Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5

I never would have thought to ask for a time-travel witchy Christmas themed book, but now I’ll never let this one go.

The callbacks to the rest of the series were incredible, the bathtub scene had me burst into flames in the best way, and Bowen can in fact take me up to his mountain home whenever he wants. I missed being in Graves Glen, but all of the old, wise witches from time traveling more than made up for it.

The Wedding Witch was such a fun, spicy, fast-paced ride. There's witches, time-travel, and of course a grumpy-sunshine love story, what else could you ask for? I'm assuming this is the final book in the Ex Hex series, since there are no more Penhallow brothers to marry off, and that's unfortunate because I've really enjoyed getting to know these characters. This is the only one that doesn't take place in Graves Glen or at Halloween time, so it was a bit of a departure from the other two books. But I really enjoyed the characters of Bowen and Tamsyn and the time-travel aspect as well. At times it felt like there wasn't enough focus on the two main characters and their relationship - most of the book focuses on them trying to find out why they were sent back to 1957, and also a lot on the side characters in that past time period. The ending felt a little rushed and I was a bit confused as to how Bowen's friend (and Emerald) was just suddenly back and the modern timeline changed so drastically and there not being any other explanations or consequences. It was still a great (4 star) story and I liked being back in this world again.

Thank you to Avon and NetGalley for the ARC!

This witchy rom-com is the perfect transition from Fall into the Christmas, sorry, Yule season! This story follows the 3rd Penhallow brother, Bowen, and his colleague Tamsyn as they find themselves entrapped in a Yuletide party just a tad out of their timeline.

Fans of the first two books in The Ex Hex series are sure to love this one, combining those witchy vibes with a Hero that will make you swoon (especially when he speaks Welsh)!

Thanks to NetGalley & Avon and Harper Voyager for the digital ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!

I love this entire series and such a cute book! The first two books Kiss Curse and Ex Hex seemed to be very similar to one another and I enjoyed that this one was equally as snarky but the storyline was different. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!!

Sterling takes a hopeless character from her Glen Graves series, long forgotten from book one and drops her in the lap of yet another Penhallow brother. You might not remember Tamsyn if you read "The Ex Hex' a few years ago like I did, but there is enough of a reminder of her dangerous story that I vaguely recalled - She's the human/non-witch artifact hunter that gets Viv and Rhys almost killed (but also they hooked up and are still going strong because of course we get to see all our favorite characters in book 3). You may not remember any mention of this particular Penhallow brother, Bowen. (I didn't). He is a bit of an isolationist, you might say. So when he needs something he unknowingly calls on Tamsyn to find the object. There are lots of sparks for these two lone wolves. The holiday wedding is a vehicle for them to be together. A LOT. And it's a fun twist on the story. They are both hot, of course, and they work together to solve a time travel mystery.
Fun pacing, setting, and characters. Could be read as a stand alone, no problems on that front.
Thanks so much for the ARC!

This third interconnected standalone novel in the series about the Penhallow brothers centers on the middle brother, Bowen, and takes place not in Georgia, US, like the others, but at a creepy castle in Wales during a Yuletide wedding. Bowen and his “acquirer” Tamsyn (think Indiana Jones but female) head back in time to solve a ghostly mystery. It’s full of spice and humor and the atmospheric setting is delightful.

I liked both main characters. The FMC was strong and bold, and the MMC was a grumbly teddy bear mountain man. And the sparks between them just flew. The spicy scenes were perfect! I loved all the side characters as well. They were well fleshed out and memorable.

My only complaint is that I didn’t understand the ending. And that may just be me. Time travel is confusing and it was twisting my brain into a pretzel to try to make sense of it all. But again, that was probably just my inability to understand.

Overall, I thought it was a fun and spicy addition to the series, and a great one to read during the December holidays.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for my review copy.

I absolutely love this book! It’s everything I wanted and more! The series is one of my absolute faves and I am so lucky to be able to read this! Erin did a phenomenal job with the story and characters! It was perfect. I can’t wait for everyone else to fall in love with it also!

I absolutely loved The Ex Hex and The Kiss Curse and could not wait to see what trouble the middle Penhallow brother got into. Unlike the first two books, The Wedding Witch is focused on a Christmas/Yule/Winter Holiday vibe. Add in some time travel back to 1957 and some ancestors, and you get a holiday book that is full of magic. There is some spice (the bathtub scene…), lots of love, and a lot of fun to be had. I am glad I read the first two books before reading The Wedding Witch, as it gave me more knowledge of the Penhallows, Jones, and Graves Glen, but if you didn’t read them, I still think this would be a fun holiday read for you. I loved watching Bowen and Tamsyn give into their feelings and find a way back to 2024. I definitely recommend this book if you loved The Ex Hex or The Kiss Curse!

The Wedding Witch is such a great addition to this series! I loved both the Ex Hex and the Kiss Curse, so I was so excited to get an ARC for the Wedding Witch. This book was a bit of a departure from the other two because it involved time travel! Who doesn't love a bit of time travel? And the story took place in December during Winter Solstice verses October, which also kept things fresh. Bowen and Tamsyn were the perfect pair and the ending just wrapped everything up so nicely. Read the Wedding Witch, but also treat yourself to the rest of the books in this series because you will fall in love with these characters, especially the Penhallow brothers. A very super fun witchy read!
Thanks to #NetGalley and #Avon Harper Voyager for the ARC.

4.5 stars

Oh my goodness I had such a fun time with this! This was my "kindle arc while downtime at work weekday read" and I feel like I flew through it because I just wanted to keep reading. I'm not usually an insta-love full fan but this was insta-love that wasn't acted on instantly and it really worked for me. The banter and the side characters were also a good time!

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon Harper Voyager for the eARC of this book.

oh my gosh!!! so cute!!! was not expecting the turn this book took!! so we follow the eldest brother of the penhallow bunch (bowen), and his love interest as they get up to some fun magical shenanigans. I loveee being with these characters in and around graves glen!! erin sterling has such a great voice as an author and I was genuinely laughing out loud so many times while reading this book. it was the perfect cap to end this little trilogy on, and I can easily say that I will be purchasing all three and re-reading them many many more times. SO honored and happy to have gotten an arc of this book! can't wait to recommend the book to my friends!

thank you to netgalley for an e-arc of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts!

I was very excited to get my hands on the next part of The Ex Hex series, The Wedding Witch by Erin Sterling. These books have become a staple in my fall, leading up to Halloween.

While the Wedding Witch is a Christmas book, it still checked the same box for me! I love returning to Penhallow. I really enjoyed the time travel angle. I feel like this book can fit the bill for Christmas and Halloween. Highly recommend if you’ve loved the other Ex Hex novels and enjoy Erin Sterling’s books!

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for an advanced copy of this book!

Tamsyn makes a living off procuring magical objects even though she has no magic herself. She catches the eye of Bowen Penhallow, who loves to collect magical items himself. While they speak occasionally and are drawn to each other, things start to come together when they both attend the same wedding and somehow get stuck in the past. Will they be able to work together to get back to their own time?

Thoughts 💭
This is the third book in the "The Ex Hex" and "The Kissing Curse" series about the magical Penhallow brothers. I don't think you need to read the first two to enjoy this one, but I do think it will help. The beginning has a cameo of all the characters, and I think it would mean more to read the other books first.

I thought Bowen and Tamsyn were really cute together, and they had an interesting story that involved time travel. This was quick and simple. I enjoyed the book, but nothing in it really wowed me. This is a perfect conclusion for fans of the first two books or people who enjoy a witchy romance. It has fun characters and a satisfying ending.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Simply adorable! In what I can only presume is the conclusion to the Graves Glen / Penhallow Brothers story, I was swept away by the banter and chemistry that Tamsyn and Bowen had.

I was tickled when I got this e-ARC and knew it would be another beautiful and hilariously enchanting story from Erin Sterling. As with the previous two books, this story followed a magical Penhallow brother and his formidable female counterpart. But the time travel element (and during Christmas no less !) was a fascinating and engaging departure.

I truly loved following Tamsyn and Bowen’s story and there was a certain beauty and sentimentality at the end that truly swept me away. This is a great series to start in the cozy and spooky month of October and finish during the even cozier and more *magical* month of December!

**thank you NetGalley for this ARC. All opinions expressed herein are my own and are not necessary the opinions of NetGalley, the publisher or the author.

Thank you netgalley for the arc!!
The third and final book in the series! I liked this more than book 2, but I still think book 1 remains my favorite of the series. I thought it was fun that this one was Christmas (or I guess Yule) focused rather than Halloween. I liked both the main characters, but in terms of character development, I do think you need to have read books 1 and 2 as these books set the foundation for these characters before fully exploring their story together in book 3. The time travel aspect was okay, although I do feel there were a couple loose ends that could have been tied up better. I still don’t fully understand why they were sent back in the first place, and I feel like there could have been more with the magical brooch. But, all that said, if a cheesy witchy romance is what you’re looking for, then this is the perfect book for that.

My favorite installment to the Ex Hex series!! I knew Bowen the mountain man would do me in, but HOLY PLOT. I was on the edge of my seat, squealing like a school girl, and ready for more all at the same time. I went into this without reading the blurb, and just knew I would love it after enjoying the first two books. But then comes the time traveling? I love it, give me 10 more. This was so well developed and I loved every side character we meet. Wasn’t ready to be teary eyed at a spooky Halloween read!

Thank you NetGalley and Avon/Harper Voyager for the eARC!

Bowen was perfectly grumpy and Tamsyn was perfectly cool. Loved their chemistry and this quirky witchy journey. A fun addition to this series and a great fall read.

I love the Ex Hex series and Graves Glen. This book, The Wedding Witch, was quite different from the rest of the series but fun nonetheless. Whereas I go for more that autumnal dark academia witchy vibes, and thus love the first two books in Graves Glen and Penhaven College, my sister will absolutely love this one with Wales and time travel and castles and ghosts and Christmas. Overall really fun!

The Wedding Witch pairs mostly-reclusive mountain man Bowen Penhallow with outgoing rule-bender Tamsyn Bligh. He hires her to procure magical artifacts for him, and, since he’s her employer, she vows not to date him.

But they’ve felt a connection since the moment they met.

And they both end up at the same Yuletide wedding in Wales, where they magically get transported back to 1957.

And, well, in circumstances like those, some things are just too tough to resist.

While this is book 3 of the series, we only interact briefly with characters from the first two books, so you could easily jump straight into this one without reading books 1 and 2 first.

Highlights for me:
- How she challenges him
- The BANTER (Yes, that does deserve all caps.)
- How much I grinned and giggled through this one
- The text messages and emails (Seriously, I could eat epistolary elements up with a spoon. I love them that much.)
- How down bad Bowen is
- Honestly, just Bowen in general (One of the notes I jotted down while reading it just says, “Oh my gosh, I love him.”)
- All of the Welsh phrases and endearments
- The middle-of-the-night confessions

I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the buildup in the relationship but understand that the bulk of the book takes place in the short block of time centered around the wedding and time travel back to 1957. I also would have liked more clarity about how everything becomes magically resolved. All-in-all, though, it’s a quick, fun read with a really strong beginning that will suck you in.

I received an advance copy of the book from Avon. All review opinions are my own.

This is book 3 in the Ex Hex series featuring Bowen Penhollow and Tamsyn Blygh . I loved this fun, magical romance that is perfect for the holiday season. It has time travel, witches, ghosts, and romance. I read the other books in the series and was waiting for Bowen’s story! He is a loner who lives in the Welsh countryside. He is studying magic so he can bring his friend, who after a spell gone wrong is a ghost, back. The sassy banter interactions between Tamsyn and Bowen were perfect. They are my favorite characters in this series. It has a tiny bit of spice, but not too much. I loved the side characters who brought so much to the story. I can’t wait to see what Erin Sterling brings next and hope we get more Graves Glen! Thank you NetGalley, Avon, and Harper Voyager for the chance to read and give my honest opinion.