A Kind of Truth

This is one of those warm bath kind of books. The kind you can submerge yourself in after a long tiring day and feel confident that nothing terrible will happen and that good people walk the earth.If you read [a:Lane Hayes 7125719 Lane Hayes https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1489672643p2/7125719.jpg]'s Better Than series you met Rand in [b:Better Than Safe 25512977 Better Than Safe (Better Than, #4) Lane Hayes https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1440493811s/25512977.jpg 45293914]. He was Seth's friend and frankly I was more interested in him at times than the main couple. However like in real life Rand has had to tame his wild child self to succeed in the adult world. He's moved to NYC with his band in hopes of finally catching fire and to do so has agreed to keep his bisexuality on the DL. In order to better hone his playing skills he decides to take lessons from Will, an NYU student who recommended their current guitarist, one Rand is not too happy with. Will is a musical savant and a veritable Matryoshka doll. He's full of good surprises.I think the author captures the world of up and coming indie bands pretty well, the social media aspect, the groupies etc. Along with Will's family problems I thought that was more than enough plot for the book which is why the whole Leah situation felt superfluous. Unnecessary and fabricated drama. I did love that appearances to the contrary Will doesn't need to be rescued. He's his own man doing things at his own pace. He's awesome. And Rand is just an adorable overgrown puppy who's still learning how to behave but we have great hopes for him now that Will has him in hand.I did the audio by [a:Seth Clayton 14956475 Seth Clayton https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] and it was perfect as usual.I'm looking forward to the next book particularly if we get more of George Gulden and his good hearted self and a word to the wise to Rand: a bagel is always more than a bagel.