Book guide
Kulti
A pro soccer player is forced to work with her childhood idol-turned-coach—and discovers the real man is nothing like the legend she once adored.
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About Kulti
When the man you worshipped as a kid becomes your coach, it’s supposed to be the greatest thing in the world. Keywords: supposed to. It didn’t take a week for twenty-seven-year-old Sal Casillas to wonder what she’d seen in the international soccer icon--why she’d ever had his posters on her wall, or ever envisioned marrying him and having super-playing soccer babies. Sal had long ago gotten over the worst non-break-up in the history of imaginary relationships with a man that hadn’t known she’d existed. So she isn’t prepared for this version of Reiner Kulti who shows up to her team’s season: a quiet, reclusive shadow of the explosive, passionate man he’d once been. Nothing could have prepared her for the man she got to know. Or the murderous urges he brought out in her. “Sal, please don’t make me visit you in jail. Orange isn’t your color.” This was going to be the longest season of her life.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- slut-shaming
- sexism in sports
- power imbalance/coach-player dynamic
- alcoholism
- panic attacks/anxiety
- medical trauma
- violence mention
- sexual content
- infidelity mentioned
