As the homage to Friends on the cover hints, this is a story about the relationships and hijinks of a group of twentysomethings, but with a little more diversity and a San Francisco setting. Siblings Jack and Lauren Bolghand, who are half Persian, are the heart of the book. Jack is adrift, making increasingly poor choices in his hook-ups with other men. Lauren has just broken up with Jack's best friend, Sam, and is causing some chaos in the band for which she is lead singer.

It's a fun mix of humor and drama for the most part, with an extended group drug trip doing a little too much heavy lifting in moving the plot along late in the game. ( )