Seeing Redd part 3

I have finished the book Seeing Redd. Hatter Madigan managed to get into Boarderland and he starts to serve King Arch, while secretly he is looking for his daughter Molly. In Boarderland he finds that Weaver is actually alive and has been staying in Boarderland for safety. While Hatter is trying to save Molly, Redd was gathering forces on Earth. After a while, she came back to Wonderland to complete her Looking Glass Maze, every person who is going to be queen or are in royal succession have a maze, and once they complete their maze they become immensely more powerful. While that is happening Alyss and her army are trying to protect Wonderland and is fighting against King Arch's forces. Once Redd had completed her maze, she went to Boarderland and managed to get a lot of military support from the different tribes in Boarderland who didn't like the king. With their help Redd overthrew King Arch and took over Boarderland. Because of this Hatter, Molly, and Weaver managed to escape Boarderland, although Weaver gets killed while they escape. After Redd conquered Boarderland she went after Wonderland. She and Alyss fight for control of Wonderland. Alyss realizes that she is losing and follows the advice of a caterpillar. Arch had made a secret weapon that could supposedly destroy all of the countries. Hatter and Molly had fled for safety and were at the point where they could activate the secret weapon. When it seems that Redd is going to win and Wonderland will be lost, Alyss tells Hatter to activate the device. The secret weapon has a huge explosion that causes any one with magic to lose their power to control the magic. This forces Redd to retreat. The book ends with Redd's retreat and the belief that slowly the people will be able to gain their magical abilities back.

Overall I enjoyed reading this book, however I believe that the first book was better. I think that this book focused too much on other characters besides Alyss, I think that Alyss is the main character and should therefore be the focus of the story. But, most of the story was focused on Redd, Arch, and Hatter. I would have liked to know more about what Alyss was doing because it seemed to me that she somehow wasn't that important of a character anymore, even though the first book was mostly about her. I think it is interesting when the author chooses to continuously switch the point of view in the book. Some books work with the switching of the point of view because I think it adds to the story and gives different perspectives which can give more depth to different characters. However, some books I think take the switching of focus a little too far. Like in Seeing Redd, I think there was a little too much of this because I felt that the protagonist was lost.