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

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!!

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.

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 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.

Erik is a genius, plus Handicapped person as star!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, I just had a fight with my fight with my favorite lesbian romance writer over the fact there were never anything but perfect people in her novels, I asked her if she could include a best friend or side character who had maybe a wheelchair or a walker or was just somehow handicapped a little but was happy, health and cool. Not needing pity. She said basic "NO"her reasons were really lame. And it kind of hurt my feeling being handicapped myself. You get sick of reading about perfect people all the time. But here Erik has the lead character dealing with the lose of one leg like its no big deal, and she doesn't want pity from anyone which is what she gets from the girl who falls head over feet in love with her. No pity at all. Its a super great love story between two young women, one who has scares on the outside and inside that she has to let go off to allow herself to fall in love. Then you have the other girl with a few issues of her own, that may keep her from falling in love too. But their love is just too strong.

What other book might you compare Karaoke Queen to and why?

I can't think of anything right off hand, Snow Fall by Gerri Hill for some of the interaction between the two woman. but its nothing like it. Deafening Whisper by Erik, in Music of Soul series. In fact all the books in the Music of the Soul series have some elements in common.

What about Hollie Jackson’s performance did you like?

Her voice is just perfect for the voice of Skylar, and the other girl, her inflection, accents and timing and pauses were perfect, she brought the story to life, I plan to listen to it several more times.

If you could take any character from Karaoke Queen out to dinner, who would it be and why?

Skylar or her girlfriend or both of them together, I think both of them together. I would love to met the lovers.

Any additional comments?

This is an awesome book with so much going on, I wish there was a sequel to the story, I want to find out how they are doing after there career get started, I would like to hear about there relationship 5 years down the way once Skylar is writing songs and recording them and Her love is on the road.