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These are books like Kulti by Mariana Zapata for those who loved Kulti and are looking for similar books.
But first, a few words about Kulti and what it is about for those who are not familiar with it.
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What is Kulti?
Kulti is a novel by Mariana Zapata.
It is a slow burn romance between a lady soccer player and her famous coach. You can grab a copy here.
Summary
Salomé Casillas (Sal, for short) is a professional woman’s soccer player for a Texas team, while Reiner Kulti is a retired icon in men’s soccer. Sal has always idolized Kulti from afar since she was a young girl, even fancying herself in love with him at some point.
When Kulti became Sal’s team assistant coach, putting them near each other, sparks fly and heads roll as the two butt heads against each other. Fate, though, has other plans for these two as eventually hate turns to friendship and then to love.
Is Kulti a good book?
Yes, Kulti is a good book. It has an engaging plot, compelling characters, a captivating writing style, and is well-paced. The slow burn romance is swoon-worthy, provides all the feels, and unfolds at just the right rhythm. Lovers of romance books should not miss reading Kulti.
How many pages is Kulti by Mariana Zapata?
Kulti by Mariana Zapata has 550 pages.
Books Like Kulti
Here are some recommendations for books like Kulti.
A romance between a female soccer player and her coach.
Scoring Wilder
Summary
Nineteen-year-old Kinsley Bryant is a member of her college soccer team and an Olympic hopeful. Liam Wilder is a professional soccer player, considered America’s bad boy.
When Liam becomes Kinsley’s coach and they’re thrown together, an attraction develops which is strictly forbidden in their field. Seeing each other regularly, though, makes it difficult for these two to resist their growing attraction.
Thoughts
Funny, witty, and sweet, Scoring Wilder by R. S. Grey is a soccer romance book that might be the most similar to Kulti.
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A romance between a female athlete and her coach.
Waking Olivia
Summary
Olivia Finnegan is a cross-country runner. She transfers to a new college and gets Will Langstrom as her coach. Troubled Olivia clashes with financially struggling Langstrom as the two battle on a lot of things. Throw in an unexpected attraction they have for each other and things got more complicated.
Thoughts
Waking Olivia by Elizabeth O’Roarke covers several tropes, namely: enemies to lovers, student-teacher, forbidden, and slow burn. It’s emotional and angsty, and a great book, all in all.
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Another romance between a female cross-country runner and her coach.
Coach Me
Summary
Nineteen-year-old Amber Lakes is a member of her college’s cross-country running team. Joaquin Torres is her coach who is ten years her senior.
As the only woman of color on her team, Amber faces discrimination, which Coach Torres doesn’t allow.
As coach and athlete work on a common team goal, they find themselves developing feelings for each other. Feelings they cannot act on because fraternizing between coach and athlete is a big no-no.
Thoughts
Aside from the forbidden romance, Coach Me by Shanora Williams touches on important issues like racism and inequality. It’s a sexy and thought-provoking novel.
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A romance between a soccer player and his sports therapist.
The Forbidden Man
Summary
Thalia Blackwood is a forty-year-old divorcee working as a sports therapist for the soccer team Real Madrid. Alejo Albarado is the twenty-year-old rising star of the team. These two develop an attraction and passion for each other that poses a risk to her job and his career.
Thoughts
The Forbidden Man by Karina Halle also covers the age gap trope. It has a lot of feels and angst and is an excellent forbidden, age-gap romance.
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A romance between a boxer and his physical therapist.
Real
Summary
Remington “Remy” Tate is an underground boxer, while Brooke Dumas is a former athlete turned physical therapist due to an injury.
Brooke met Remy when she attended one of his fights. Remy, who felt an attraction to Brooke when he first saw her, hired her as his therapist. She travels with him to different cities where he has fight shows. Then begins a beautiful love story between a tortured soul and the girl who saves him.
Thoughts
Real by Katy Evans has a swoon-worthy romance that’s filled with chemistry and romantic tension between the main characters. It’s emotionally intense, too. Overall, it’s a beautiful and satisfying book.
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A romance between two athletes.
From Lukov with Love
Summary
Jasmine Santos and Ivan Lukov are both professional figure skaters. A happenstance in the past made them enemies who can’t stand each other’s company since then.
When Jasmine is forced to partner with him for a project that would pull up her career, sparks fly as expected. But underneath all that hate is a simmering attraction growing. Can they put aside their differences this time to win a game and, maybe, fall in love?
Thoughts
From Lukov with Love by the same author as Kulti, Mariana Zapata, is somewhat similar to the latter book in that it also deals with athletes and is set in the world of sports. It is similarly a slow-burn romance.
While it isn’t one of my favorites from Zapata, it still is emotionally satisfying and a good book, all in all.
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We hope you find something you like in this list. Happy reading!
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I haven’t read Kulti but it definitely sounds interesting! Also love that you’ve found other books similar that you were able to enjoy as well because sometimes that can be hard.
Oh, that’s true; finding similar books can be challenging. So I’m glad too that I did.
Kulti is good; I hope you’ll give it a try.
I really want to get back into reading for fun! This was an amazing post 💕🦋
Thank you! Hope you do 🙂
I haven’t read Kulti but I love a slow burn romance. Thanks for the recommendations!
You’re welcome. I hope you’ll like it.
Kulti has been on my reading list for a while, but haven’t managed to read it. I definitely need to, bc I love slow burn romances. I’m actually amazed I haven’t heard of the other recommendations.
I hope you like Kulti; it’s really amazing. The others are great, too–Real by Katy Evans, especially.
Great book suggestions and I like how you explain them to us. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you and you’re welcome!