound family, Gavin suddenly has a very difficult decision to make.

Gavin and Clem, as we know from book one, are really attracted to each other. Clem is trying to keep Gavin distracted from hunting down her cousin, Danica, who’s love affair is throwing off magical energy like crazy. So, as dear cousins do, Clem sacrifices herself (not literally) and works on seducing the witch hunter (hard job, right?). Gavin, who does not know Clem is a witch, is trying to do his job and stay focused and not get on his father’s bad side. They both know a relationship would be a bad idea, but they cannot keep their hands off each other. I loved their relationship dynamics: spicy chemistry but also a deep sense of making each other a better person because they care. I want more Gavin and Clem. More! Gavin does a lot of learning in this book: about himself, about good and evil and about the values of other people. While I’m not giving any spoilers here, I have to say that his redemption arc is one of the most satisfying I’ve read in a long time.

Something else that I loved about book two of the series was that we learned more about the magic system and the politics involved in the covens. It helped me understand how the witches worked together and how they kept their magic hidden from the regular people for so long. I also loved that we got to revisit the coven again and see the amazing sisterhood that Clem has around her. While this is a romance book, it’s also a love letter to the importance of female relationships that women need to build around themselves. Love it!

Finally, what is a review on this book without mentioning Benson, the adorable mouse that Clem buys for Gavin because she realizes he needs more emotional connections in his life and more relationships that let him offer love and receive it freely. Benson is a stand-out character for me and an important plot point in the book. I always wanted a mouse as a kid and my mum was firmly against it, but this book brought back all of my childish yearnings.

I thoroughly enjoyed Boss Witch: it’s funny, smart and filled with strong women who will do anything to protect their families. I can’t wait for book three to come out.

Thank you to Sourcebooks and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.