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.

Kendra later offers Kyle further aid by giving him a magic mirror that shows him whomever he wishes to see.

After a year of being in this state, and trying and failing to find love, Kyle changes his name to Adrian, meaning "Dark One", to reflect his feelings of being a completely different person from the conceited, materialistic boy he used to be.

Adrian quickly lets her go to him and offers for her to return to the apartment in the spring if she desires, this time as a friend and not a prisoner.

Kendra reveals that she was Magda, punished to remain a servant forever because of her careless spell but she can now return home as well.

Donna Rosenblum of School Library Journal commented positively on Flinn: "The story is well written and grips readers right from the beginning with an online chat session with Kyle/Beast and other fairy-tale characters.

"[5] Romantic Times writes that "Flinn does another solid job of giving a fresh perspective to what could have been a preachy story.

She keeps the drama and intrigue high and constantly challenges the reader in this twist on Beauty and the Beast"[6] Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer played Lindy and Kyle, respectively,[7] and Mary-Kate Olsen portrayed Kendra.

This was the first project to be developed by the new film arm of CBS Corporation, with the option of the Harper Teen book announced in December 2007.

[9] Amy Baer, president and chief executive officer of CBS Films, announced that Daniel Barnz would be directing the movie project.

However it was postponed until March 4, 2011 due to competitive concerns from other films released on that date and late summer 2010 in general.