If you're looking for fun witchy rom-com, look no further Hot Hex Boyfriend delivers big time.

Delia has been told all her life that she comes from a long of witches that have been hexed to remove their powers. Delia thinks her family is eccentric and embarrassing. The handsome next door neighbor Max is sent to keep an eye on Delia's family, to ensure no hexes are broken.

The setting for this is a wonderful small town, and and Delia's family and friends are wonderful characters, and add to the fun. Delia and Max have great chemistry .

Thank-you NetGalley and Hachette Audio for the advanced listener copy. Narrators Zion Jang, Laura Knight Keating were wonderful to listen to. I highly recommend this audiobook, it's a fun read and perfect for spooky season!

3.5 stars!

Fluffy, witchy, cozy fun, "Hot Hex Boyfriend" by Carly Bloom is the perfect way to begin the upcoming spooky season! This book and these characters are quirky, intriguing, and zany. It's got a bit of everything: family shenanigans, long-time lore, spirits, hexes, witch-core vibes, true love, and spells. I loved Delia and the entire eccentric Merriweather family! She really was such a great character. I resonated with her quite a bit. She's quite messy, doesn't know what she wants to do with her life, is a witch with no powers...quite relatable (minus the witch part). Delia's chemistry with Max is SO GOOD! I thoroughly enjoyed them as a couple. Their personalities offset each other perfectly. This story is also about found-family and community coming together to help those they love. It's also about using magic for good purposes. This book approaches magic and matriarchy in a compelling way that I have not really seen before (but admittedly, I do not read a lot of witch-centric books). Ugh, so cute, and so dang funny! Some people might not like this book *because* it's too cutesy, but I didn't mind at all. Sometimes, you need something light and silly to offset everything else you read. It's also slightly spicy, which I was surprised about. Loved that! Dual audiobook narrators Laura Knight Keating and Zion Jang bring this story to life in an entertaining, fabulous way. They fit these characters so well! I just loved their work here, and their narration kept me engaged and interested throughout the book. I hope Bloom writes more Willow Root books in the future!

Thank you to NetGalley, Carly Bloom, Hachette Audio, and Forever for the complimentary ALC of this book. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated for this review.

Hot Hex Boyfriend was a funny and cozy romance with a lot of witchy vibes thrown in.

I enjoyed the characters and story. I found myself laughing a lot.

I wasn’t a huge fan of the narrator for Delia. The story was set in Texas so a southern accent made sense but she was the only one who had one so it didn’t work for me.

Definitely would recommend for anyone ready for falls vibes and to get ready for Halloween and all things witchy.

Thanks to Hachette Audio and Netgalley for the ALC in exchange of an honest review.

Awwww this had all the sugar and spice you need and it was such a nice listen!!! I LOVED ZION’s voice!! Yummy and toe curling for me with this smooth deep voice 😍. It took me a bit to get used to Laura’s voice, not going to lie.. i was mildly irritated for a little bit until I was accustomed to hearing it.

Delia and Max are the chef’s kiss! They are so cute together! And This book is full of amazing side characters!! This was truly a great small town witchy romance! It’s a great way to start your fall with cozy rom com!

𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸…
🧹Cozy witch Rom Com
🧹Small Town
🧹Slow Burn
🧹Grumpy/ Sunshine
🧹True Love
🧹Dual POV
🧹One open door scene

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

This is the perfect cozy romcom to read this fall.
Loved the quirky characters and the whole plot was just fun. The setting in a small town in Texas was the best small town atmosphere vibes. Mac is perfect book boyfriend vibes! I loved everything about his character. Delia is such a southern sweetheart ray of sunshine. The side characters were so entertaining.

The audiobook was really well done with dual narration by Laura Knight Keating and Zion Jang. They kept me engaged in this story and wanting more.

This one was a 3.5 for me! I really enjoyed the premise of the family earning their magic via a broken hex. I also really liked the community coming together in the end (trying not to spoil it for anyone!) and taking care of the bad "witch" once and for all. This book is a perfect read for fall. It has all the spooky vibes while still keeping it light and fun.

I would love to read more by Carly Bloom, especially if she's a fellow witchy woman!

I couldn't get into this one I was about 25% and truly nothing happens. It is very slow and not keeping my interest at all. I had to DNF.

Delia’s family is convinced they are witches, and that Delia is the blue witch. Delia is convinced they are a little bit silly for thinking that since they don’t have any magical abilities. When Max Halifax moves in next door to handle his uncle’s estate, things get even more interesting. Max actually is a witch, and somehow, without knowing it, Delia breaks the hex that has been keeping magic from her family.

This was an adorably fun romcom. I loved Delia’s family. They were so much fun and their relationships with Delia were so sweet. Max and Delia were fantastic main characters and I loved the way their romantic relationship developed. There was a bit of mystery in this book which was a nice touch.

I listened to the audio which was absolutely fantastic. I love dual narrators and Laura Knight Keating and Zion Jang did a fantastic job bringing Delia and Max to life. Their emotions were so easy to feel through the narration.

I highly recommend this if you are looking for a fun witchy romcom for your spooky season TBR!

Thank you to NetGalley and Hachette Audio for the advance copy.

Incredible! I loved the narrators; they really made me feel like I was in small town, Texas (and I’m from Texas)! I just had so much fun listening to this book and I didn’t really want it to end. I grew attached to the characters and want more of Willow Root! It was a perfect way to kick off the autumn season and I would highly recommend listening to this while reading the book! 💜

Thanks so much NetGalley & Forever! It was a pleasure to read this book!

A hilarious mixture of family lore, true love and witches of course! This plot is fun with twists and turns to keep you guessing, but also peppered with family shenanigans and a bit of romance. The characters are wildly creative with unique personalities and witty banter to keep you giggling. The dual narration really helps bring the perspectives of both the male and female characters truly to life. If you are looking for a lighthearted fun read or listen, then this is the book you are looking for especially if you like a paranormal perspective of learning to accept everyone for who they really are and not who you perceive them to be! I really, really hope that the author turns this into a series as these characters would be a blast to follow as they develop their witchcraft and other characters find their true happiness as well! A great happily ever after story of opposites attract, enemies to lovers although friends to lovers would be more appropriate (you'll have to listen to the book to find out why I think that!!!) and a bit of close proximity trope sprinkled in for good measure! It is overall a sweet romance, but there is a touch of spice but not too much for those who prefer it to remain behind closed doors typically. I'd say it is a good touch of spice!

This was such a cozy, funny, heartwarming story. I loved the Merriweather family. There was so much love and humor in this little family. I was looking for a fun witchy read for the podcast I co-host and this was perfect. The narrators did a wonderful job voicing the characters and while third-person stories aren't usually my favorite, having this be a dual narration, made me really enjoyed this one. It's a good combination of all of the witchy favorites I grew up with and there was an unexpected bout of nostalgia for some of my favorite shows and movies. Great rom-com. Wonderful writing. Definitely a 4.5-5 star read for me. It's a little steamy but definitely not spicy.

DNF. This book was really hard to read. It could have been an interesting story. I got to 11% and turned it off. There was so much unnecessary cursing that it was very off-putting. You can get a lot across when building characters without cursing. There are so many amazing adjectives out there to use. Would not recommend.

Delia Merriweather comes from a family of witches, but they can’t perform magic because they’ve been hexed and she doesn’t even believe in magic anyways. Max Halifax is the new neighbour next door, sullen sexy at times grumpy he’s been assigned to keep an eye on the Merriweather women. But then he discovers that Delia has somehow accidently broken the curse and of course craziness (and love?) ensues.

I wanted to love this book, it had promise to be the perfect kick off to the fall season and perhaps being a teacher and it also being back to school it was not the right time for me.

I loved the accents of the voice actors, as a Canadian the southern American twang is a delight and I liked that it was easy to tell the characters apart. Perhaps the accent was a distraction though as I would say for the first 50% of the book I had no idea what was going on.

The second half of the book had much more action and the spice I was hoping for.
In conclusion this audio book is well produced, had a cute theme and storyline, romance, action and it was just perhaps not right for me at this time. If you love romantic stories of starring magic living among us humans you are likely to enjoy this book. If you’re just looking for a cute fall hallmarkesque story you might still like it or like me find it a bit hard to follow the finer details.

Delia grew up believing she was a witch…but she had no powers. In fact, the neighbors all made fun of the Merriweather family and their claim to witchy fame.

Instead, Delia is a bit of a mess, jumping from one failed career to the next while taking care of the older women in her family.

But when her beloved neighbor dies, his nephew, Max, shows up to settle his affairs. Max, who keeps to himself and makes snarky comments about the podunk town he’s stuck in. Max, who is a witch, a witch from the family line who hexed Delia’s family and stole their magic.

Max is supposed to keep an eye on Delia and her family, to make sure she doesn’t break the hex before her 30th birthday, but the two are…magically drawn to one another.

While there are some fun elements - my favorite being the imp Nicky - overall it fell short for me.

Someone please remind me that I need to stop reading books with magical realism romance plots. I just can’t do it. I always think I’m going to love them but they usually end up bothering me.

Where I am willing to fully buy into a fantasy series where world building is the bread and butter, I don’t like cute books with convenient magic that, honestly, doesn’t seem necessary.

I’m a broken record recently. There’s for sure an audience for this one, but it’s not me.

The perfect cozy fall read. It was the best book to start the new season. I loved the characters and the fun story telling. It felt like a romance mystery, where you're trying to figure out how the hex came to be, and if people will ever find out the truth about their past. There's romance, there's magic and it was such an easy and fun read.

As I always say, nothing but love and respect for authors! You’re all amazing!

I wanted to LOVE this novel, but I struggled through it. It had everything that should’ve made it a spooky season hit—sweet, bumbling witches, snarky, hilarious familiars, black cats, magic, and romance. But for some reason, it didn’t hook me as much as I’d hoped. I liked it well enough, but I expected to be obsessed and just… Wasn’t.

That said, I think I’m the exception, not the rule. I have a feeling that Hot Hex Boyfriend will be a huge spooky season hit and that most people will totally love it. 🔮🐈‍⬛✨🧹💘

This gave me 90's prime-time TV vibes with a little spice, perfect to start your fall reads with.

This cozy, small-town, witchy, rom-com was a perfect listen as we follow Cordelia "Delia" Merriweather and her family. She has grown up being told that they are witches cursed to have no magic, thinking her grandmother and aunts to be a bit off of their rockers, she goes along with their witchy traditions to appease them but believes none of their claims.

Delia's neighbor passes away and his nephew Max comes to settle his estate. Max, being sent to keep an eye on the Merriweather family, fully aware of the hex placed on them, hires her mother to be his listing agent who in turn, hires Delia, a housekeeper turned "inferior" designer, to do the staging to get the house ready for sale.

The family dynamic in the Merriweather household reminded me a lot of my own family, The way we come together and cook, we call our drinks concoctions and our dishes always have a splash of magic (our secret ingredients) that keep your feet under the table!

I again, really enjoyed this book. I received an ALC from Netgalley and ate it up in one sitting. I hope this is not the last we hear of Max and Delia.

This is my honest opinion given uncoerced.

Delia Merriweather comes from a powerful line of witches. But, they don’t have any powers because of a longstanding hex. Delia accidentally breaks the hex, but the witches don’t know how to control their powers. In comes Max Halifax, who is in town after his uncle dies, but he’s also there to spy on the Merriweathers. Max comes from a line of witches and finds out his great great grandfather placed a hex on the Merriweathers. He’s there to make sure they don’t find out about their powers and rule the witching community, but Delia is distracting. Will he be her hot hex boyfriend?

This was a cute cozy fall read! It had Sabrina the teenage witch and Practical Magic vibes. Characters were entertaining and loved the narrators of this audiobook! Thank you Net Galley, Forever publishing, and Carly Bloom for the ARC! Pub date 9/3/24

Thank you Netgalley and Hachette Audio for this ARC. If you like romances and cosy witchy stories, please read this book. It hits the sweet spot. I listened to it at the tail end of August and it's got me into a autumn frame of mind.

Hot Hex Boyfriend by Carly Bloom is a witchy romance perfect for fall! This book with definitely get you in the mood for sweaters, crunching leaves, and crisp autumn days.

Cordelia (Delia) Merriweather is a seemingly ordinary almost 30-year old with an extraordinary family around her. While they don't have magic, the Merriweather women have always insisted they are witches who were hexed, and thus had their magic taken from them. When the hex is mysteriously broken, the magic returns...and love blossoms!

Overall, this is such a fun romcom, and Bloom's writing is really smart and funny. The chemistry between Max and Deliah is really lovely (and spicy!).

However, I would say to potential readers that is starts a bit slow. There is a bit of backstory that needs to build at the beginning. That being said, once the charming cast of characters is established, it really takes off! It is worth a read, but do not give up on the slow start.

This book is perfect for readers of The Ex Hex, Big Little Spells, and The Dead Romantics.