Beastly

by Alex Flinn

Summary: This is a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast. When snotty, rich Kyle is mean to the wrong geek girl (who is really a witch) he pays with his looks. We all know how the rest of the story goes, but what makes this telling different is the contemporary twist. Kyle (BeastNYC) IMs with the Little Mermaid (SilentMaid) and a prince who has been turned into a frog (Froggie). The modern twists are funny and somehow quite believable.

My thoughts: This book is told from Kyle's point of view as the Beast, so it's definitely a story that guys and girls both like. I was afraid I'd be bored since I already know the Beauty and the Beast story, but I wasn't--there were enough changes to keep with the familiar plot, while adding an original twist.