i love this series bc erin’s writing is always fun to read and i was so excited to finish this series bc bowen is finally the main character and we get know him better !!! i felt that it was really rushed since it has almost 290 pages, the romance part could have been better but the whole time traveling was fun, a good arc that i had NO idea it would happen, i figured they would attend the wedding together but to actually go back in time??? and i also really wished we saw more of the og characters :(
thank you to the publisher and erin sterling for the arc in exchange for an honest review <3

I love this series so much. It’s magical and perfect for spooky season when you’re like me and actually don’t handle spooky well. The characters are fun and realistic, even when the situations aren’t. And I was pleasantly surprised to realize that Bowen and Tamsyn might be my favorite couple yet. Tamsyn is bold and adventurous, and I think I want to be a little bit like her when I grow up. And Bowen….serious, quiet Bowen who seems standoffish but feels so deeply. I think I fell in love with him right alongside Tamsyn.

Generally time travel books are Not It for me. But I loved the whole plot. I loved seeing characters in both past and present. The stakes are appropriately high, there are genuinely tense moments, and I couldn’t predict every twist, which was great. I honestly loved everything about this book, and I think other readers will too.

What a cute wrap-up to the Graves Glen + Penhallow witches stories!! We finally get the story for mysterious mountain man middle brother Bowen Penhallow as he's tossed back in time with his off-limits magical artifact finder Tamsyn!

Bowen's college best friend and roommate is living in the liminal space between life and death, that friend's still living fiancee is getting married to another man, and Tamsyn just wants to get out of the finding (Acquiring, if we're getting technical) game. When a magical artifact sends Bowen and Tamsyn back to 1957 to live out a Back to the Future plot, things get FUN and limitations are no longer an issue!

This was a sweet wrapup to the story, and it was fun to get the Penhallow experience without the Graves Glen experience- although I missed the Jones cousins and their witchy people!!

Thank you so much to Erin Sterling, HarperCollins, and NetGalley for a chance to read this in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you NetGalley and Avon for this Arc.

3.5/5 stars
This was my favorite in the series and I think it is because it wasn't set in Graves Glen. The last two were very underwhelming for me whereas this one felt whimsical and magical and what I wanted from a cozy witchy romance. The plot was okay. Everything wraps up fairly rushed and a little too nicely. The romance was believable and I loved the FMC. The conflict needed a little more intensity to keep me wanting to pick it up but I liked it overall. I've been hunting for a witchy book that gives me everything I want and this series is just average.

The Ex Hex Series is one of my favorite spooky season reads! Bowen and Tamsyn's story was such a fun way to wrap up the stories of the Penhallow brothers. Perfect for fans of "Back to the Future" and "Practical Magic", The Wedding Witch has fun tropes such as only-one-bed, fake marriage, time-travel, and ghosts!
Thank you, NetGalley and Avon for an ARC of The Wedding Witch. Pub Date: October 8, 2024

Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager and NetGalley for the ARC of The wedding Witch!

This one was easy, cute and an enjoyable witchy read. It moved very quickly so is great if you want to binge a book in one sitting. I did find the speed meant there wasn’t as much depth in character development but the unique plot line kept you pulled in and entertained.

This is totally in-line with the rest of this serious. It is fun. It is not that serious. I enjoyed it, but it is not life changing.

A fun, witchy read. I loved that this was set in Wales—old castles and Celts will always be favorites of mine. And magic! And witches! Basically, there was a lot I loved about this book. The light conversational tone, the holiday vibes, and the witchy wonders held my attention and kept me coming back for more.

I will say that the romance aspect was a little underdeveloped; and the female main character felt undeserving of the man and the money. But, romance aspects aside, this was a fun and light read.

Ultimately this book is a celebration of life and of lives well lived. It's also a nod to mistletoe.

This was cute! This series is so great for the fall/halloween time – they’re very cute witchy reads and I loved the premise of this one! Tamsyn and Bowen had good chemistry but I do wish we’d seen more of them in person before they appear at the House for the wedding. Overall very happy I read this in September to get ready for spooky season 👻🎃

I had a lot of fun with this book. I really loved being with Bowen and Tamsyn. They end up accidentally going back in time together and that is when the fun really begins. They have to solve a problem before they can make it back to their time and they are on a time schedule. This is the third book in the series and I think it is my favorite. You don't need to read the first two in the series to enjoy this one, but the few scenes with the characters from the earlier books will be more enjoyable if you start at the beginning of the series. All of the books in this series are enjoyable.

“The Wedding Witch” gave me everything I wanted in a fun, fall witchy book! I’ll admit that I wasn’t as excited about this pairing as I was for the preluding Graves Glen couples, but this story was SO good. Bowen, our black sheep of the family, meets Tamsyn, the magical artifacts dealer. They decide to work together, as Bowen is trying to recover his lost best friend. The vibes and setting were immaculate - a wedding at a legacy witch family’s estate during Yule. I loved these two together, and the plot was so engaging to me! This is probably my favorite of the whole series. I can’t wait to see what Erin Sterling does next.

For those who love:
🖤 Witchy Romance
🖤 Heist
🖤 Forced Proximity
🖤 Fake Marriage
🖤 Magical Artifacts
🖤 Yule time
🖤 Time Travel

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

This was a very cute, fluffy holiday romance that did not concern itself too much with plot. I enjoyed gruff, isolated Bowen and very peppy Tamsyn. There had a thin layer of backstory and family history, but this story is not overly concerned with that. The plot centers mostly around a quick hop to the past where Bowen and Tamsyn at first think they need to "parent trap" his grandparents, but it turns out they're really saving someone else. After a lot of running around in the rain, a little deus ex grandmama results in an overly-easy conclusion to all conflict. And no explanation how the fix affected the future at all - just a generic "magics gonna magic." Throughout, we get lots of sexual tension, a very steamy bath scene, and a couple other spicy moments. These were really well written, and hot enough to make you blush. And I did love the moments with the characters from the previous books - Rhys & Vivienne and Wells & Gwyn are still a delight. All-in-all an enjoyable piece of holiday escapism, but one you won't get much depth from.

Witches. Steamy scenes. Time-Travel. I enjoyed this third book in the series and it was great to learn more about Bowen in this book. I surprisingly loved the time-travel aspect to it! I loved the witchy vibes, but I do wish it had taken place during Halloween instead of winter, but that could also be my personal preference of reading witch books during the fall season.

Thank you to Avon and Harper Voyager along with Netgalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Omg what a fun romp this was. The third in the Penhallow witches series (yes, you should read these in order), we finally get the story of the last Penhallow brother, Bowen. Even though this book technically takes place in December, it is perfect for spooky season as well. The story is set in a remote and haunted Welsh castle, so lots of gothic elements to be had. I’d say this is definitely the spiciest of the three books, and it’s a bit of an insta-love situation, but I still really enjoyed it. A very fun witchy romance perfect for this time of year.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon for the ARC of The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling. As someone who has enjoyed all of The Ex Hex series, The Wedding Witch is a perfectly magical and satisfying conclusion! Sterling continues to bring her signature blend of steamy romance, witchy charm, and laugh-out-loud fun in this latest installment. The chemistry between the leads sizzles on every page, and the romantic tension is off the charts! Fans of the series will love how Sterling weaves in delightful callbacks to previous books, all while keeping the plot fresh and enchanting. This is the perfect spicy fall read.

The Wedding Witch is the third book in a series of witchy romcoms revolving around the same families. In the first two books, readers have met two of the Penhollow brothers (Wells and Rhys), but this book is where surly Welsh brother Bowen gets his chance to shine. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story, but it's fluffy and something that I would only recommend to readers who are looking for seasonal fun vibes.

I loved the sizzle and romance in this book; Bowen and Tamsyn have such great chemistry and you could just tell the two of them were meant to be together. The sheer ridiculousness of most of the plot points, however, and ease and convenience of getting the characters together in the same place definitely felt forced. It was so much fun briefly revisiting the characters from the first two books. The ending comes very quickly and felt like it wrapped things up too quickly.

So overall, if you just want something fun, light, and witchy to read in the fall - with a wedding setting and slight Christmasy feel - this is your book.

Super cute cozy read with a bit of spice. Loved the back to the future element along with forced proximity.

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

Witchy vibes, but make it Christmas! The Wedding Witch is the third book in the series following The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse (read in order!) and features the middle Penhallow brother, Bowen.

After a spell gone wrong in college, Bowen has dedicated his life to helping his friend, Declan. He enlisted the help of Tamsyn, who we met in The Ex Hex, who has become a magical artifacts acquisition expert. While on a job, Bowen and Tamsyn find themselves on the wrong side of a spell and end up sent back in time to 1957. They have until Yule to figure out what they have been sent back to fix.

The story is told in Dual POV (my favorite way to read a romcom) and there is a lot of fun banter back and forth between Bowen and Tamsyn. The build up to the relationship turning physical did feel a little sudden, but I am reminded they have been effectively flirting in texts and emails for nearly a year.

I am not quite sure if I really felt the Christmas/winter vibes, nor was I feeling the same fall/cosy vibes from the first two books. This sort of fell in the middle. If the deadline for solving their mystery hadn’t been Yule, the book could have taken place at any time in the year. In fact, the weddings (both in 2024 and 1957) gave me more spring/summer vibes.

I liked the addition of time travel in this book and there were a few twists that kept me guessing and a mystery to solve. But the ending left me confused and didn’t quite come together for me.

This was a nice addition to the series, but I enjoyed the first two books more.

3 stars.

So happy to be back in Graves Glen and so sad to see the series end. Bowen Penhallow is the most reclusive brother. During his work to bring back his friend, Declan, he hires Tamsyn to help procure some magical artifacts. For her part, Tamsyn does above-board work, but she cannot resist the change for a larger job than what she does for Bowen when she receives a wedding invite in the mail. Bowen happens to attend the same one, and when a spell goes awry, Bowen and Tamsyn are sent back in time 50 years. In the fight to make it back to present day, they come to terms with the feelings and tension which has been building between them for about a year.

Might be my favorite book of the series-- I loved how their love developed for each other. They are supportive of each other, and Bowen treats Tamsyn as an equal. Happy endings all around which never hurts either.

Bowen and Tamsyn get transported into the past, to the Yuletide Celebration of 1957. They must work together to get back to the present while facing off with the origins of notorious Tywyll House’s haunting.…oh, and the fact that somewhere between the 1st mistletoe meeting and the bonfire, they might be falling in love.

Bowen Penhallow finally gets his time to shine. I love this reclusive mountain man.

I absolutely loved the set up of this book! The mysterious and powerful magical item, a ghost asking for a final favor, "workplace" romantic tension, TIME TRAVEL. UGH! So much to love. And I DID NOT see that ending coming.

I thought these two were so fun and this book was a great addition to the series. I wish we had a little more time with the Jones cousins, but I enjoyed their appearances.

I would also classify this as more of a holiday romance versus a fall romance like I've heard it advertised as.