Kyle finds solace in a greenhouse for roses that he tends himself. His only company is his housekeeper, Magda, and, at his request, a blind tutor named Will. He is locked in a mansion-like apartment by his equally shallow, image-obsessed father. Kendra later offers Kyle further aid by giving him a magic mirror that shows him whomever he wishes to see. The only way he can turn back to normal is if he truly loves a girl and gets her to love him in return, proving the love with a kiss. He is turned into a beast however, because he performed a small act of kindness shortly before his transformation when he gave an unwanted rose corsage to a girl working a ticket booth, she gives him two years to break the spell, or remain a beast forever. The witch then curses him for his cruelty. The girl is really a witch named Kendra in disguise. He plays a mean practical joke on an outcast girl in his class. Kyle Kingsbury is rich, handsome, and popular he is also selfish, shallow, and cruel. Many of these are playfully alluded to in portions of the book, particularly the chat room transcripts in which the character of Kyle talks to other teens who have been transformed into creatures. Flinn researched many versions of the Beauty and the Beast story to write her book. It is a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast set in modern-day New York City from the view of the beast.
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