For years, adults have told their children fairy tales: fictional stories with happy endings. Fairy tales are manipulated in many ways over time. Beastly, by Alex Flinn, is a fractured fairy tale wherein a young man is turned into a monster as a result of his actions. Fractured fairy tales are altered in some way. The boy has two years to find true love and to kiss a girl while being a beast. If the boy cannot do this, he will stay a beast forever. Although they are not realistic, fairy tales do present positive messages; in this fairy tale, the message is that one’s whole life can change at any given moment; earlier actions, good or bad, can start the change.
Kyle Kingsbury was a rich, good looking boy, whose morals were corrupt.
Kyle Kingsbury was a rich, good looking boy, whose morals were corrupt.