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A Sour Chord
Sal Maggione has been struggling to write the perfect song. A song that will help bring his band, So Say The King, to stardom. He's crumpled up more pieces of paper than he'd ever admit to.
In the midst of his mundane job making coffee and fighting with himself over the song, he meets Samantha. His world is immediately turned on its side and he questions everything that he knows, wants and needs.
Join Sal on his quest to complete the perfect the song, his band's rise to fame, and his immediate and intense infatuation with Samantha.
In the midst of his mundane job making coffee and fighting with himself over the song, he meets Samantha. His world is immediately turned on its side and he questions everything that he knows, wants and needs.
Join Sal on his quest to complete the perfect the song, his band's rise to fame, and his immediate and intense infatuation with Samantha.
301 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 17, 2014
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About the author
M. Jandreau
5 books17 followersUpstairs coming January 2026! Signed copies available at https://www.upstairsbook.com
M. Jandreau released his debut novel A Sour Chord in 2014, My Last Days in 2020, Dudley Road in 2023, My Best Friend, Marty in 2024, and 2026 will bring the next installment of his horror novels, with Upstairs! With a profound ability to depict powerful and relatable emotions, he tackles hard-hitting life issues and tough questions with even tougher answers. Make sure you bring tissues and have a clear schedule – you won’t be putting these books down until you turn the final page!
When he isn’t busy working on his next novel, he lives out his passions of being an avid cyclist and a long-time drummer. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he hasn’t found the desire to leave since. He lives in the small town of Southborough with his wife, his six-going-on-15-year-old daughter, and their two incredibly furry cats.
M. Jandreau released his debut novel A Sour Chord in 2014, My Last Days in 2020, Dudley Road in 2023, My Best Friend, Marty in 2024, and 2026 will bring the next installment of his horror novels, with Upstairs! With a profound ability to depict powerful and relatable emotions, he tackles hard-hitting life issues and tough questions with even tougher answers. Make sure you bring tissues and have a clear schedule – you won’t be putting these books down until you turn the final page!
When he isn’t busy working on his next novel, he lives out his passions of being an avid cyclist and a long-time drummer. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he hasn’t found the desire to leave since. He lives in the small town of Southborough with his wife, his six-going-on-15-year-old daughter, and their two incredibly furry cats.
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April 8, 2023
I purchased this from M. Jandreau's website.
No Spoilers!
I started this book around 12:30pm and finished it by 10pm (due to work and kids) in the same day! I had such a hard time getting my hands off this book, I did not expect to finish it in one day. I absolutely loved the writing. This book had me in my feelings, I felt every page while I read this beautiful storyline.
Sal is just a regular guy working part time at Starbucks, hoping on a dream that he can make it as a rockstar with his three friends. Things do not come easy for Sal, he struggles with coming up with the perfect song, and he has not had much look in the love category either like his friends. Will things change for Sal? Will he find a perfect girl or will it be too good to be true? Will he be able to play on stage and have fans love his music or will he crash and burn? The ending of this book, make sure to have kleenex it could be happy tears or sad tears, you just have to read it to find out for yourself!
This has become one of my favorite books! If a book truly can touch me this much, then it's added to my favorites!
I know this book was published almost 10 years ago, but this was a perfect timing book in my life as I am now in my 30s so I can relate more to how Sal feels.
Also may love that my name is one of the female character's name too!
No Spoilers!
I started this book around 12:30pm and finished it by 10pm (due to work and kids) in the same day! I had such a hard time getting my hands off this book, I did not expect to finish it in one day. I absolutely loved the writing. This book had me in my feelings, I felt every page while I read this beautiful storyline.
Sal is just a regular guy working part time at Starbucks, hoping on a dream that he can make it as a rockstar with his three friends. Things do not come easy for Sal, he struggles with coming up with the perfect song, and he has not had much look in the love category either like his friends. Will things change for Sal? Will he find a perfect girl or will it be too good to be true? Will he be able to play on stage and have fans love his music or will he crash and burn? The ending of this book, make sure to have kleenex it could be happy tears or sad tears, you just have to read it to find out for yourself!
This has become one of my favorite books! If a book truly can touch me this much, then it's added to my favorites!
I know this book was published almost 10 years ago, but this was a perfect timing book in my life as I am now in my 30s so I can relate more to how Sal feels.
Also may love that my name is one of the female character's name too!
February 11, 2024
Ok I will be honest and say that I only bought this book originally because I know the author and it sounded decent but I didn't know I would enjoy it as much as I did. The character of Sal is just so likable, the typical guy next door, nice guy with big dreams and big ambitions but he just can't catch a break. But when Sal meets Samantha all the pieces of his life just start to fall into place. Once Sal finds his own happiness he is able to finish the elusive song whose lyrics have had him stumped for months. Sal's band So Say the King finally gets their big break, record an album, go on tour, have that album go gold, and all is right in their world. Sal and Samantha are destined to be together, it all just makes sense from their first meeting. But throughout the book Sal keeps questioning why it was so easy, how it happened so quickly, when was the other shoe going to drop, basically. So as the reader I expected a twist. I expected bad news and some sort of wrench thrown into their proverbial life plans. Even though I knew it was coming I was still devastated when it happened. I went from crying tears of joy for Sal and Sam's engagement to crying big ugly tears of devastation when Sal is suddenly killed. No one saw it coming, not even me. Hit and killed by a drunk driver. I'm still emotionally recovering from the ending and I feel like that if a book doesn't make me feel some big things it wasn't worth reading. So thanks Mike Jandreau for the great story and the tears I shed today. Can't wait for your next book!
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December 28, 2023
The book has an interesting premise but unfortunately it did not grab me the way I wanted. This could be due to the writing being in 3rd person as it's not my preference but I know people love it. For me the story didn't come to life, and it just lacked emotional realism.
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