Beastly

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Retelling of a Classic!

5 days ago

A great retelling of a fairytale story! Kyle Kingsbury has it all. He’s handsome, rich, all the powerful friends anyone would want. Though he’s selfish, greedy, and cruel to all people he thinks that are “beneath” him. Though one night that changes. Kyle invites a girl to the prom, knowing that he would never go out with a person like her. While there he gives the girl at the door a rose because his girlfriend didn’t want it. When his “date” does show up, he makes out with the girl he’s with… + read more

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Modern Take on Beauty and the Beast

This review is from: Beastly (Hardcover)

2 years ago

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… + read more

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Awesome read! :D

2 weeks ago

I've always loved Disney's Beauty and the Beast, so I was excited to read this book, and I definitely wasn't disappointed. It was interesting to see it from the Beast's perspective. I loved being able to see what got him into the situation, and how he changed during his time as the beast. He was angsty and easy to relate to because he has doubts just like everyone else. He transformed in so many ways, and by seeing the story through the Beast's eyes we learnt the lesson along with him. The way… + read more

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Beastly

2 months ago

Beastly is a modern day version of beauty and the beast. I loved this book all the way through. Kyle Kingsbury goes to a private school and is one of the most beautiful, popular and shallow people there. Then one day he invites this girl who he thinks is a 'freak' to the prom when he already has a date, just so that he can ditch her in front of the whole school. That freak turns out to be a witch and turns him into a beast, but because he did one good deed before being transformed she gives him… + read more

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Nice modern take on a classic tale

2 months ago

This is a modern take of Beauty and the Beast. The story is told through the eyes of Kyle Kingsbury, the Beast. This books is a rather quick read, although in the first half of the book, readers may know who Beauty is, but she's barely in the Beast's life. He can see her by using the enchanted mirror, but the first half is more about him dealing with his curse and his growth as a character from the transformation. There are many versions of Beauty and the Beast, although Disney's version is… + read more

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Great book

4 months ago

What a great new updated twist on Beauty and the Beast. It shows what life as a teenager right now is like, especially when going through stuff at school or at home. I couldn't put this book down because I just had to see what happened next. This book has finished being made into a movie so read the book first then go see how the movie compares.

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