I am a beast. A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog, but a horrible new creature who walks upright – a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.
You think I’m talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It’s no deformity, no disease. And I’ll stay this way forever – ruined – unless I can break the spell.
Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and a perfect life. And then, I’ll tell you how I became perfectly beastly.
4/5 Adorable.
I loved this book. It's a cute, modern take on the classic story of 'Beauty and the Beast' that kept the integrity of the story as well as the overall magic feel without coming across as a cheap remake of an old idea. This book made the story and the characters its own.
Kyle is a character that you don't connect with at first. He seems perfect and is completely arrogant and a jerk. But as time goes on and things get worse for him, and as he is turned into a beast, it, ironically enough, brings out the more human side of him, who is much more loveable and beautiful than the boy with the perfect face that he is originally potrayed as. The romance between him and Lindy is soft, gentle, and adorable. The constant paralell between the roses that him and Lindy both love and the rose from the original story of Beauty and the Beast retains some of the whimsical, fairytale feeling that we're so familiar with.
I think that some parts of this book could've been a bit better, but I'm not complaining at all. 'Beastly' is a personal favorite and a cute book that readers everywhere can enjoy as this classic is brought into the 21st century.
See Also: A Kiss In Time
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