Idol Gossip

By: Alexandra Leigh Young

Narrated by: Shannon Tyo

Delicious gossip squares off with genuine heart in this inside look at a K-pop academy.

Every Friday after school, seventeen-year-old Alice Choy and her little sister, Olivia, head to Myeongdong to sing karaoke. Back in San Francisco, when she still had friends and earthly possessions, Alice took regular singing lessons. But since their diplomat mom moved them to Seoul, her only musical outlet is vamping it up in a private karaoke booth to an audience of one: her loyal sister. Then a scout for Top10 Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop companies, hears her and offers her a spot at their Star Academy. Can Alice navigate the culture clashes, egos, and extreme training practices of K-pop to lead her group onstage before a stadium of 50,000 chanting fans—and just maybe strike K-pop gold? Not if a certain influential blogger and the anti-fans get their way . . .

The voice artist did a fantastic job

I hated the main character more than any book I’ve ever read. She is ungrateful, she has no work ethic, she is arrogant, and the book hastily repairs these things in the last minute. I had to listen on 2x to get thru. I would only recommend this book to people I hate.