Review: Ssssensational!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2014
"Lily Dean" is the latest installent in Lori Safranek's series about Steiner's Sideshow following "Marie" and "Mesmer".  I enjoyed the previous two stories and had been waiting eagerly for "Lily Dean".  Steiner's Sideshow features nothing but true freaks so Lily Dean, a young woman who travels with a bevy of snakes in her RV, has to convince Jason the Gator Man that her act is no fake.  Her show is a success and she reveals to her new friends what is behind the special relationship she has with the snakes.  Unfortunately Lily Dean's act brings some unwanted attention from a person in her past.  As with the rest of the "Freaked Out" series, the freaks are presented as people with real emotions and interpersonal relationships.  They can ultimately rely on each other in times of crisis.  My only real criticism is that I wish this story was longer!  I hope to visit this sideshow again.