The National Lampoon has not written a book parody since Bored of the Rings in 1969. Nightlight's heroine is named Belle Goose. When she moves to Switchblade, Oregon, she meets super-hot computer nerd Edwart Mullen. Belle is described as "pale and klutzy" and Edwart has "zero interest in girls". Belle suspects that Edwart is a vampire after he doesn't eat his tater tots at lunch.