His New Jam

Hot & Nerdy Series – Book 5

By Shannyn Schroeder

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Synopsis

Sydney Peters can’t wait to finally drop the cymbals in marching band and devote time to her true love: drums. With the semester coming to a close, she’s blocking out the cacophony during practice, especially sax serenades from Hunter Reed. But when Hunter offers her a paid gig as a drummer in his band, Sydney quickly changes her tune. The two favor different styles, but they make beautiful music together…in more ways than one.

Hunter is fascinated by Sydney’s distant allure. He might be a ladies’ man on campus, but the sarcastic cymbalist is impervious to his advances. When Hunter sees how passionate Sydney is behind the drums, he orchestrates a plan to find out if she kisses like she plays. What he doesn’t anticipate, however, is falling so hard. But will the repercussions of his past crash down on his chance at something real?

Michel’s Review

If you are looking for a steamy new adult romance that has a low amount of angst and a ton of steam, His New Jam by Shannyn Schroeder is this kind of book.  It is the fifth book in the Hot & Nerdy series and can be read as a stand alone novel.

Although this series theme is about nerds finding their happily ever after, this book kind of ran off course.  I couldn’t understand how either of these characters was a nerd.  Was it because they were in the college marching band?  My opinion was they were musicians pursuing their passion for music.  The whole marching band concept of the story was delivered in a negative way that left a really bad impression of what marching band is all about.  The musicians in marching bands are some of the most dedicated, fun loving people that have a passion for music, a great sense of team work, and a fun loving spirit. They are the back bone of school spirit.  They are the dedicated cheerleaders, crowd pleasers, and performers that put in more practice time than most football players do. They do it because they love it.  They do it because they are members of a great team. This book made it look like it was tedious and the worst part of being a musician. That just seemed insulting. Musicians are some of the coolest people around…even if they are in a marching band.

As for the romantic aspect of the story, it had a solid plot.  The characters had an abundance of chemistry and an abundance of steamy moments.  It was a fast paced story that was easy to get caught up in once you got past the negativity of the marching band and the hero’s supposedly manwhore flaws.  I never really saw him as a manwhore, he was more of a fun, flirty type of guy that made everyone’s day better.  As for the heroine, she had a huge chip on her shoulder but once she let her guard down she was likable.

Overall His New Jam by Shannyn Schroeder was a predictable but still a good romance.

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Author Bio

Shannyn is a former English teacher, who now works as a part-time editor while raising her three kids.

Even though she wrote from high school through college (mostly poetry), she’d never considered a career as an author. Writing fell by the wayside as she focused her energy on creating lesson plans and new and fabulous ways to torment her teen students. One group in particular dubbed her “The Torture Master,” a title she carried into motherhood.

After the birth of baby number two, Shannyn resigned from teaching and fell in love with reading romance novels. She read so many books so quickly that her husband teased, “If you’re going to read so many damn books, why don’t you just write one?

So she did. And she hasn’t looked back since.

She is recovering from her Diet Coke addiction, fears putting her foot in her mouth on social media, and has a renewed appreciation for the bad girls of the world.

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