Liam Geller would seem to have everything. His mom used to be a supermodel, but after retiring she now owns a super-successful clothing boutique. His dead is an uber-businessman, raking in millions of dollars. Having what he wants is never a problem ... or so it would seem.

Liam, entering his senior year in high school, has a bit of a reputation of being a party-boy. When his father comes home and catches him with a girl on his father's desk, everything seems to come to a head. Liam's father is done with Liam's messing up and threatens to send his son to live with his grandparents.

Things don't quite work out that way, when Liam's mother helps to arrange for Liam to go live with his Aunt Peter. Yes, that is right Aunt Peter. Peter is Liam's father's brother who is a bit of a black sheep. He is gay and a member of a glam, punk rock band. As a result, Peter has basically been disowned.

Liam finds himself living in a rundown trailer in the countryside. Next door, lives Darleen, a girl who is extremely smart, but not so popular. Liam decides that he really needs her help if he is going to learn not to be a screwup. She can help him get smart and be more like the son his father wants him to be.

Unfortunately, Liam is a bit of a natural when it comes to being popular. Because of his mother's history, everyone, particularly the in-crowd, wants to be his friend. No matter what he does, he seems to just screwup. Sometimes that means doing exactly the right thing to be popular. This leads to Darleen being less than enthused since he seems to annoy and sometimes even mock her.

This books is really about being yourself, and the fact that you are better off if you just do that. Liam doesn't seem able to see his natural skills for various reasons, but when he gets the opportunity to use those talents, he is a success. Unfortunately, he doesn't see it as that way. Darleen, Aunt Pete and his bad, and even Liam's mother are all there for him in important ways.

Pete and his band in particular are a new type of character in teen literature. They are all gay, but they are not glamorous, despite being in a glam band. They are average middle-aged guys, dealing with weight issues and other everyday problems rather than being the cliched fashionistas that made Gay Eye for the Straight Guy so popular.

Liam is a surprisingly likable guy. Like Darleen, the reader could easily dismiss him as the spoiled kid of two rich and famous people, but the story and his actions prove that he is much more than that. The problem is that Liam can't seem to see that himself. He really is more than the King of the Screwups.