"Beastly" by Alex Flinn is a retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story set in modern day New York City. Kyle Kingsbury, cold and arrogant, is turned into a beast and forced to face the person that he was and the person he can try to be.
Shut away, avoiding human contact, Kyle learns that there is only one way to avoid staying in his current form for the rest of his life and a girl Lindy is the key.
This story is told in Kyle's voice and I found it refreshing to hear this story in a modern setting with a main character who learns and grows as the book evolves. This is a modern fairy tale and there is romance as well.
Recommended, its a story well told and Flinn is an excellent author of this and other books.
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