One thing I learned about parodies is that you have to read the original book first before reading the parody in order to understand the story. I haven’t read the Twilight series so I was really in the dark with this book.

I guess I was just curious about what a Twilight parody would be like. I don’t actually know why I picked up this book. But how can she convince Edwart to bite her and transform her into his eternal bride, especially when he seems to find girls so repulsive?Ĭomplete with romance, danger, insufficient parental guardianship, creepy stalker-like behavior, and a vampire prom, Nightlight is the uproarious tale of a vampire-obsessed girl, looking for love in all the wrong places.

After witnessing a number of strange events–Edwart leaves his tater tots untouched at lunch! Edwart saves her from a flying snowball!–Belle has a dramatic revelation: Edwart is a vampire. She soon discovers Edwart, a super-hot computer nerd with zero interest in girls. Pale and klutzy, Belle arrives in Switchblade, Oregon looking for adventure, or at least an undead classmate. Second, there was a vampire part of him–which I assumed was wildly out of his control–that wanted me dead.Īnd third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, and disreputably wished he had kissed me.Īnd thus Belle Goose falls in love with the mysterious and sparkly Edwart Mullen in the Harvard Lampoon’s hilarious send-up of Twilight. About three things I was absolutely certain.įirst, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe.

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