The Looking Glass Wars Bk. 2:
Seeing Redd
by Frank Beddor

    SEEING REDD by Frank Beddor
    Category:  Fantasy
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  8/21/07
    Publisher:  Dial
    Reviewed by:  Breanna F.
    Rating:  4 Stars


    SEEING REDD, the second book in THE LOOKING GLASS WARS series, continues off from where the last
    book ended.

    Twenty-year-old Alyss is now queen of Wonderland. Her aunt, Redd, has disappeared into the Heart Crystal along
    with her sidekick, The Cat, and everything is starting to calm down.

    But soon glass eyes start appearing out of nowhere and causing mayhem. Everyone believes that Redd has
    somehow come back and that they're all doomed. Little do they know that these aren't Redd's glass eyes. Someone
    else is having them made. And that someone else is the King of Boarderland, Arch.

    King Arch has plans to take down Wonderland and all of the surrounding cities. And he is determined to do so. He
    has Molly (the Queen's bodyguard) captured and intends to have her father, Hatter Madigan, come rescue her.

    Meanwhile, Redd and The Cat find their way to Earth and Redd gets a whole new group of followers. She is
    determined to get back to Wonderland and kill Alyss so she will finally be Queen.

    Alyss and Dodge come to terms with the fact that they are meant to be together. But Dodge is still set on killing the
    beast that killed his parents. Nothing will get in his way -- besides Alyss, that is.

    Wonderland is in a world of trouble with King Arch and Redd doing all they can to finally get Alyss out of the
    picture once and for all.

    Full of violence and mayhem, SEEING REDD is an intense read. It's a pretty good second book to the series; parts
    were a bit slow but, overall, it was a good read. I definitely liked THE LOOKING GLASS WARS much better; for
    some reason it didn't seem as wordy as SEEING REDD. But this was still a good book. I especially liked the way it
    ended, and it should definitely be read by those who enjoyed the first book in the series.