This was a very cute and light witchy rom-com that I think it's going to be great for Halloween and fall time.

Thank you Netgalley and Hachette Audio for an ALC of Hot Hex Boyfriend in exchange of my honest opinion.

'A family that dwells together, spells together.'

Cordelia "Delia" Merriweather comes from a family of witches, well thats what they tell her. But they have been cursed so they don't have magic, so Delia doesn't believe the whole family witch thing. The curse is said to break on her 30th birthday which is about happen, but the arrival of Max Halifax may keep the Merriweathers cursed.
Max knows the Merriweathers are real witches cursed by his family & he must ensure the curse stays in place for all witches. But as he & Delia spend time together he starts to question the rules he grew up with & wonders what is so dangerous about the Merriweather women.

This was a sweet, cute, cozy, laugh out loud witchy romcom. One of those books you know you can curl up with a cuppa & you're going to have a good easy time. There were so many moments I couldn't hold the laughter in. I loved the sweetness of the slow build romance.
I listened to the audiobook, Laura Knight Keating & Zion Jang did an amazing job bringing the characters to life. Loved putting my headphones on & getting lost in this witchy world.

Thank you to Netgalley & Hachett Audio / Forever for the opportunity to listen to this.

This started out so cute and I was hooked. It lost me a little in the middle when we started finding out everyone in town are basically witches. The end was almost redemptive, except there were just some parts that didn't fully connect for me on the fantasy side. It was almost there, just missing a few things to fully explain it all. The spice was well done in this and I adored Nikki. So excited to kick off spooky season with this audio from NetGalley.

⭐️ 4/5
🌶 1/5
🩷 3/5
🎧 4/5

📚 I really loved this story. I'm a total sucker for witchy romances, even more when they're in a small witchy town, set in the modern day, and make the love interests neighbours (swoon). Max was so loving, Delia was so fun and flirty, and Nicky the demon cat was top tier. The plot was just continually unravelling from the first page to the end 🧶 I would read this again and again as a comfort read.

🎧 I will always love audiobooks, and this one was a great one. A bad narration style can kill the audioboook and the story so quickly..... but a set of great and versatile narrators can melt you right into each and every character as though you're living among them. This was a great quality audiobook.

🎙 Narrators - These actors that are doing romances at the moment are absolutely cookie crumb perfection to my ears 🤌
[Dual style - female does all her own chapters, male does his own. This is not a duet style, where they read all of their own respective genders dialogue. If it was a duet, it would have been 5 stars for audio, for sure.]

Overall, this audiobook was a fantastic dual audio, and exactly what I enjoy when listening to cosy romances 😘👌

This is a cute little witchy rom-com. I definitely giggled a few times. I do think I would have liked it more if I had read it instead of listened to the audiobook. I was not a fan of the narrators and their accents. But overall a fun read.

I have to read at least one witchy romcom when it starts getting close (or close in my heart) to fall and this definitely had all the traits that I usually look for in such books. There's a quaint small town, a large and chaotic family, a mysterious old house, witches from divided clans, and an ancient curse that must be lifted. Certainly nothing groundbreaking for the genre, but there is some interesting world-building and a fun twist in the middle. I also appreciated that Delia is an older heroine who has back issues (relatable). She's been struggling to find a career and is currently trying to make it as an interior decorator. Her claim to fame is that her family believes they are witches even though an old hex prevents them from using their magic. Max inherits a mansion full of magical antiquities from his uncle and moves back to Texas in order to get it sold and to keep an eye on Delia. Unbeknownst to her and her family, Max's ancestors placed the curse on Delia's ancestors and are responsible for making sure it doesn't get broken. Of course, while keeping an eye on her, Max begins to catch feelings and suspects Delia might return them...

Laura Knight Keating and Zion Jang do a great job with the duel narration. Audiobook is definitely the best way to experience this! I'll admit that sometimes the writing is a bit cheesy and/or clunky, but it's an enjoyable story if you're in the mood for a fun, witchy romcom. Hope that we get another book in this universe someday!

Spooky season is just around the corner and for fans of Erin Sterling come a new cute and bingeable witchy read!

This one was so fun to listen to and the narrators did an excellent job! It was a little bit of a slow start and I wanted more witchy antics earlier on; however the build up of the characters made it all the more entertaining when hexes and magic did actually come into play. There’s a bit of spice but not too much and lots of humour and whitty banter!
I highly recommend

Thank you to Netgalley and Forever for an Arc of the ebook and the audiobook
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Meet the Merriweathers - family of witches with no magic. When Delilah accidentally breaks the hex on her family, she's shocked by the truth and that the handsome new guy next door's family cursed them in the first place! Is he really into her or just bewitched? Read to find out.

This is a cute witchy romance for Halloween time.

The audiobook was of good quality with the narrators switching POV for each chapter.

What a cute witchy romance!! Delia and her family were hexed decades ago, and therefore they have no magic (and no memory of it) but when Max moves into his uncle’s house next door, he falls for Delia, and somehow the spell is broken - but now the coven is going bananas and there’s a demon loose!

There is so much I didn’t actually understand about the magic system here, but it didn’t really matter 🤷🏼‍♀️ the vibes are on point and the romance was sweet but not the absolute central part of the story. Also, Texan witches are hilarious 😂

Thank you NetGalley and Hachette Audio for an ALC of Hot Hex Boyfriend in exchange of my honest opinion.

This was a very cute and light romcom with witches a a mystery that I think it's going to be great for Halloween and fall time, although the story itself has very low stakes and it was quite cheesy in some points. The narrators did a fantastic job bringing the characters to life and embodying the Texan/ southern accent specially for the older witches in the coven. I'm not a fan of whispers as a way to convey "secret messages", but the whispers enacted in this audiobook were still clear and I could understand perfectly even though I was listening in a busy area.

As someone that loves witches story in the fall I was happy to start my "gloomy reads" with a light book.

𝐀𝐑𝐂: Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Such a cute and funny read!
𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐞: 🌶 - Spice was cute, the bed was a nice touch
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: September 3, 2024

I listened to the arc through NetGalley and am so beyond grateful! I have been in a slump and this is exactly what I needed to help push me out of it. I have been on the hunt for a fun and cute witchy book and this delivered.

I felt so many different emotions while I was listening! Between happy, sad, and enraged; Carly Bloom did an amazing job at pulling those emotions out in me while I read.

I believe a lot of people can relate to this book because I remember being younger and playing out in nature pretending I was a witch so to read about a family who is this ascetic is adorable and I loved it.

I listened to this book and it was cute, I liked the people who narrated it however, the male narrator spoke quite at times and I would miss things and need to go back to hear and increase the volume to listen. Other than that though I did enjoy listening.

This book has:
🌑 Witches
🌑 Familiar
🌑 Hidden Identity

4.5 stars.

This was a cute story with two fun audiobook narrators. This is dual narration/dual POV. I received this for free as an advanced reader copy and I'm glad I gave this a try.

The hero is a socially awkward introvert (he blushes😊😳) who has grown up in a world where feelings and romance are considered wrong. He inherits his uncle's house and has come to sell everything and also spy on the neighbors, one of which just happens to be a cute and bubbly woman who might break a centuries-long curse against her family by his family.

This was adorable. Delia's family is loving and bumbling and the opposite of Max and his family who are more cold and rule-oriented. This was a light-hearted romance with some villains and conspiracies.

The romance progressed really well and, while both of them were "against romance" for very different reasons, the negative motivation didn't drive me crazy. When they fell in love, they fell in love. There is a third act breakup, but it didn't give me much angst.

Safety deets
- no OW/OM
- not much about their sexual histories other than both of them have been casual with their partners in the past.
- cute puppy 🐶
- We get to see them together in the end.
- Some mystery and twists that were intriguing... I would love to read more of this world.

I recommend. It's a cute one!

Hot Hex Boyfriend: A Spellbinding Good Time
Okay, so Hot Hex Boyfriend is basically magic. Like, actual magic, but also the book is super fun. Carly Bloom totally nailed it with this one. The story is like a witchy rom-com dream come true.
Delia and Max are this adorable, opposites-attract couple with amazing chemistry. And the whole hex mystery thing? It kept me guessing and totally hooked. Plus, Willow Root is the kind of small town you wish was real – full of quirky characters and just the right amount of weird.
If you're into witches, hot guys, and a sprinkle of magic, this book is a must-read. Trust me, you won't regret it!

This book was SO CUTE! I loved the relationship between characters and all of their little quirks. The main characters were all super likable and brought humor and fun to the book.

I actually got a copy of the audiobook and let me tell you, the narration by Laura Knight Keating and Zion Jang was so perfect. They did such a great job with really bringing the characters to life. I loved the accents they used and the switch between POVs.

I’m so glad someone suggested this book to me! It was a fun read and honestly great to get you into the witchy spirit if you like to read witchy books in the fall!

I will say, I was a little confused as to what was going on in the beginning, but I think that was just me and listening to it. Once I got the hang of everything, it was such a cozy read. This one gave me cozy witchy vibes and just made me happy!

Can we talk about Delia’s family? They were hilarious and so fun! They definitely made you want to be apart of their family! Watching Max and Luke be around them when their families were so different? Made your heart squeeze for them a little bit! And Nicki! He was such a fun addition to this book!

Delia and Max had this instant chemistry they just couldn’t ignore and it was fun to watch them open up to each other!

I did receive the audio of this one and I really enjoyed the narrators! They really brought the story to life! Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for an early copy. All opinions are my own.

I really do want to try this when the ebook is out but I don’t understand/ can’t handle one of the witch’s having a southern accent when no one else does in the audio.

𝐞𝐀𝐫𝐜 &| 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰
3 🌟
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This would be a good book for the spooky season, but it just wasn't for me. Wasn't keeping my attention. But I'm also a mood reader, so I will reattempt to read this book around the spooky season. Because just from what I read and listened to, it would be a good book.
𝙳𝙽𝙵 @ 20%
𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐
𝙱 𝚄 𝚃 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 . . . 3 🌟
The narrators did a good job bringing this story alive.
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 Sept.3
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Thank you, Netgalley, Grand Central Publishing for the eBook, and Hachette Audio for the audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

This was the greatest audiobook I’ve listened to in a long while. This book gave me the best case of giggles and just overall hopes for good things.

Thank you to the author, publisher, & NetGalley for allowing me to have early access to enjoy this!!!

The narrator was amazing.

The writing was humorous and made it impossible to stop reading. I devoured it, and am excited to reread this in the fall!

Truly what I wanted from the Ex Hex, but never got!

Thank you, NetGalley, for the advanced ALC of this book

I thought I would like this book, but I didn't think I would love it & I do. This book (in my eyes) was so well done, the characters the romance and so much more.

This book is a slow burn when it comes to the romance (so if slow burns are not your thing, then I don't suggest this book for you), the romance is Entwined with the characters as they go though some self discovery of themselves & also how their life's have been up until this moment, we see as the book progresses a wacky family, small town setting, talk about witchcraft, a stubborn man from a stuck in their way family and a cat familiar 💙 (who I loved by the way).

I was engrossed into this story and became connected to the characters (which didn't happen with me very often at all), I loved the slow burn romance that happened, and the fact that it wasn't the main focus of the story but the issue of the MaryWeathers being hexed and the blue witch was the focus more drawing you in wondering what the fate and outcome would be for them by the end of the book... you see that the old MaryWeather aunts are these crazy old women who have a jest for life and living every moment with fun and pulling at heartstrings through the loving connections they have as a family and some of the community around them.

But there is more than meets the eye when it comes to hexes and more that needs to be uncovered because hexes need a blood sacrifice or do they?!! 🤔

Real love is a powerful force, but is it more powerful than magic ?!!...

I highly suggest this book because I loved it