Helena is a 15 year old girl who hates her life in the circus. She tells her parents she just wants to run away and have a “real life”. Unfortunately, Helena’s mom then falls ill, and while she’s in the hospital, Helena is thrown into a very strange dreamland: a strange, dark realm like a mirror of her own, but the dark side… Helena meets some strange characters while she seeks to find the key to saving her mom and returning to the other side.

This was a quick and fun read. I’m almost wishing I’d opted for the longer screenplay version of this book, simply because the art work included here left me wishing I could see more, and the descriptions of some of the characters and places Helena encountered sounded really freaky!! But yay, shortly after I put it in my Netflix queue, I noticed it’s on Starz this month anyway, so I set up TiVo to record it. :-)