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Jan 31, 2012

Cara rated it:

So this book has been around for awhile and my sister actually had read it when it first came out and when I asked her how she liked it she said, "It was interesting but kind of cheesy with the internal dialogue. It was eh." But then I saw the movie trailer so of course I had to read the book and see what the deal was. This always happen to me, I think, It's going to be made into a movie? Oh I gotta read that. Then I whip my head around and see I do the same thing like everyone else! More...

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May 22, 2011

Kristin rated it:

1 star for the plot because it's kind of unique and the writing isn't terrible or anything like that. But I hated this book so much. I read negative goodreads reviews before requesting it, thinking such kind thoughts like "It can't be that bad" and "The guy in the movie is hot, so I'll just pretend the main character's Alex Pettyfer and not some preteen." Ugh, I am too kind. You only have one lifetime, spend it reading good shit!

1. Kyle is weird and I have no idea More...

21 comments like (37 people liked it)

Feb 09, 2011

Joyzi rated it:

Official Movie Trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZmOm3Jr4...

...Love is never ugly...

***Movie Poster***

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Book Review

I've been curious to read this ever since I've watched the new movie trailer of this book which will stars Alex Pettyfer and Vanessa Hudgens, and that would be showing on March 2011. I love Alex Pettyfer and I really wanted to read the book first so I'll have an idea what will be going on when I'm gonna More...

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Feb 01, 2011

Kristy rated it:

So, I am very, VERY relieved that I enjoyed this. I was beginning to wonder if I just didn't like Fairy Tale Re-tellings, but this one pulled me out of the slump!
I am so glad that Alex Flinn stuck with the "Beauty and the Beast" story... She made it modern, but didn't change the BIG details.

Our Beast, Kyle is a high schooler, a very rich, very good looking (as he describes himself, so obviously he's totally modest right?!?!?) one. He values looks and money over ever More...

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Aug 12, 2010

Bookwatcher rated it:

Kyle Kingsbury is rich, tall, blond, perfect

.... and a spoiled teenager that take pleasure breaking young girls hearts. Really a awful person that deserve a witch lesson about inside beauty.

Well... books exist to this motive...

take us to charming and delight worlds helping us to forget the real world we live... place that acclaim anorexic models (that look like dead womans walking) as feminine beauty to follow.

No place to moral lesson, so going on with my review, I More...

19 comments like (24 people liked it)

Sep 27, 2011

Adi (Reading in the Windowseat) rated it:

A modern Beauty & the Beast, this story has it all - romance, angst, realism, humour & action. I loved every moment of it.

Honestly, I learned about Beastly through the news that Alex Pettyfer was going to play the main hero in the movie adaptation, but it was the fact that the plot was based on my favourite fairytale that made me eager to read it. I was a little cautious about starting it, but once I began, there was no stopping.

Beastly is a modern rendition of a man without More...

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Mar 14, 2011

Jillian -always aspiring- rated it:

(Actual Rating: 3.5 stars)

"You will know what it is like not to be beautiful, to be as ugly on the outside as on the inside. If you learn your lesson well, you may be unable to undo my spell. If not, you will live with your punishment forever."

An egotistical man who believes himself to be better and above the rest of the world. A curse laid upon him. A stipulation that only the healing power of true love will revert him back to his original form. You know t More...

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Jan 09, 2011

Terry rated it:

Perhaps I was tired and feeling a little raw when I read this in one four-hour sitting, but that isn't the only reason I got a catch in my throat and a drop in my eye. It follows the fairy tale closely, and I still was taken in by this story. This might be a love story that male readers can stomach, even enjoy. Could the female character have been more richly developed? Sure. Could either of the fathers in the book have been more fully-formed? You bet. But I think this is a good story, we More...

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Jan 24, 2012

Heather rated it:

Like most of the female species, I was a lover of fairy tales growing up and Beauty and the Beast was among my favorites. I have read several adaptations of the tale, but Beastly is by far the best I’ve read to date.

Beastly, unlike many adaptations, is told from the view point of the Beast, aka, Kyle. Kyle is a beautiful, popular and rich teenage boy whose life has known nothing but privilege and nothing of love. Son of a famous newscaster and a mother who left him long ago, Kyle h More...

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Apr 28, 2011

BunWat rated it:

This was a fun, if not earthshaking modern retelling of the Beauty and the Beast story. This one is set in NYC, and told from the point of view of the Beast, a privileged private school teen boy who has more money than affection in his life until a fairy decides to take him down a peg. The modernization is fun, particularly the sections where he participates in an online chat room for transformed teens. The romance skirts the edge of soap opera a little closely for me, but it doesn't quite fa More...

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Jul 25, 2011

Lina rated it:

Since before I was old enough to talk, Disney's Beauty and the Beast was one of my favorite movies of all time. When other girls idolized real life celebrities, I idolized Belle. She was beautiful, independent and, most of all, smart. As I grew up, I learnt more about the origins of the story, I became intrigued. [For those unaware, the original story of Beauty and the Beast was to teach young women to be open to arranged marriages.] As it is a classic, there are multiple versions of the story a More...

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Jan 25, 2010

Hannah rated it:

Beastly started slow, but as the story progressed, picked up speed and ended with a satisfying conclusion. The character of Kyle Kingsbury (aka the Beast) developed gradually and realistically.

I didn't know if I'd enjoy this YA book at first, (due to the noted slow start), but by 1/4 of the way in, I was invested and looked forward to seeing how author Flinn would bring the classic fairy tale to it's end within the modern setting.

There is some profanity, and some suggest More...

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Dec 16, 2011

Gabby rated it:

This book is about a boy Kyle Kingsbury, he is a high school sudent at tuutle and he cursed with a spell. The spell is to be ugly, and if he cant find someone to love hima nd kiss him in one year he is stuck like that forever. The main characters in this book is Kyle Kinsbury, Kendra, the witch, Lindy, the girl Kyle falls in love with him,Magda, the maid for Kyle, and Will, the blind guy that tutors Kyle so Kyle dosent have to go to school being ugly. Yes Kyle was the biggest problem in th More...

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Feb 24, 2011

Aik Chien rated it:

This book is a charming retelling of the story of Beauty and the Beast. The author added some twists and turns to make the story differ from the original version. And this is what that makes it an enjoyable book.

Kyle Kingsbury is the son of a famous and wealthy newsman, and he also has what it takes to make girls swoon over him - good looks. His life is perfect, yet deep inside, he isn't. When he plays an evil trick on a fat, ugly girl named Kendra, he is cursed to become what he rea More...

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Jan 13, 2012

Happie rated it:

Beauty and the Beast have always been one of my all-time Disney favorites, so of course, I was curious when I came across this book.
First, I was not disappointed, it is indeed a modernized, re-telling of Beauty and the Beast, complete with all the "castle", the roses, Linda's ("Beauty") father the way how she was given/offered to "Beast" and supporting characters (I could even imagine Magna as the modern Mrs.Potts).
I always enjoyed when the narrator is More...

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Apr 16, 2010

Page (One Book At A Time) rated it:

I was amazed at how easy it was to hate a main character. I guess the author was hoping you would look past this and continue on with the story. I did, but only because I figured it this book was true to the fairy tale, he couldn’t stay like this for the entire story. I was right, but I don’t think he redeemed himself very well. It almost seemed like instead of changing and becoming a better person, he just managed to find someone to overlook his faults and love him anyway. Which, I guess i More...

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Jun 04, 2011

Renz rated it:

"LOVE IS NEVER UGLY."

The Beauty and the Beast is one of the most popular fairy tales in the world. Children already know it, already watched it. Unfortunately, I haven't seen it yet. Which is a good thing if you're going to read Beastly.

Beastly by Alex Flinn is a retelling of The Beauty and the Beast.

Kyle Kingsbury is a perfect guy, he's handsome, rich and famous. He is also an evil guy, arrogant, cruel, selfish and a total asshole. One night, he hum More...

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Apr 14, 2011

Krystl rated it:

This book was a lot of fun and I went through it pretty fast. It's a light, but entertaining read. I liked the meshing of modern day and fantasy (though, if written well, I'd have loved it leaning either way just fine, too-I do really like when fairy tales are used to tell a *completely* realistic story). Anyway, I did find the first half or 2/3rds of this book better than the last. Sadly, I think I found the mean Kyle more entertaining? And he got generally a little more boring and depressing ( More...

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Feb 06, 2011

Erika rated it:

I am not going to lie. This book is pushing itself into Twilight territory, but I like that the story is told from the Beast's perspective. When I watched the Disney movie as a kid, I rooted for him, but I it was all about Belle for me. This story took a twist on the classic tale, setting the story in present day New York City. Kyle Kingsbury starts out as a confidently handsome rich kid (the same stereotype you might find in Pretty in Pink) who looks down upon anyone who doesn't look as goo More...

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Apr 04, 2011

Emi rated it:

I didn't actually read this book, but listened to the free audio download from audiobookcommunity.com. Regardless, I really enjoyed it. Kyle and Lindy's relationship is heartfelt and sweet, and author Alex Flinn actually takes the time to develop it naturally. There's a reason why the "Beauty and the Beast" fairy tale is a tale as old as time!

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Apr 25, 2011

A.S. Halsey rated it:

REVIEW COMPLETE

Beastly was, for me, the perfect romance novel. I am generally not a fan of romance - in fact, I tend to despise it - but I received a strong recommendation from a close friend with good taste in books and decided to purchase it on iBooks, feeling I had nothing to lose (my weekends are pretty boring). I was immediately hooked, and stayed up all night reading it - mainly because my parents forced me away from television on which I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean (th More...

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Feb 04, 2012

Mayra rated it:

I have always been a huge fan of Beauty and the Beast. 20% of my childhood was probably spent watching the Disney movie. That's why when I heard about Beastly (the movie) I was super excited. Thought it was cute, but not very good. The script was lame. So many things didn't add up. So I though: There's a book, the idea is so good, it was just poorly exectuted on the movie, the book must be awesome.
The book was better. Definitely. But it still couldn't top the Disney movie. Not even close. More...

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Jun 24, 2011

Tania rated it:

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Lorsqu'on vous dit remake, vous pensez à quoi? Souvent, on peut penser que la version originale sera toujours la meilleure et qu'aucun remake ne pourrait lui arriver à la cheville. On peut se tromper parfois...
Kyle, jeune New-Yorkais de seize ans, est beau et riche, mais terriblement arrogant. Un affreux défaut qui, un jour, lui coûte cher : une jeune sorcière, dont il a eu le tort de se moquer, lui jette un sortilège pour More...

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Apr 25, 2011

Claire Blind Reader rated it:

Currently Thinking
Love is never ugly.
But sometimes tag lines are gay.
God this book was annoying. First of all the main character just got on my nerves. He had more of a personality when he WASN'T the beast. And then the girl comes into it and she doesn't got much going for her either. Also, Kyle (the guy) thinks WAY TOO MUCH. Guys don't think that much, their fairly simple. he'd just wonder a couple things then go by impulse.
The other thing that pissed me off wasn't the a More...

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Jun 01, 2011

mikha rated it:

Cute. :>

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Nov 13, 2011

Bobs (Reader Unbound) rated it:

Ladies and gentlemen, please meet Kyle Kingsbury.
Rich, tall, blond and with clear blue eyes. It easily can be said that the combination of words that is: drop-dead-gorgeous is invented for him. He has the perfect life : the perfect girlfriend, a good friend and the perfect amount of adoration that is shown for him everyday.. and yet deep inside he is just another spoiled little brat with no respect for others and their feelings. It is a good thing that his time to learn has come..
I More...

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Oct 27, 2011

•••Makenna••• rated it:

This is only a 2 star book..... [shoulder shrug]
It was OK.

Things I liked:
* It took place in New York City
* Kyle (Adrian) was a well developed character
* How the author tied in some other fairy tales
* The whole idea of redoing a fairy tale in modern day is unique and cool
* The author did a very good job at using the scenes from the fairy tale and after I read each part I could picture when that happened in Disney's Beauty and The Beast.
* The More...

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Feb 01, 2011

Rowena rated it:

...This book is a modern re-telling of Beauty and the Beast. We've got our beast, Kyle Kingsbury and our beauty, Lindy. When we first meet Kyle, he's the hottest teenager around and he knows it. He's popular, he's good looking and he's an asshole. He thinks that just because he's one good looking little you know what that he could get away with anything. He doesn't have to mind his manners, he doesn't have to be a decent human being because pretty people can do whatever the heck they want. Well, More...

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Jan 01, 2011

Amy Wilder rated it:

Beastly was suggested to me by the Kindle store, and for once the Kindle store did not have its head up its power-port. As it's easy to extrapolate from the title and marketing, this is a contemporary young adult retelling of the classic fairytale, Beauty and the Beast. So technically, yes, this is another paranormal romance. So technically, I'm getting totally predictable. So sue me.

I was both hooked and turned off by the gimmick - transcriptions of an online chat group between More...

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Aug 19, 2010

Marija rated it:

One of my favorite fairytales as a child was Beauty and the Beast. I liked the Disney cartoon, loved the wonderful creepiness of Jean Cocteau’s La belle et la bête, yet my absolute favorite version of the tale was Marianna Meyer’s Beauty and the Beast with Mercer Mayer’s great illustrations. When I picked up Beastly, I was looking forward to reading a modern retelling of the story. However, as I finished it, I was ultimately disappointed.

The book starts off well enough. Kyle Kingsbur More...

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