4.5/5 stars

The third book in the Supernatural Singles series covers the third Maxwell sister, Olive, and her accidentally finding love.

I like the story between Olive and Bax. I like that the author made Bax a bad-boy (at least in looks/hobby) but paradoxically also an angel. Alternatively, Olive is a professor who doesn’t get out much - hence the need for the Docket to challenge herself to get out of her comfort zone.

This is definitely a series you have to read in order. There’s been some tension between Olive and Bax previously and the other relationships would be confusing if you didn’t know the backstory of everyone. The story itself is good on its own, but it’s so much better knowing the other characters from the prior books.

If you enjoyed Not The Witch You Wed and Not Your Ex’s Hexes, you’ll definitely like Not Your Crush’s Cauldron (although no cauldrons involved).

I’m also assuming (and hoping desperately) there will be a book for Harper as the honorary fourth Maxwell sister.

This marks the third installment in the enchanting tale of the Maxwell sisters, and it's undeniably my favorite among the trilogy. The series just keeps evolving and improving.

In this captivating story, Sister Olive finds herself on a path from friendship to love, culminating in her well-deserved happily ever after with the enigmatic guardian angel, Bax. At first glance, with his tattoos and piercings, Bax appears an unlikely match for the reserved and disciplined Olive. However, their connection is both endearing and passionately intense. As Olive endeavors to explore the boundaries of her comfort zone, Bax is there to protect her, inadvertently pushing the boundaries of his own limitations.

While it's a delightful treat to witness cameo appearances by the other sisters in the series, I firmly believe that this book stands on its own merits. It offers a complete and satisfying reading experience, though it may entice you to go back and delve into the stories of the other Maxwell sisters.

With this story, the series wraps up the happily ever afters for the three triplets. However, I hold out hope that their vivacious and mischievous friend, who's essentially a 'sister' by choice, will soon have her own tale spun into the enchanting tapestry of this world.

April Asher is my go to for witchy rom-coms. There were a lot of similarities in this book and the first two in the series which I found comforting because i really enjoyed the first two about the other two sisters. Banter, magic, romance and some spice! It had everything that makes me want to recommend it to everyone I know. Bad boy with a soft side is what makes for a swoony book boyfriend and that’s exactly what you get when it comes to Bax and how he treated Olive. Since this is a book releasing in February it would be a great read to curl up with a blanket with a cup of hot chocolate for some light hearted reading.

I received this ARC via NetGalley, April Asher and St. Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review.

Buckle in and prepare yourself for a slow burn. I promise the pay off will be worth it.

Olive is in desperate need of a new stable living situation and lucky for her, one of her best friends (and a guardian angel) Baxter has an extra room. A few days after moving in Olive decides to take in a “Dare I Docket” which she plans on pushing herself outside of her comfort zone. This puts her name (or was it her scheming grandmother, hmm) on a list of people in need of a Guardian Angel and Baxter is giving the case file.

However the only thing keeping Baxter in the good graces at his job is never having broken rule number three, don’t fall in love with your assignment…

A little bit of forced proximity, roommates and friends to lovers later this book had me hanging by every page. As I’ve said for every book in the supernatural singles, though this book is a romance the story itself always has a bigger drive and has me turning every page hoping everyone gets their happy ending. (It also has me hoping/ begging for a Harper Story next pleaseeeee!)

What a fun, magical read! I thoroughly enjoyed this, and it was amazing to dive back into the familiar world. I love the Maxwell sisters so much (and their friends! and their partners!) and I will read basically anything April Asher writes.

Not Your Crush’s Cauldron is book three in the Supernatural Singles series and could be read as a standalone without any trouble. Olive Maxwell teaches Supernatural studies at the local college and is a little bit in love with her friend and new roommate Guardian Angel, Bax Donovan. A hot tatted angel that barely skates the line on the rules for guardian angels, Bax wants Olive for his own but his new assignment of protecting her buts his career at risk and their relationship at risk. Steamy and sweet at the same time, Bax wins the reader over as Olive just falls deeper when conflicts arise that threaten their HEA. Fun and addicting, the Supernatural Singles make for a joyous experience that leave you wanting more. My voluntary, unbiased review is based upon a review copy from NetGalley.

This series is such a joy and I loved jumping back into it! Olive and Bax were hilarious and horny. There were a ton of fun scenes and I loved seeing the characters from other books.

I definitely need a Harper book now!!

Bonus: hilarious chapter titles

This is the third book in the Supernatural Singles series, and it focuses on the third sister Olive Maxwell. The sister normally with her head in the books decides to spice up her life with new experiences out of her comfort zone, including moving in with her angel friend and long-time crush Bax Donovan. Soon after, Bax learns Olive is his newest Guardian Angel assignment and forced proximity fun ensues as he joins her while she pursues crossing items off of her Dare I Docket list.

There’s something magical about this series. Each book, including this one, is a feel-good witchy rom-com read for the Halloween (and any other) season. I love reading about the two main characters falling in love, and, maybe even more so, I love the amazing close relationships between all of the women in the series.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Not Your Crush's Cauldron was definitely my favorite of the Supernatural Singles series, but it still is really only 3.25 stars for me. I want to like this series so much, but something always just feels... a little off. The thing I like the most about the series is the magic. I like the way that all these supernatural creatures coexist and have to self-govern and there are representatives from the different kinds of supernatural creatures on their magical council.

There's just something that feels stilted about the writing to me, and it's true for the whole series. There's a lot of awkward dialogue and a lot of telling, instead of showing, how characters are feeling or what they're thinking. And the characters don't really feel like they have a lot of depth to them. In Not Your Crush's Cauldron, we have Olive, the brainiac and planner of the triplets, and Bax, guardian angel and Bad Boy™. And while at some points, they strayed from their archetypes, it was few and far between. Bax is flirty and tattooed and pierced and that's basically his whole personality. And even Bax and Olive's relationship just feels so tropey and one-dimensional. At the start of the book, Olive moves in with Bax to get out of a bad roommate situation, and they do have history, but rather than there being tension, Bax is just weirdly flirty from the get-go. And then Olive is surprised to find out that Bax likes her, even though he is extremely flirty and often sexual towards her? And then when Bax gets flustered, it's even weirder because he hasn't been shying away from the fact that he's attracted to Olive.

I do give the book points for a not-so-terrible third act break-up which isn't obscenely drawn out and ultimately has a nice reunification scene. And it does come with some character growth from Bax and Olive.

If and when we get a fourth book with Harper and Adrian, I'm 100% going to read it. But it's not really because I think it's going to be so good. These books are fun enough (though I'm still looking for a good witchy romance to read this month).

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an eARC of Not Your Crush's Cauldron in exchange for my honest review.

A great conclusion to the Maxwell sisters' trilogy, this title is exactly what fans hope for. Less focused on the role of the Prima than previous titles (for obvious reasons), this book will make you fall in love with both Olive AND Bax. Although there were fewer appearances from the other sisters than I would have liked, it was great to be back in magical NYC, and Asher did not disappoint with this outing. Will we get Harper's story next? Time will tell.

What Fun! I read this book as part of my fall Halloween reading. I like the whole witches, demons thing. And the Olive Bax relationship is all steamy. I liked the cast of characters and their side stories. I was totally entertained.

This is book 3 of the Supernatural Singles series, it is a great continuation. I have not read the other 2 and still found this book fun to read and easy to follow. This book has a fun rom-com witchy feel. I will recommend it and will be a great read for around Valentines.

I was pulled in immediately by the cover. Tattooed men with a fat witchy woman is all I wanted this October, but will also be a great Valentine's day read for when it comes out. The couple had perfect chemistry and the paranormal aspects were perfectly balanced with the romance. Loved it!

Huge thank you to NetGalley, April Asher, and St.Martin Press for this arc!

This book was so charming! I was so happy to receive this arc and resented the world April has created. Each character brings something enjoyable to the table and the storyline is 🤌🏻

I really loved getting Olive and Bax as the main characters here! Watching Olive try to step out of her comfort zone really made me think about how everyone has their own bubbles we stay in and how it's a powerful step to branch out! Bax with his bad boy persona yet he's a talented artist and softy when it comes to Olive made me fall in love with him!

There's great banter and roommates trope which are major selling points for me!

Thanks to Netgalley for access to this E-ARC! Loved the characters & the witchy vibes! The romance was so cute & also loved the plus-size rep. Definitely will read the rest of the series.

I read this series from beginning to present back to back in a pretty short amount of time, so I'm honestly not certain if being less "hooked" was a product of the novel itself, or simply the fact that I had read them so close together. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy it, because I did, but it was definitely not something that sucked me in until the end no matter what was going on.

Ultimately, I really enjoyed the series and the concept - witchy sisters and other magical creatures, and how they exist together. Super unique, and definitely well executed. I'm really hoping for a Harper book!!!!

Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for a copy of this eARC!
Not Your Crush's Cauldron by April Asher is book three in her Supernatural Singles Series... And I have to admit, I think it might be my fave so far!
Maybe it's because I've read the other books and I'm a little more familiar with this world April has created and the lingo our supernaturals use... Or maybe I'm just a sucker for the guardian angel who looks like a bad boy type...
Either way...
Great read that I devoured very quickly!
I enjoyed the character growth of both our mains - Olive and Bax.
This book had my heart swooping and had me feeling lots of feels!
But it was also an easy and lighthearted read!
I will 100% be adding this book to my physical bookcase as soon as I can!

Is this a cute witchy romcom? Of course, it’s by April Asher but here’s the thing, it felt exactly like the previous two books. Now I enjoy romcom series like this because I like to see all the couples get together, and we’ve seen this pining for two books now BUT I just felt like I’ve read this story before. And for someone who wanted a cute witchy read at Halloween time, I was sure this would pull through. I will say that part of my problem is that I’m not in a romance mood, but Asher has always been one of the ones to pull me into the mood and I just can’t help being disappointed and underwhelmed with this one.

I liked Bax and Olive and their chemistry but overall, I could have taken any sister and had the same story. Nothing seemed super unique to them, and I felt like I still didn’t really KNOW Bax. It just wasn’t it for me.

I loved the first two books in the series, so I was super excited to be able to read Olive's shot at love. Olive is kind of like me- stay at home book nerd. As soon as she moved into Bax's place, my heart went pitter patter (then I laughed out loud at the vibrator scene!). Bax is utterly swoon worthy- both his looks and his Guardian Angel actions. I adored him and Olive together! The fact that they both have secret crushes on one another makes their hookup even sweeter.

The appearance by the Other Maxwell sisters (plus Harper!) makes it an even greater story. Those triplets and their men have won me over to the supernatural side!

April Asher does it again in the third book of her supernatural singles series. If you're a fan of friends to lovers, forced proximity, plus sized FMC and hot guardian angels, this is the book for you. Olive is the quiet, bookish and reserved sister of the triplet witches we follow through the series, and Bas is their tatted guardian angel friend. When Olive runs into some roommate trouble, Bas offers her his spare room. There begins the slow burn romance of two friends that have been circling each other through the past 2 books of the series. As a professor at the nearby college, she assigns her class an assignment that is meant to get them out of their comfort zone...she then realizes that should should also do the assignment and get out of her very cozy routine. Bas decides to join her on her assignment, under some questionable reasons. I personally have been waiting for Olive's story to be released, she is my favorite character of the triplet witches, and it was everything I hoped it would be and more!