Beastly

I saw that there is going to be a movie based on this book so I though I should read this before going to see it.

It is a retelling of the fairytale story Beauty and the Beast. I never liked Beauty and the Beast as a kid. I have seen all the Disney movies but never really felt something about this story, except for the little mermaid... I loved that one!
Anyway so I thought why not reading this book. I may actually like the story if it is on today's terms.

It's about a boy named Kyle and he is obsessed with his own vanity. He thinks, people that being less than perfect doesn't deserve any attention at all. And perfect, by his terms, is anyone who has money and beauty.
He doesn't behave nice to people that aren't perfect like him but a witch comes to put an end to that.

Sendra, is a witch that has been watching him for a while and feel discussed by what he is doing.... so she decides to give him a lesson.... an ugly one...

She transforms hims into a beast and the only way to get out of this curse is to find someone to love him in this form.
He has to find a girl to love him and of course he has to love her back in order to break the curse. And all that in two years notice.

I wouldn't say that I loved the book and that is because I don't like Beauty and the Beast so much.... but I can say that I enjoyed it.
I liked that the book was told by the boy point of view. I liked how his character changed after his transformation. He wasn't a good guy and I didn't like him at all how he was at the beggining. A guy that was only interested in money and beauty living by his Dad's money and fame.
But all that changed when he became a beast. He became more aware that there is more out there aside from money and beauty.

He relises that he had never loved or been loved before and that seems impossible now that he is a beast.
A girl though comes to prove him wrong.
If you like fairytales being told in today's world and like the Beauty and the Beast... this is for you.

prehaps the best modern adaptation of the tale beauty and the beast. this book tells the perfect story toldfrom the beasts point of view.

Very good book, easy to read and very quick to read as well. Saw both the movie and read the book and I enjoyed the book more, I thought it was more in depth on the feelings and all the details that make it even more interesting to read. I recommend this book it's a very good read.

This is set in current day New York with teenagers as the main characters. It is set from the Beast's perspective. He gets cursed by a witch after he treats her badly and proves he is a superficial stuck up snob of a rich kid. His dad dumps him after doctors can't fix him, and he ends up in a huge brownstone with a maid and blind tutor. The witch, Kendra, stays invovled through out the story with the enchanted mirror. I really liked it, and it had a great ending. I enjoyed how everything tied together. Highly recommend it!!