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Book Review of Beastly (Beastly, Bk 1)

Beastly (Beastly, Bk 1)
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Great retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in modern day NYC. Kyle is a shallow teenager who has no idea the homely girl he humiliates at a school dance is really a witch. She casts a spell on him sentencing him to life as a beast if he can't experience true love's kiss in the next two years. I really liked this version. Since the beast was the narrator, you really got to see how he evolved. One of my favorite parts was the excerpts from a chat room support group for people who have been transformed by magic.