


To make quick cash, Dylan uses his brother's name and image for a dating site, knowing that Alec's popularity and good looks will attract many willing customers from their school. A gift that her late grandfather leaves behind for her opens a doorway to the beauties of the outside world through brothers Dylan and Alec. In that sense, she is the "beast" of this story, locked away and denied her freedom. It all started with an accident that left her parents believing she wasn't stable enough to live a normal life. Ava has lived almost half of her life in Bellevue Insane Asylum. In this omniscient narration, Chen follows the lives of many characters, but mainly Ava, Dylan, and Alec. Reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, Chen's young adult novel swaps the expected gender roles of the classic fairytale. Even if she couldn’t be on the outside, that didn’t mean she couldn’t be a part of it from the inside." "A thought occurred to her that made her blush even deeper.
