Beastly by Alex Flinn

 Beastly (Beastly #1) by Alex Flinn - 300 pages

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This modern-day retelling of Beauty and the Beast set in New York City tells the story of a very arrogant, popular, rich, "beautiful" boy who makes fun of the wrong witch and is cursed to look as ugly on the outside as he is on the inside. Thus, the beast is born.

New characters are added to this modern fairy tale: the beast's father, who can probably be given credit for the person his son turned to be, a blind tutor, and a housekeeper with a secret.

I thought this book was really cute, and I enjoyed the internet chats between chapters.