He will remain a beast forever if he is unable to accomplish this within two years. She informs him that she is a witch and that he is now cursed to be a beast until he is able to win the love of a girl and give that girl his love in return. He attempts to apologize to her but she knows he is not sincere and refuses to listen to him begging for forgiveness. When Kyle gets home that night, he finds Kendra waiting in his bedroom. He asks her to explain what she means by that but all she will tell him is that he will find out eventually. She tells Kyle that he has made her decision easy. Kyle and Sloane attempt to humiliate Kendra when she gets to the dance, but she is unaffected. Kyle gives it to a girl who is checking tickets at the dance. Sloane refuses to wear the corsage that Kyle had his maid purchase because it does not match her dress. When the evening arrives, Kyle’s plans go awry. He plots his revenge and plans to ask her to the dance with the intent of embarrassing her by arriving with Sloane, who is his actual date. Kyle cannot get Kendra’s warning out of his head.

Kendra calls him “beastly” and tells him that he should hope that he never loses his looks because he is so ugly on the inside he would never be able to get them back. He adds that, according to his father, people who are fat or ugly do not have to remain that way.

Kyle disagrees with her, saying the students were free to have voted for anyone they wanted. A girl in his class, Kendra, expresses her belief that voting for homecoming court should not be solely based on physical beauty. When he is nominated for homecoming prince at his prep school’s homecoming dance, things do not go as he would have expected. Kyle Kingsbury is the handsome son of a well-known anchorman. Based on the fairy tale 'Beauty and the Beast,' it takes place in New York City and is presented from the perspective of the beast. The 2007 novel Beastly, by Alex Flinn, is a modern fairytale.

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