I've just finished Beastly by Alex Flinn.
It's a retelling of Beauty and the Beast in the modern era and from the Beast's perspective. I love it. Retelling of fairy tales are almost always excellent. But this one was particularly good with it being as true to the original tales as it could, yet still having original elements. It's also more realistic than many other retellings, but it is also very much a fairy tale with its occurrences. The Beast was originally the popular handsome guy who was a jerk to all those who he believed to be beneath him and not on his level. The entire thing was a great story, but I believe it could have been better if the connection to the fairy tale wasn't so obvious and whimsical. But it is a great book. I'd recommend it as a book to past time and to teach that the qualities that matter are on the inside of a person, and it's possible that you'll never learn the true workings of the person. Great book.
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