An interesting story of the 19yo grandson of a celebrity who died young (who is not James Dean, but that's who immediately comes to mind) and left behind his wife and newborn baby girl, as well as a legacy that his grandson can't seem to escape because he's a dead ringer for the man he never met, James Ringer. Everyone seems to think that because Brandon looks just like his grandfather, he'll end up dying young, just like his grandfather. And that includes Brandon. 
 Percy Charles is a James Ringer superfan, but he has no one to share any of his passion with. He has a rare condition that hinders his ability to function "normally," and parents and a caretaker who "know what's best for him," which in his parents high-society circle of friends means keeping him isolated from the public unless they need to trot him out at the occasional party in their home. Even when he makes a friend, Percy's caretaker undermines his confidence at every turn, slowly stripping him of his independence. 
 Brandon's career starts off on the wrong foot, but soon he makes the effort to ask Percy for help in understanding James Ringer. In the process, Brandon discovers layers to James he never knew existed, and which he can't explain to Percy without giving away the secret of his lineage. 
 Brandon's got all these ideas in his head about who his grandfather was, but he never actually asked his grandmother about any of it, and she never offered. It takes a not-so-chance meeting to find out that everything he thinks he knows is a lie, and that maybe his grandfather wasn't the prick Brandon had always thought him to be, and that maybe Brandon isn't doomed to the same fate. 
 Percy discovers he has more strength than anyone--with the exception of Brandon--ever thought he had. Brandon never saw him as crippled or unintelligent, unlike the stares Percy usually receives. 
 Both are flawed. They make bad decisions on top of bad decisions, as you can often expect of youth and inexperience. But they grow... if not together, then at least parallel. They are both different people by the end of the story than they were when it started, and they both find they have more support than either of them knew they had. I honestly can't say that I liked either character more than the other because they both grow so well over the course of the story, and I identified with each in different ways. 
 Well crafted and knit together. Excellent story.