Now, of course, since this is a “romance”, we all know that Kulti is secretly a good guy, and that somehow he and Sal will fall in love and live happily ever after.īut what makes this story so much fun is the journey that Sal and Kulti take to get there. He simply ignores them all, unless he takes a second to yell at them and debase them in front of their teammates. He’s rude, obnoxious, conceited, and even worse, he’s a terrible coach and role model for the women on the team. While still incredibly handsome, the real-life Kulti is nothing like Sal had hoped. When Kulti joins Sal’s team as an assistant coach, everything in her life turns upside down. Until one day, shortly before his retirement, Kulti and Eric played against each other and Kulti broke Eric’s leg. Sal, Eric, and her dad all worshipped Kulti. From the moment Sal saw him on TV when she was little, she knew two things: that she wanted to play soccer like Kulti, and that someday she would marry him. He was known for his temper, his passion, his skill, and for Sal, his good looks. Reiner Kulti was the greatest soccer player of his generation, and one of the most famous athletes on the planet. Nothing in her life varies too wildly, and that’s just how Sal likes it. Sal works hard both on and off the field - she runs a landscaping company with her best friend and she keeps herself in good shape by keeping to a strict routine.
And her little sister is a grumpy teen who hates soccer. Her mother is from Argentina, and secretly the daughter of soccer royalty. She comes from a close-knot family: her father is a Mexican immigrant who has worked hard to get Sal and her brother, Eric (also a pro Soccer star in Europe), to the level that they are at. Sal (not short for Sally, but for Salome) is a professional women’s soccer player on a top-tier team in Houston. Everything in my life took a backseat to Kulti.** I had shopping, wrapping, cleaning, cooking, and all sorts of other holiday items on my to-do list, but my kids found me more than once just standing in the kitchen reading this book on my phone. But they just weren’t as interesting to me as some of the more modern stories by writers like Sarina Bowen, Lucy Parker, and Sally Thorne.Īll of the glowing reviews for this book in CBR8 weren’t wrong. I read the Brothers Sinister books and thought they were pretty good. I’ve also learned (mostly through trial and error) that I like a contemporary romance better than a period one. I know that I’m still on the fence with fantasy - but thanks to suggestions from other reviewers like narfna and Malin, I’m making some headway there. I’ve learned a lot about my reading habits since I started cannonballing.įor instance, I know that I like Stephen King and Rainbow Rowell above all other writers, and that a sub-par book from them is still going to get at least 4 stars from me.
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