Beastly - Alex Flinn

With a new Beauty and the Beast movie hitting theaters in spring 2017, it's time to catch up on all things Beastly .

Find out what it was like for the beast in Alex Flinn's contemporary retelling of the classic tale.

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 the perfect life.

And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly .

beastly.