With a new Beauty & the Beast movie hitting theaters in Spring 2017 it's time to catch up on all things Beastly Find out what it was like for the beast in Alex Flinn's contemporary retelling of the classic tale This edition features cover art from the 2011 movie starring Vanessa Hudgens & Alex Pettyfer I am a beast A beast Not quite wolf or bear gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright-a creature with fangs & claws & hair springing from every pore I am a monster You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way The place is New York City The time is now It's no deformity no disease & I'll stay this way forever-ruined-unless I can break the spell Yes the spell the one the witch in my English class cast on me Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day & prowls by night? I'll tell you I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury the guy you wished you were with money perfect looks & the perfect life & then I'll tell you how I became perfectly beastly