Review: Baal by Laura Greenwood

Baal (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #28)
by Laura Greenwood

My Rating: 4 stars

Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Mythology
Age Category: Adult
Type of romance: m/f

Blurb:
A storm god, a witch, and a photo shoot full of naked gods…

Chelsea’s boring retail job has one perk, the charming and enigmatic customer she has a crush on. But he couldn’t possibly have any interest in her, could he?
After Baal is asked to photograph a naked calendar, he jumps at the opportunity, especially when it means that he’ll be able to ask Chelsea for her help, and get to spend some time together in the process.

Will the two of them give in to the tension building between them?

Baal is book twenty-eight in the Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld shared world, featuring a charming god, a gorgeous witch, a shared passion, and more.

My Review

After reading Swipe Right for Kuk I was excited to Chelsea’s story as she works in the same store as the main character from Swipe Right for Kuk. So I picked up this book next. I really enjoyed this one. Chelsea’s work brings her into contact with an interesting customer named Baal who knows of her passion for photography and invites her to help him photograph a naked calendar. Chelsea accepts and the two grow closer while they work together.

Chelsea and Baal were so fun together. I liked reading about them working together on the photo shoot and how Baal encouraged her passion for photography and could help further her career. I liked how they both like photography and the way they could talk about it with each other. The scenes as they photographed the gods for the calendar were all fun to read. And liked seeing them grow closer. I thought they made for a cute couple. There is a bit of steam as well.

This was a cute and easy read and I quickly got through it. I’ve been enjoying the Jinx series and I am glad I went back to read more of these Speed Dating books now. I would’ve liked a bit more about the mythology surrounding Baal as I don’t know much about him, but this book was quite light on the details, the thing about him being able to change into a ram was interesting tough.

I liked how there are mentions of the previous main characters as well as the next two gods for the next two books in the series are introduced as well.

To summarize: I liked this book. Chelsea and Baal team up to photograph a calendar together and they grow closer while they do that. I liked the photography scenes and how Baal encouraged Chelsea’s passion for photography and how he shares her love for photography. I thought they made for a good couple and I liked seeing their romance develop. There are some fun appearances of character from previous books and mentions of the two gods that get their books next. It was a fun and easy read and I already started reading Horus now.

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