REVIEW: Crystals and Contracts- le Fay Romances Book #2- A.A.Fairview

Title: Crystals and Contracts
Series: le Fay Romances Book #2
Author: A.A.Fairview
Genre: Bi Sexual Romance, Fantasy Romance, LGBTQ Romance
Publisher: Independent
Release Date: Sept 22, 2023
Format: Kindle
Pages: 264
Source: Amazon

My landlord is going to hate me for what I’m about to do.

I’ve never had a father and never wanted one either. To my dismay, I do have a father, Arthur le Fay–a crime lord witch. Afraid for not just my safety, but the safety of my friends and coven, I have no other choice but to make a deal with a devil. A little drastic? Maybe, but it’s certainly effective.

At least it would be–if the devil would agree to make a deal with me!

Now I have a devil in my apartment and no idea what to do about the le Fays. I just want them to leave me alone… or maybe I want them afraid of me. Fear is one hell of a motivator. But no amount of fear will get this devil of mine to behave. He’s much more partial to exchanges, my body for his benevolence. Nothing good can come from feelings, especially when he insists he has none.

Crystals and Contracts is the second book in the le Fay Romance series following a family of witches, though the books can be read as stand-alone. Crystals and Contracts features a witch and devil relationship between a woman and man. This book contains sexual content not appropriate for readers under the age of 18.

Review by Jay Mountney

Member of the Paranormal Romance Guild Review Team

The book is part of a series set in a world with ‘hidden’ witches, minor devils, fae, werewolves and vampires.

Minerva, a witch, summons Rosier, a minor prince of Hell, but he rejects her offered contracts either to exact revenge for her father’s abandonment of her and her mother, or to lift a curse on her family.

They live together in increasing mayhem aided and abetted by sundry witches and succubae. They rescue a kitten, Leaf, from a dumpster and the kitten often steals the show. The rest of the book is a mixture of banter between the various characters, confrontations between Minerva and her family, and a lot of kinky (but always consensual) sex.

If the sex and banter appeal, you might enjoy this romp with its surprisingly happy ending, but the amount of disbelief I was expected to suspend made it a hard read for me. Since the title is available in KU readers with a subscription could try it and see whether it suits their tastes.

I was less than impressed by the writing style and the proofreading. Neither were so bad as to throw me out of the story but were irritating in a novel I found too self-consciously humour-filled and too full of sex that did not enhance the plot. I will not be following the series, but I am sure some readers will enjoy the ride.