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Violence
Barely any
No graphic violence; the transformation is magic-based
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
Teen romantic relationship; sweet and tasteful
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychological cost of being suddenly ugly and isolated after being beautiful and popular
What this book is about
Kyle Kingsbury, arrogant and popular, publicly humiliates a classmate who turns out to be a witch. She transforms him into a beast—and gives him two years to find someone who will love him as he is. Flinn's modern YA retelling of Beauty and the Beast is set in contemporary Manhattan, with Kyle isolated in a Brooklyn brownstone and slowly changing under the influence of a blind tutor and a girl named Lindy. Sweet, romantic, and faithful to the emotional core of the fairy tale.
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