A story full of quirky characters that will have you laughing out loud .
If you haven’t read the first 2 books in the series, you should start now.
A cute read.
A cute series.
Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read this book for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.

⭐️3.5

Olive and Bax are so cute together. Seeing them step out of their comfort zones together and growing into the people they were meant to become was quite lovely. What I don’t understand is what did Olive do to warrant being assigned a guardian angel? I guess I was just anticipating some sort of true danger that ever occurred. I’m hoping that Harper gets to have her story told.

Not Your Crush’s Cauldron is the third book in April Asher’s paranormal romance series, Supernatural Singles, and it focuses on the youngest Maxwell sister, Olive. Unlike her sisters who are major players in the magical community, Olive has chosen to teach about the supernatural rather than to actively take part. When she assigns a project to her students that requires them to step out of their comfort zones, she decides that it’s time for her to do the same and creates a to-do list of challenging tasks that will accomplish just that.

Bax Donovan, a Guardian Angel, is Olive’s friend, long time secret crush, and now also her roommate. Bax is the pierced, tattooed, motorcycle-riding opposite to Olive’s shy, introverted personality but the two of them still have amazing chemistry.

Bax finds himself in an uncomfortable situation when something on Olive’s to-do list puts her on the Guardian Angel Affairs radar as needing protection and they make her Bax’s assignment. Bax is not allowed to tell Olive she’s his assignment, so he decides to accompany her as a friend to help her complete the tasks on her list.

There’s just one problem with that - the more time they spend together, the more Bax and Olive realize they have more than friendly feeiings toward each other, which is another no-no for Bax as her Guardian Angel. Is an HEA possible for them?

This one was so much fun! I enjoyed being back in this world and seeing Olive’s sisters again, and I also really loved the chemistry, and especially the fun banter between Bax and Olive. They’re just so cute together. I also loved that underlying tension that comes with forbidden love. It really made for a fantastic read that I couldn’t put down.

The third book of the Supernatural Singles series is an amusing story of stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing those in your life, including the sexy motorcycle riding guardian angel you've long been friends with and who offers you a room to stay in. Once again stepping into this magical world is an entertaining escape from reality and celebration of family and self discovery.

Olive the third Maxwell witchy sister is the bookworm college professor or the boring one. She likes her outfits preselected, staying home and avoiding her attraction to Baxter but after moving in with him it's become increasingly difficult to ignore. After overhearing a disparaging conversation about her Olive decides to do an assignment with her class about doing things you normally wouldn't, like joining a circus or doing something spontaneous. Her family and friends and one suddenly ever present angel decide to help her complete her list but being thrown together causes sparks to fly.

This entry is a light hearted one compared to the two previous more angsty ones with this having more interactions between the sisters (which I loved) and more humor. Olive and Bax are hot and it was cute to see their romance slowly bloom through various activities and settings. There is not a big amount of tension which I found made the book flow well and easy to put down and pick right back up, perfect for reading in between events or days. This one is a good one for friends to lovers fans with two likable leads and I can't wait to read the next one.

For the final book Not Your Crush's Cauldron is Olive's story of finding love and hello angel hotness, it delivered.

"I want you to sit not hoover angel..."

Olive is stepping out of her comfort zone and its enough to get Bax, her sexy as heaven roommate, assigned to her as a guardian angel. This assignment takes a hidden chemistry and slowly builds the fire as they both step out of their comfort zone. Tats, motorcycles, sexy teacher time and the Tentacle Teaser 2000 are just the tip. And we all know how frustratingly teasing that can be.

This wasn't as hilarious as the first two but it is totally cheesy grin worthy with stellar funny bits. I felt this was more swoony and slower to build in a good way. Have I mentioned that I absolutely love the trio's bff, Harper? She needs her own book!

I found a new witchy romance trilogy to adore all thanks to the author 💋
I cannot thank smpromance enough for gifting a digital copy. It was the catalyst into the first two books and I'm smitten.

A great read, the story of Olive and Bax. I liked how it was told from both points of view. I hadn't read the other books in this , but don't think it mattered.

The third installment in the Supernatural Singles Series. This series is fun, witty witchy RomCom. It's a quick read with a rather light-hearted storyline. It features cameo's from the previous books and continues the happily ever afters we come to expect in this series. I throughly enjoyed the supernatural world set against the backdrop of NYC. I'd love to be a part of this friend group.

Thank you, St. Martin's Press.

3.5 Another fun, witchy romance from April Asher! Olive Maxwell (youngest of the sisters) and Bax Donovan are clearly meant for each other. The characterization in this was great (it helped having some background from the previous books) and the development of the romance not too fast not too slow. What I did struggle with is the lack of plot and everything really coming together cohesively-too much going on that felt more thrown in. I enjoyed the first two sister's stories more, but Not Your Crush's Cauldron was a fun romp.

April Asher returns to the supernatural world to finish the Supernatural Singles series. The heroines of the stories are the Maxwell sisters who are witches and triplets. Olive is the studious sister who enjoys teaching college. Who doesn’t love a witch who wears glasses. At the end of the second book, Not Your Ex’s Hexes (Feb 2023), it is clear she has feelings for Baxter Donovan. Bax is a Guardian Angel, who is tattooed and pierced. He also is Olive’s new roommate.

I love friends to more romance. Bax is trying to salvage his job where he’s accumulated a list of violations. But his new assignment is to guard Olive. She is usually quiet and safe but has taken on the task of doing a Dare list. Bax decides to protect her by joining her doing the tasks. Of course the big rule for guardian angels is not to become involved with the person they are guarding.

I don’t read supernatural/fantasy books often. But I’ve enjoyed this whole series. Yes some of the banter and antics can seem juvenile. But I love the sisters, their mates and friend group. This is a fun and steamy romp with good world building. I was looking forward to Olive’s romance and this did not disappoint.

For everyone feeling a book hangover after reading Bride by Ali Hazelwood should consider picking up April Asher and the Supernatural Singles series. The witches' vibes and paranormal romance will enchant you to get deeper into the magical worlds. Not Your Cauldron will surely fill that void you have been feeling. I adored this final book in this series and this might of been my favorite of the three. April Asher is a great comfort paranormal read.

Tropes:
-Friends to Lovers
-Paranormal Romance
-Forced Proximity
-Witch/Guardian Angel

Arc received from the publisher; all thoughts and opinions are my own.

4 star

The story has laughs, and heartbreak.

This is Olive and Bax's story. This is the first book I have read by this author. This is part of a series but I had no trouble following without reading the others. Bax had been put in charge of keeping Olive safe but this might just be his hardest task ever. Best friends that are feeling more but can it last?


I recommend this book.

I am so thankful to have received this book as a gift to read in exchange for an honest review! I absolutely loved it! Olive is such a great female main character and I loved seeing her growth throughout the story. Bax is the best winged man there is! I would love to stick in this world for as many books as the author releases in it! The vibe is immaculate!!!

April Asher’s Not Your Crush’s Cauldron (Supernatural Singles #3) follows Olive Maxwell—the third Maxwell twin sister and witch—after she moves in with Bax Donovan, her long-time crush and friend, and challenges herself to step outside her comfort zone.

I enjoyed Olive’s story more than Violet’s (#1), obviously because I’m a sucker for friends-to-lovers. With Olive and Bax, Asher writes a sweet, sexy, steamy, and charming transition from friends concealing their feelings to becoming lovers and falling in love. She skillfully develops her conflicted, relatable, and likable characters. I love that her sisters and their friend’s group still feature prominently in the novel since Olive is close to her sisters and they are a tight-knit group. Their personalities are consistent from Book 1. Asher’s colorful, snarky, and natural-sounding dialogue perfectly suits her magical characters, setting, and theme, with funny and entertaining interactions between the sisters and friends that feel authentic. They love to give each other a hard time, but the sisters and their friends have each other’s backs whenever one of them is in need. However, they do tend to interfere and meddle.

A by-the-book, open-hearted, sweet, introverted, and predictable planner, Olive prefers teaching her college students about the supernatural world to actively being part of it like her twin sisters, who’ve come into their own as the Prima-Apparent and a bounty hunter-in-training. Nevertheless, Olive is comfortable using her magic but avoids getting involved in magical shenanigans or politics and likes keeping a low profile. She assigns her students a project encouraging them to get outside their comfort zones. Realizing she never takes any chances outside her own, she decides to do the project too.

Sweet, sensitive, protective, supportive, and strong-willed with piercings and tattoos, Bax is a gifted artist and motorcycle-riding guardian angel. Unfortunately, Bax has a bad habit of breaking the rules, leaving his record covered with black marks. But Bax gets one last opportunity to keep his Guardian wings intact when he’s given a high-profile assignment that’s personal to him—Olive. Bax’s most challenging assignment so far will be keeping Olive safe and out of trouble because his feelings for her and their attraction might cause him to break the one remaining Guardian Angel Code of Conduct Rule he has managed to avoid running afoul of—so far—by falling in love with her. Perhaps he should be more concerned about it, but he isn’t.

I love Olive and Bax’s friendship and flirtation and how they grow closer as she works through her list. Asher develops and transitions Olive and Bax’s relationship from friends to lovers on the verge of more through snarky banter and sweet, sensual, funny, steamy, and intimate interactions and love scenes that reveal and evolve their characters and relationships with each other and the other characters and the novel’s plot. These are my favorite scenes in the novel. It’s a little surprising that Bax and Olive have managed to keep their attraction and feelings for each other under wraps for so long, considering how intense and fiery they are. The tension is palpable every time they’re in the same room together.

The novel focuses on Olive and Bax’s friendship as they settle in as roommates, grow closer, learn more about each other, and take that step from friends to lovers. At the same time, Olive experiences life to the fullest by doing things she’s never thought of trying or might have been too afraid to try. Those shared adventures become a catalyst for increasing shared intimacies between Olive and Bax. They’re a perfect match, balancing each other and encouraging and supporting one another’s dreams.

Although light on action and suspense, Not Your Crush’s Cauldron is a sweet, sexy, funny, steamy, fast-paced, and entertaining paranormal romance about self-discovery, doing what makes you happy, stepping outside your comfort zone, taking risks, friendship, and family. I recommend it for fans of friends-to-lovers, forced proximity/close-quarters, light paranormal/fantasy, and steamy humor-filled romances with curvy heroines and magical heroines and heroes.

St. Martin’s Griffin provided an advanced review copy via Netgalley for review.

I loved this book! This was definitely my favorite in the series. Both of the characters were so likable, and their romance built naturally. I have no critique for this. Even the miscommunication between the main characters was worked out perfectly. Great book! Thank you so much to NetGalley and Griffin for the digital ARC copy.

Charming, light-hearted magical rom-com filled with humor, found-family, and sweet and steamy friends to lovers romance.

An interconnected book in the Supernatural Singles series, Not Your Crushes Cauldron is a delightfully faced-paced fun read that will have you swooning over Olive and Bax's story.

Thank you to Netgalley and Griffin for the eARC! Though I didn't particularly love the first two Supernatural Singles novels, I did enjoy Not Your Crush's Cauldron quite a bit better than the other books! Tropes include forbidden love and forced proximity—two fun ones, especially in supernatural/paranormal romance. Both Olive and Bax were terrific. I got wrapped up in the love narrative of this witchy romantic comedy.
Unfortunately, I don't think Asher's writing style is for me. There are several clunky or confusing sentences that would make it difficult for me to comprehend. Additionally, this universe has a lot of over-the-top jargon that just seems forced and pulls the reader out of the story.

This was my first from April Asher and it won’t be my last! It was cute and quirky, steamy and just a feel good story.

I really enjoyed seeing Bax and Olive navigate their relationship from friends and roommates to lovers. Their chemistry is obvious right from the start with playful banter and just so much heart.

Definitely looking forward to reading more in this series!

I adored Not Your Crush's Cauldron. We have Professor Olive Maxwell and Guardian Angel Baxter Donovan who couldn't be more opposite. Olive prefers to teach about the supernatural world while Bax is in the thick of it protecting other supernaturals. Things get complicated when Bax offers to let Olive move in with him, and then he's assigned to protect her. I loved the dynamic between these two. The chemistry and attraction was palpable. It's sweet, swoony, spicy, and funny. The bond between the sisters is perfection. I haven't read the first two and I feel like I missed out on some of the set up of Olive and Bax. I definitely loved this one, but I'll also be going back to the others in the series.

This was pretty cute - I love a friends to lovers book! I also love the world that this book is set in - the mingling of supernaturals with norms is super fun and allows for some pretty funny scenarios. The only drawback on this one was that the pacing was all over the place a little in the middle. I also feel like it wasn't the most organic friends to lovers.

4 stars!

I have loved every entry in April Asher's Supernatural Singles series, and "Not Your Crush's Cauldron" is no different. I adore the Maxwell sisters! April Asher does a sensational job infusing laugh-out-loud humor and super sexy spice into the witchy happenings here. This book focuses on Olive, a supernatural teacher and the youngest Maxwell sister, and Baxter Donovan, her longtime crush who just so happens to be tasked with being her guardian angel. Olive doesn't love taking part in witchy goings on like her sisters do. She'd prefer to stay in as opposed to going out. As an assignment for her students, Olive has challenged them to make a list of things they can do that will push them outside their comfort zones... and she decides to take part in the assignment, too! This leads to a lot of interesting, awkward, wacky situations, especially when her crush-turned-new-roommate Bax decides to get involved and join her on her quest to finish her list. Oh, and did I mention, Bax *also* has a thing for Olive? The tension and the pining are wonderful in this book. Olive is a terrific main character. I enjoyed watching her break out of her typically low-risk comfort zone to discover new, exciting things that might have passed her by otherwise. And Bax... what's not to love about Baxter Donovan? Bax is sOoOoOoO swoony.. and I loved every single second of it! It's fun watching Olive drive Bax up the wall with her list. He is more outgoing while she is more reserved, so they complement each other well as opposites. And the steam between the two is *chef's kiss.* I will say, I did find this book to be a little more slowly paced than the last two books in the series. I think the nature of checking things off of Olive's list got a little repetitive despite her entries being significantly different. Still, I sure do love April Asher's work, and I hope we get a novel about Harper next! Finally, Zura Johnson... what can I say, she is the PERFECT audiobook narrator for this series. I have enjoyed her voiceover work in each and every installment of these books! She puts such a fabulous twang, a wonderful pop, a spectacular pizzazz into each character. Terrific work by her on this book!

Thank you to NetGalley, April Asher, St. Martin's Press, and St. Martin's Griffin for the complimentary ARC of this book. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for this review.