I have seen this book/series all over the place for a few years now and knew it was just time to check it out. I have to admit it took me about 30-50 pages to fully understand what was happening. It literally is about a whole new world/set of worlds, the vocab and speech was new and odd, and I had no idea who this cast of characters I started meeting were or would turn out to be. But I am so glad I stuck with it because I can definitely see how this is setting up a wonderful series!

Imagine going down the rabbit hole, through the looking glass, or into a painting and to a brand new magical world (as we have seen in movies and books our whole lives, right?) But what happens when you return to the real world? Most movies and books end then. And most of the time you might even age in the magical world and return to the age you were before disappearing when you go home. Here we have a group of kids in a school who have all undergone the same experience but to different worlds with different rules and laws of reality. Oh and some of these characters are SO fun and I can just tell they are going to be wonderful to get to know.

I am giving this one 3.5 stars - but only because it was only a ~170 page book that did not really flesh out the characters, their worlds, etc enough for me YET. I know most of the books in this series are around the same length, but I still have a feeling that so much will be revealed to me the more of these I read and I am excited!