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.