Not Your Crush’s Cauldron by April Asher
Supernatural Singles series #3. Witchy paranormal romance. Can be read as a standalone but better as part of the series of the three sisters.
Olive Maxwell prefers teaching about the supernatural world rather than taking part in it. She gets a bit of a wake up call career wise, and after assigning her college students a project designed to nudge them out of their comfort zones, she decides to take her own assignment to heart and make changes in her own life. First on the list of changes is moving in with Baxter Donovan, a long-time crush, friend, and tattooed, motorcycle-riding guardian Angel.
Bax Donovan believes his charges should have free will, so his records aren’t all top marks. His newest assignment is Olive, who is usually low-risk. He’s more than willing to spend time helping her expand her boundaries and try new things. Bax needs to remember to keep his hands to himself while they are both trying new things. He has his own rules of Conduct to follow even though it’s going to be one of the hardest things he’s ever done.

Amusing, sexy, and empowering. A reminder to get out and try your own new things.
Bax and Olive have some serious issues but by putting the worry aside, living and loving, and trying new things, they feel better able to deal with obstacles.
Olive’s list is crazy! I’m not going to be an acrobatic silks performer, nor am I going anywhere near the rest of her list. But a little fantasy love play may be doable. Inspiring, if only…

Wonderful story, great character development, great writing! Highly recommend this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it

Love this series by April Asher. I enjoyed the first two books in this series immensely, and this book is no different. Love the world that Asher has built, but I do think this is my least favorite of the three books so far. Still a worthwhile read, and definitely enjoyable. Love the opposites attract trope and the steam is top notch. Would recommend for sure.

Not Your Crush's Cauldron was a delightful, fast paced read perfect for cold February nights.

Olive has lived in her sister's shadows, playing it safe, for a long time. When she gives her students a task of putting together and acting on a list of ten "out of character" tasks, she decides to do it with them.

Bax, guardians angel, can't fight his attraction to Olive. Assigned as her secret guardian, he decides to do her list with her. But he's got one chance left to prove himself as a guardian. He's got feelings for OLIVE and she- him. It's more than just a crush for angel and witch.

I enjoyed tandem listening and reading Not Your Crush's Cauldron. The catchy chapter titles kept my interest and made me laugh! The third in Asher's series had the beloved characters from precious novels while allowing Olive and Bax to have their shine. The spicy scenes were well plotted out and weren't written just to check off a scene. Overall, this was a solid listen and I'm curious if another novel will be coming soon!

Not Your Crush's Cauldron is the third book in April Asher's Supernatural Singles series. Featuring Olive, the last of the Maxwell triplets and Bax, a guardian angel. Olive and Bax were such a cute pairing from the get go, you could feel their chemistry come off the page.

Olive is a professor and department chair at a college and assigns her students a project to push them out of her comfort zone, which she also decides to participate in. I loved this idea so much, especially since Olive was so supportive of all her students picking things that are right for them (they don't all have to be big and bold things!). Sent such a great message about pushing out of your comfort zone a bit.

Due to the list Bax is assigned to watch over Olive, which leads to some sticky situations, especially considering his father wants him to be something that he's not.

I love the way this ended and how in the end both Olive and Bax found their true selves.

This book is adorable, and I am in love with the tatted, pierced 👀, motorcycle-riding Bax who’s a complete sweetheart. There’s nothing he won’t do for Olive, no fear he can’t conquer to reach her. He appears tough, but he has the soul of an artist.

Not Your Crush’s Cauldron is the definition of a sweet and spicy romance, full of flirtatious banter, heart-rate spiking roommate encounters, and adorable face caresses between Bax and Olive. The underlying theme of stepping out of your comfort zone and taking the leap to pursue your dreams is beautifully woven into the arc of our characters.

Olive is an intelligent, no-nonsense kind of gal. Though she hasn’t done anything too adventurous, she won’t be stopped once she’s decided what she wants. I wouldn’t say this book really has a third-act break-up; it’s more that time is needed to process new information that’s come to light. And it’s barely a day. Because the miscommunication actually makes sense.

Add in witchy vibes and sisterly love, and it’s irresistible!

3.75⭐️ rounded up!
This is the 3rd book in the Supernatural Singles series and is about Olive Maxwell, one of the Maxwell triplets, and Bax Donovan. Olive prefers the quiet life that revolves around books and teaching at the local college. After she assigns her students a project that asks them to step outside their comfort zones, she realizes that she herself never leaves her comfort zone. So she decides to make a list of things that will push her to try new things.

Bax is a Guardian Angel with a few too many marks against him for broken rules. So when he’s assigned Olive as his next person to protect, he’s a little worried he will break the one last rule he’s been able to keep since he started, Don’t fall in love with your assignment.

Bax and Olive’s story is so cute! Once again April delivers a fun supernatural romance that revolves around magic and family. I will always love the found family trope, and this series definitely delivers on that. Their friend group is fantastic!

With that said, it didn’t quite hit like the first 2 books in the series bc I didn’t connect to Olive as much as Vi and Rose, but so glad to have read it. It’s quick and fun, and I recommend this series for people who love lighthearted/witchy, friends to lovers!

Thank you Netgalley and St Martin’s Press for this eARC in exchange for an honest review! Happy pub day!

Side note: I would LOVE if we could get Harper and Adrian’s story!!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing the ARC.

In the third installment of the Supernatural Singles series, we get Olive's story with her friend turned roommate, Bax.

I really enjoyed the first two books in this series, but this one just felt flat for me. I struggled a lot getting behind Olive and Bax as a couple, even though previous books had already addressed the will they/won't they tension between the two of them. I never really got that feeling while reading this book.

Olive didn't really get interesting for me until closer to the end. Maybe it was a style choice in that she was supposed to be the "boring" one, but I have read about wallflowers like her before and have been perfectly engaged. And Bax, I really just wanted him to be more fleshed out than he was. He was also a flat character and it made for a pretty boring read.

Not my fave out of the group.

I hope this isn't the end of the series! I know all the sisters are officially done but Harper needs a story, and honestly, I just want a story that features all of the, alternating chapters, whatever the author will give us. I'm obsessed.



I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.

3.25 stars. This was an okay read for me. Not Your Crush's Cauldron is the third book in the series and is Olive and Bax's book. Olive escapes a bad roommate situation to move into her friend Bax's apartment. They are not friends who know each other extremely well, but Bax's best friends are the boyfriends of Olive's co-triplet sisters. Olive is a witch and Bax is a guardian angel. They both have an attraction to each other. But Bax receives a guardian assignment for Olive, which means her life may be at risk for some reason and that she is off limits to him romantically. He isn't allowed to tell her of his assignment but he spends lots of time with her, secretly trying to keep her safe. They fall for each other along the way. But what will happen when Olive finds out she was an assignment?

This story itself was cute. But something about this book made it a slog to get through. Bax was cute and adored Olive. She, herself, was fine but nothing special. But the book was a little slow and felt like it was missing something. Despite the cute story and characters, it just felt meh overall.

Overall, I have enjoyed this series in general, but the books never quite get past the "not bad" point for me. Maybe I just don't gel with the author's writing style, because I do like the story lines. Still, I may try her books again. It seems like there is room for more books written in this world and I like the paranormal aspects. So I will probably read those as well.

I really just love this trilogy so much. It has magic but is not high stress. It has spice, and love, and beautiful messages of growth. These books have so much personality and I look forward to every one that comes out. Following the last Maxwell triplet in her adventures was a delight and I’m really curious if we will get a Harper spin off! April Asher’s writing style is a delight and I’m excited for whatever she has planned next.

Olive Maxwell plays it safe in every aspect of her life. She is a professor teaching about the Supernatural world, and is trying to launch an exchange program for more supernatural cooperation. She has assigned her students to try and get out of their comfort zones, and not wanting to look like a hypocrite she decides to join them in trying new things.

In comes Bax Donovan. A motorcycle riding, tattooed guardian angel. Bax and Olive have been friends for a long time and there has always been a spark between them. When Olive needs a place to live he offers up his spare room. Bax is on his last chance at work, after one too many mishaps guarding people. With Olive trying new things and get herself in danger, he is given one last chance and assigned to guard her. Only she isn't allowed to know, and he is not allowed to fall in love with her which proves to be very difficult as that shipped has log since sailed.

This was a fun time, and it made me smile and laugh a lot. The chemistry between the characters was there, and I loved them together. The book didn't do anything special, or make me feel any grand emotion but it was a nice entertaining book to read

I loved the first book and enjoyed the second book but unfortunately this one wasn't for me. The characters frustrated me and it just didn't have the same magic of the other books.

I love this series and have absolutely enjoyed getting to see each Maxwell sister find her soul mate. The progression of the love story between Bax and Olive was incredible. I hope there is at least one more book in this series as I would love to see Harper find love despite her believing she doesn’t want it.

This was another fantastic romance! I've been loving getting these stories of the Maxwell Triplets! They are all different people, and have different romances, and I've loved each one! They're all exploring different parts of this world, and I love it!

Olive is a very structured person, she has outfits of the days, she loves research, and she's firmly in her comfort zone. Which is pretty much the opposite of her proposed program for the school, for a cultural exchange of students, because the change of when the supernatural's came out, people still have to learn and grow and change, it can't drop off!

Really, Bax was in a dilemma. He had a bad record, he's broken most of the rules but one-not falling in love with an assignment. So of course getting Olive, who he did have a crush on, and now lives with, yeah, that wasn't the best idea, but there weren't any good options open to him. The fact that he didn't enjoy his job, it wasn't his passion, added a layer to everything going on. But it was so cute to watch them work on her Dare I Docket!

One thing that I loved, is that there is the miscommunication trope in this book. But it's not one-sided to rectify it, they both try to fix things, and that just made that ending all the more happier, that they both worked on their relationship!

This was a wonderful read, and if there is more in this series, I'll definitely read it!

I just love all of the April Asher books that I've read so far! This series has been magical. I love all of the characters, and am endlessly entertained by all of their situations. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a digital ARC of this book.

Olive and Bax have been friends for a long time. He even invited her to live with him when she needed a place to stay. They also have had crushes on each other but have been afraid to do anything.
When Olive starts a new project at work, she writes a list of items to get her out of her comfort zone. That's when Bax is assigned to her as a Guardian Angel. Something on that list has put her in need of an angel, and Bax is more than happy to step up.
Opinion
This is an absolutely fun series. Both witty and funny, the best part is the strong bond between sisters. I think this book may have been my favorite in the series. Something about crossing off items on a list that gets you out of your comfort zone just calls to me. (Am I willing to do this? That remains to be seen.) Throughout the series, I have fallen in love with Asher's writing style and I surely hope this is not the end of the Supernatural Singles series.
I listened to the audio and could not have been more consumed in the book. I read along but the nuances in the narrators speaking added more depth to what I read/heard. I highly recommend the audio version.
Many thanks to Net Galley, St. Martins Press and Dreamscape Media for providing me with an ARC of the book and audiobook.

This was my first read by April Asher and I don’t know what took me so long! I loved her writing and this found family of characters she has created in the Supernatural Singles series.

In the surface bookish Olive and tattooed Bax don’t appear to have anything in common. But when these friends move in together in Bax’s NYC apartment, sparks start to fly. And not just from Olive’s hands!

I thought the relationship between Bax and Olive developed at a good pace and was surprised by the heat between them (and some of Bax’s piercings!). The dual POV worked well for the story and came in especially handy during that third-act misunderstanding. Also, don’t let the cartoon cover fool you, this romance is very much open door. 😉

I will definitely be going back and reading books one and two in the series! You can enjoy Not Your Crush’s Cauldron as a standalone but if you want to learn about Olive’s sisters start with book one.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press and April Asher for an early copy. These are my honest thoughts.

I voluntarily agreed to read and honestly review this book.
Another fun Supernatural Singles story from April Asher! This time we get to read about Witch-Triplet Olive Maxwell. And the male MC, Baxter Donovan, is a Guardian Angel. I laughed and giggled my way through this book. And, I may have growled a little when reading the parts involving Mikael Donovan, Bax’s father. All in all, this was a great, and fun, read for those moments when I needed a break from Real Life.

A cute conclusion to the Maxwell sister's stories! I loved Olive's "Dare I Docket" and how we got to see her come out of her shell. I loved the banter between her and Bax. I also really enjoyed seeing the characters from previous books. I am docking one star because of how much the phrase "angel mange" was mentioned.
Thank you Netgalley and St.Martin's Griffin. for the ARC!