When I heard about this book I thought this is either genius or it could go very wrong and I was so happy that it was genius I absolutely loved the book . Alyss is actually a princess from wonderland and Redd (the red Queen) is her aunt . Dont want to go into to much details as it will spoil the story and I hate to do that! It does have some parts with violence so if a child is sensitive to that stuff you might want to read the book first! The first three quarters of the book does jump around from Alyss/Alice,Dodge,Hatter Madigan,and Redd but I did not find it difficult to keep it straight! I could not put this book down and now am getting ready to start book two Seeing Redd !