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Marlo has a problem. On the night of the full moon, this half-werewolf, half-vampire undergoes a mysterious and terrifying transformation: He turns into a girl. Desperate for a cure, his parents call on Doctor Vincent, a long time family friend. But Marlo wants to keep his condition secret from Vincent's son, the vampire playboy David. Unfortunately, the secret gets out, and a new problem surfaces: David is interested in Marlo's female form! If a remedy can't be found, their parents believe the next best solution is marriage - a marriage between Marlo and David!

Vampire David and half-vampire, half-werewolf Marlo grew up together, but the boys hadn’t seen each other for 10 years when Marlo and his family show up for a visit with David’s doctor father. Marlo needs help with his condition—under the full moon he transforms into a woman, rather than a wolf—but the parents’ solution is for Marlo and David to get married! Matoh, known for her yaoi (boys’ love manga) series Fake, gives readers just enough gender swapping to keep things mainstream. Despite David’s playboy nature, he does seem to genuinely care for Marlo, whatever his current gender. The parents’ attempts to make Marlo into a “real girl” feel overly dated and, along with Matoh’s older art—which features cringeworthy outfits from the series’ original 1998 release—might turn off readers who pick this up based on the new cover art and final chapter. But those looking for a silly romance with fairly tame boys’-love overtones should like this as well as its newer companion, @Full Moon. Grades 10-12. --Snow Wildsmith