Beastly

<p>With a new <em>Beauty and the Beast</em> movie hitting theaters in spring 2017 it's time to catch up on all things <em>Beastly</em>. Find out what it was like for the beast in Alex Flinn's contemporary retelling of the classic tale. </p><p>I am a beast.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p>