Kyle's tutor Will was great and hilarious at times. We also get some interesting secondary characters I wish we had focused more on as well. His father's only thought is to keep him hidden and Kyle goes through periods of depression and loneliness throughout the story. After playing a practical joke on a witch (terrible idea) by pretending he was interested in her, Kyle is turned into a beast. He's 16 and obsessed with being one of the beautiful people. I wish that we got a peek at Kyle's future after he's graduated college.

The ending was a bit abrupt too I thought. He got down right eloquent at times and it didn't read as the same person. The main reason why I gave it four stars though is that Kyle's transformation to jerk to good guy felt sudden. Deciding to focus on high schooler Kyle Kingsbury (the most popular guy ever) and show him over a period of two years change from self obsessed to a thoughtful and kind person works. So this was a fun young adult novel taking a look at the 'Beast' in Beauty and the Beast. Like I said, the story is familiar to her, but there's more drama that isn't too mature in my opinion. My daughter isn't much of a reader, but she seems to like this. What I like about the book is that it seems like a good 'bridge' between kid stories and more grown up themes. But it's been modernized so it doesn't feel old fashioned. I mean, the book is about a boy being magically transformed into a beast, so I don't mean 'believable' in that sense.

There were many familiar elements of the Disney cartoon, but it was almost completely believable for a modern fairy tale. I was supposed to be reading this with my daughter, but of course I got caught up and finished it all in one day.īeastly is a modern retelling of Beauty and Beast from a teen perspective. I ignored the Nook notices of it as the free read of the month until I finally decided to give it a try. I had heard of the movie, but had never seen it.

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