Beastly

by Alex Flinn

Other authors: See the other authors section.

Series: Kendra Chronicles (1)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
3,663	288	3,244	(3.69)	95
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

bellamidge, Rini55, VanessaLopez, Kitti_foil, jenny.conner10, dsadma13, tcwLT, KaitlinAbbey

▾Tags

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Member recommendations

41
Beauty by Robin McKinley (elliepotten)
10
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (SunnySD)
11
Elsewhere by Will Shetterly (SunnySD)
11
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCafferty (krizia_lazaro)
00
Cloaked by Alex Flinn (kaledrina)
11
The Fire Rose by Mercedes Lackey (fyrefly98)
11
Winter Rose by Patricia A. McKillip (cammykitty)
00
Cinder by Marissa Meyer (BookshelfMonstrosity)
00
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (BookshelfMonstrosity)

▾Lists

Beauty and the Beast Tales (3)

Fairytale Retellings (6)

Read-alike - Mechanica by Betsy Cornwell (13)

» 1 more

infjsarah's wishlist (266)

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 95 mentions

▾Member reviews

English (282) Portuguese (Portugal) (2) Spanish (2) German (1) Italian (1) All languages (288)

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 282 (next | show all)

Kyle is one of those popular, good-looking jerks - until he crosses the wrong woman and finds himself turned into a hideous beast (finally the outside matches the inside). But there is more to the picture - Kyle has a jerk of a father who has pushed him to only ever care about appearances and getting ahead. When Kyle ends up in his beastly form, his father abandons him to the care of a nanny and a tutor. Kyle's solution to gain companionship is a bit shady but Lindy and Kyle actually have a lot in common. I enjoyed the modern aspect of the retelling. (

)

tjsjohanna | Aug 16, 2023 |

This is a very well written modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast from the perspective of a 16 year old boy turned into a beast living in New York. This story has several twists within it and the author does a great job keeping the reader interested. I loved this book and did not want to put it done until I was done! (

)

Chelsea_K | Jun 18, 2023 |

3.5/5 (

)

Victoria_Robledo | Mar 25, 2023 |

The book was definitely better than the movie. I couldn't stop reading it, but the ending felt bittersweet because the magic was over. The older I get, the less I enjoy fairy tales. Note to self - stop reading YA. It's depressing now that I'm an old lady.. (

)

Mandy_Helfer | Dec 30, 2022 |

)

DanHelfer | Dec 29, 2022 |

date ▼ | votes

Showing 1-5 of 282 (next | show all)

▾Published reviews

4 reviews

add a review

thingScore 81

Teens will LOL. They will also find their preoccupations with looks, status and pride explored thoroughly.

added by Katya0133 | editKirkus Reviews

Flinn follows the fairy tale's original plot points closely, but falters in her depiction of the story's bad guys, over-the-top caricatures that simply ring false in her up-to-date setting.

added by Katya0133 | editPublishers Weekly

Beastly has romance, true love, tragic circumstances, magic, action adventure, and hope.

added by Katya0133 | editSchool Library Journal, Donna Rosenblum

A rare fairy-tale-inspired novel with equally strong appeal for boys and girls.

added by Katya0133 | editBooklist, Jennifer Mattson

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (4 possible)

Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Alex Flinn	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Illingworth, Sasha	Designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Patton, Chris	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

Kendra Chronicles (1)

Is a retelling of

Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve

Has the adaptation

Beastly [2011 film] by Daniel Barnz

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

Beastly

Original title

Beastly

Alternative titles

Original publication date

2007-10-02

People/Characters

Kyle Kingsbury (Adrian)

Will

Magda

Lindy

Important places

New York, New York, USA

Important events

Related movies

Beastly (2011 | IMDb)

Awards and honors

Epigraph

Dedication

First words

Mr. Anderson: Welcome to the first meeting of the Unexpected Changes chat group.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

English

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English (1)

Beastly

▾Book descriptions

A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

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.

Haiku summary