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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. Oh, Sal can believe it's her because Amber recently called her a whore? Well, what about believing that Kulti might have a DUI because she had to drag his ass out of a bar? If one leads her to make an assumption about the other in Amber's case, why does she refrain from doing so in Kulti's? She's not even friendly with him at this point. if y'all know any other slowburn books like this where it's not all about sex, emotional connection >>> physical connection/attraction, and god-tier romantic development then please recommend!! more spicy than other MZ books // i've read all of MZ books and these two have the most smut scenes In my opinion, yes. I’d heard rave after rave that Kulti was THEE Zapata book to read, but I thought this one was leagues better in pacing, character work, dialogue, and overall romance. Unlike the main characters in Kulti, you get the sense that Jasmine and Ivan always have respect for one another despite their enemies-to-lovers squabbling. This means that, when the time comes for their relationship to enter the lovers portion of the program, it’s more believable. The payoff is worth it, and feels satisfying. And good lord, all the swooning I did!!!!! Embarrassing, to be honest.

Konec mě naštval. Vzhledem k tomu, že si hlavní postavy od sebe 450 stran držely odstup a dávaly si na to sakra pozor, čekala jsem, že se do konce knihy možná chytí za ruku, políbí se, řeknou si, jak se mají rády. Místo toho přišly dvě kapitoly explicitního sexu, který se mi sem, vzhledem ke zbytku knihy, vůbec nehodil. Copak už to v dnešní době bez toho nejde? Vyjádřit se jemně, něžně, jen v náznacích....A ne popisovat, jak do "toho" spolu hrdinové "bušili". The term ‘slow’ applies to the book KULTI. But not ‘slow-burn.’ I felt no heat between heroine Sal and hero Kulti that made me want them to be together. While I liked Sal, I didn’t like Kulti. He is outwardly cold, non-responsive, brooding, rude. In fact, he’s a silent, dead weight for the bulk of the story. I was surprised when he announced Sal was his best friend. I didn’t see that. Sociopaths have a soft spot for blinking. A lot. 34 times for Kulti to be exact, and 86 times total. Now that's a bit much, don't you think?It's amazing how realistically the author portrays the slow development of their love and relationship. It’s also amazing how she managed to use almost every possible element so popular in the contemporary romance genre today and create a perfect enemies-turn-friends-turn-lovers coach-player forbidden loved-you-from-afar-since-childhood age-gap sports romance featuring a strong heroine and a silent, broody, jerk hero without being over the top or too cliché.

Jasmine Santos is one of figure skating’s most talented, dedicated athletes, overcoming broken bones, family disapproval, and financial woes to continue doing what she loves. But her abominable temper always gets in the way of her potential greatness, leading to her last skating partner dumping her for a competitor. She’s been on her own ever since, until the coach of Ivan Lukov — an international men’s figure skating phenom with enough awards and titles to last a lifetime — approaches Jasmine with the idea of pairing them up together. Puf, pues sí que animas, sí... Las dos novelas de Mariana Zapata del AAR 2018 las tengo aún por comprar y leer porque tengo la impresión de que mi experiencia va a ser como la tuya.Zapata should've also done more research with football. One glaring mistake was when, during a league finals championship match, Sal got two yellow cards! Unless the rules are different for Zapata's football, Sal should've been thrown from the match. Also, while it might be fine for Sal to use "soccer" because she's American, it doesn't make sense for Kulti, seeing as how he was born, raised, and played in Europe all his life. Zapata also says that league teams here were referred to as "teams" (as opposed to "clubs"). Uh...they're still called clubs in North America. New York City FC and Toronto FC are both MLS football clubs. Zapata may have confused it with how national teams are titled teams (USMNT), but that, too, follows Europe's footsteps and how they're called "teams" on the international level. An average person can be excused for not knowing this, but not Zapata. This is the main theme of her book and she should have done her research. i seriously needed kulti’s pov every time he was jealous bc he was losing his mind!! especially when sal hugged his friend before him and he got so mf grumpy afterwards!! One. Zapata's ability to really, honestly make me believe the heroine has no idea the hero would literally perish at her feet for a single touch...it's mind-blowing. And very difficult to pull off, especially when her heroines are so damn smart and emotionally mature. It makes the moment where they admit their feelings CRAZY amazing. Like, fireworks during a grand slam amazing. Vamos, a mí con eso no me mantienes enganchada, ¡con eso me tienes en estado comatoso! Obviamente, somos pocas las que pensamos así, viendo las estupendísimas valoraciones que tiene, pero qué le vamos a hacer, a mí, si me vas a contar la historia desde un único punto de vista, me tienes que dar algo que se parezca más a Cariño, cuanto te odio para emocionarme, algo donde, aunque ella no se dé cuenta de lo que le está pasando al maromo, sí lo puedas sentir tú. Yo necesito más que tíos que miran malhumorados y que hacen pequeños gestos de amistad que acaban pareciendo muestras de bipolaridad. Me ha parecido un libro plano y sin emoción, laaaaaargo y en el que cuesta que pase algo, con un personaje malhumorado y mandón, y una protagonista supuestamente fuerte que acaba siendo manejada hasta por el apuntador. No os puedo decir sin ser soez hasta dónde he quedado de que Sal se dijera mil veces "paciencia" o de que se pusiera los calcetines de chica grande. Es cierto que esas son mis impresiones finales, bastante distintas a las que tuve cuando comencé a leer, ya que me gusta el slow burn y me encantan los libros con deportistas, así que empecé con muchas ganas y leyendo entretenida. ¡Y hasta disfrutando! Pero claro, una cosa es el amor cocido a fuego lento y, otra, estar leyendo un libro en el que no pasa nada sobre una historia de amor donde tú no ves el amor por ninguna parte.

This was why I gave it a 1. Before this, I was around a 2 because, while I didn't think it was great, I didn't feel it was super awful, either. BUT, then Zapata was pushing this true love/destiny BS at the end, and then combined with the age difference and how he still kept her letters, it was just too creepy for me. Oh, and it didn't make sense. Nejlepší části knihy byly pro mě scény s tátou Sal. Jako Kultiho největší fanoušek se před ním styděl i jen mluvit a Sal musela být při jejich rozhovorech prostředníkem.sal has always played soccer, and she’s always been good at it. but it all started with her seeing the famous reiner “the king” kulti play on television when she was little. after that one game she decided she wanted to play soccer too, and she became a little more than a little bit obsessed with kulti. after some years tho something had happened between kulti and sal’s brother on the field. and then some years after that, sal’s coach suddenly announces that there’s a new assistant coach coming to the team, and guess who that is…

I listened all the way to the end because I liked Sal despite her too many references to “poop”; and I lived in hope the romance would actually start at some point. There were hints of Kulti's possessiveness at the 10.5 hour mark, but not much else. Disappointingly, I didn’t feel this story was romantic at all. I usually like sex in romances, but when sexy times happened here, they felt out of context because there had been no build-up of sexual tension or build up to love. We are TOLD they love one another, but I needed to be SHOWN during the plentiful 16 hours of opportunity. If there was heat, it happened in the last 2.5 hours, and at best I’d call it luke warm.You can find a really cute little epilogue scene here: https://www.marianazapata.com/kulti-o...... Thanks to Hulya for mentioning it in her review...just paying it forward for others to enjoy by doing the same. The Wall of Winnipeg and Me was my first book by Mariana and after reading Kulti, I am now convinced the author is the queen of slow-burn romance but not entirely in a good way. A friend of mine said that the first chapter is to hook the reader on the present book and the last chapter is to get the reader to buy the next book (not necessarily in the series but just any book by the author). And truly the ending of this book left me with such a good book feeling that it erased all the negative ones I had during the first 50% of the book where I struggled to become engaged. I think knowing that the book is slow but that the reward is worthwhile is important going into this book. I love this book! Slow burn, emotional, smart, funny and it’s about soccer, family, second chances, self recovery, success, sacrifices, dreams!

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