Karaoke Queen

By: Erik Schubach

Narrated by: Hollie Jackson

Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

Skylar was horribly scarred by a fire in a violent crime, thoughts of suicide plagued her until she found music. It was her savior. She came forward from the shadows to express her pain through song. Karaoke bars were her salvation. Now in an international competition, she finds herself continually vexed by her rival, Kim, who never shows her any quarter. A strange relationship of respect grows between them, but could it be something more? Something beautiful? This is the fourth book in the Music of the Soul series, all books are standalone novels.

©2013 Erik Schubach (P)2015 Erik Schubach

I love you flower, I love you too sky.

This was an amazing, moving story of strength and the realization that love has the power to overcome any challenge.

Morning Flower

Listening to Karaoke Queen allowed my work trip to fly by. I even stayed in the car to finish it before going into the house when I arrived home. It's great to see the characters I have come to love presented through Holly Jackson's wonderful narration. Erik does such an amazing job of creating both depth of character and story!!

Beautiful book, touching message...

Would you consider the audio edition of Karaoke Queen to be better than the print version?

As with many books, the audio version doesn't make it better or worse; just different.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Skylar... her scars truly do make her beautiful.

Any additional comments?

This is a beautiful book with a touching message! Your scars are what give you character and make you beautiful :)
This was actually the first book I read in the MoS series and it still stands out for me as one of the most moving and definitely a favourite. I love the life that is injected into the characters by the talented Hollie Jackson!
I highly recommend this book and if you like it as much as I did, definitely check out the rest of the books in the MoS universe.

A sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet, sweet story

As with the other books in this series, this is a lovely romantic, you-know-it-from-the-first-word HEA. As the headline hints(!), it is almost treacly, sappy to the point of insipid. Not that that makes it a bad read it's just, damn! Erik. Second issue for me is the London slang: first off the limited range of the dialogue means that many of the words appear overused. Plus there were some odd choices e.g. I'm having a hard time believing that anyone in London has said "by the gods!" since the Georgian era. if he's going to use slang in the feature Mr. Schubach might maybe want to broaden his vocabulary.
All in all it was a fun read, I just kept getting jerked out of the narrative at times by the things I've made note of above.

Love the music of soul collection

I really like the story and hollie Jackson is one of my favorite narrator's she always does such a great job.

I can't say enough great things about this book..

I had already read this book. LOVED the whole Music of the Soul series. On to the next.

Love love love it

Erik Schubach has done it again!!! So captivating! I absolutely love it!! I would recommend to everyone!!

great story

What did you love best about Karaoke Queen?

the print version is better. i did not like the English accent it was too middle class and for me spoiled it which is a shame as.MOTS books are great.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Karaoke Queen?

Sky saving Amber

How did the narrator detract from the book?

English accent all wrong too middle class

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

feel good factor

So much bloody crying

The story was ok but if I had to hear about anymore bloody crying I was going to kill myself. Do yourself a favor and pick up a Mariana Zapata book instead. I really wanted to like this one but there just wasn't any character development. Just a bunch of tears.

Another fantastic audiobook.

If you could sum up Karaoke Queen in three words, what would they be?

Fun, Funny and Captivating

What was one of the most memorable moments of Karaoke Queen?

Sky defending Amber and outing herself in the process.

Which character – as performed by Hollie Jackson – was your favorite?

Skylar of course!!!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Kimi protecting Sky in the elevator.

Any additional comments?

Erik and Hollie are an amazing duo. Erik creates these amazing stories and characters and Hollie makes them glow and shine at the same time.