nightlight by The Harvard Lampoon

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)

I laughed out loud at some of the “spoofy” comments…. ~  Sheila

About three things I was absolutely certain. First, Edwart was most likely my soul mate, maybe. Second, there was a vampire part of him–which I assumed was wildly out of his control–that wanted me dead. And third, I unconditionally, irrevocably, impenetrably, heterogeneously, gynecologically, and disreputably wished he had kissed me.


And thus Belle Goose falls in love with the mysterious and sparkly Edwart Mullen in the Harvard Lampoon’s hilarious send-up of Twilight.

Pale and klutzy, Belle arrives in Switchblade, Oregon looking for adventure, or at least an undead classmate. She soon discovers Edwart, a super-hot computer nerd with zero interest in girls. 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. 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?


While this book had its funny moments and there were quite a few:

  • Making fun of Belle’s seemingly irresistibly to the male species from every classmate all the way to the mailman….
  • Belle’s mother’s obsession by emailing her 40 times to see if she is alright…
  • How Edwart would not be able to resist Belle’s blood (her’s was grapefruit scented!)

But honestly for the most part… the humor was a bit lame… the story line (I wont give it away but Edwart is not a vampire after all) is dull and I found myself skipping pages just to see where it all ends up.

While fun to skim through and I did laugh out loud at times…this book would make for a funny gift for the Twilight Fan…. but I would classify it as just that – a gag gift.

My Amazon Review


I received this book from my son Justin for Christmas

“Thanks Justin!”

23 thoughts on “nightlight by The Harvard Lampoon”

  1. I didn’t know they did these Harvard Lampoon books still!! I remember my dad had a version that spoofed “The Lord of the Rings” that was quite amusing. And you’re right, they are novelty books and shouldn’t be very long but I was giggling to myself as I read your review. I suppose “Twilight” is due for a spoof like this!!

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  4. I’m kind of ashamed to admit that I devoured Twilight after vowing I would not read (it was a book club pick so my feet were put to the fire). Overall I felt the story was not original and the writing/characters nothing to get excited over and yet I did find myself reading it during spare moments and looking forward to getting home from work to crack it.

    I was cooled by book 2 which I found utterly boring and that cured me from going onward.

    It sounds like a cute idea but I’m glad to hear your take on it is pass – gives me perspective about who if anyone I might gift this to. Thanks for reviewing.

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    1. Hi Susan, thanks for stopping! I did like the Twilight books and I think it was book 2 that annoyed me but I plugged on… and in the end really enjoyed the series.

      This was a fun one to review but not a must have. 🙂

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  6. I thought this cover looked familiar.
    Another book I intended to to buy until I read your review, humour a bit lame? Perhaps one to be borrowed from the library rather than bought.

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  9. This sounds hilarious and the opening of your post made me laugh out loud. I hate to compare Twilight to a classic, but how did this compare to Pride and Prejudice and Zombies?

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    1. Hi Lydia! Oh good – I like to make people laugh…. I must go read my post again! 🙂

      I cant compare it to P & P & Zombies as I have not read that one …. (*sheepish grin)

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