It doesn't have the startling otherworldliness of The Dark is Rising, though, and what it adds to the mythos of Cooper's reality feels as if it's designed for this book only, to be quickly disposed of once its purpose is served, instead of furthering and widening the scope of the fight between the Light and the Dark. There's some wonderful imagery here, and the Greenwitch herself is a powerful and mysterious visual symbol. That's not to say it's a bad book - not at all. The result comes off, at times, like a Scooby Doo mystery with occasional scenes written by Alan Garner. Show More collaboration Greenwitch has the lighter, younger reader-friendly narrative voice of Stone, with the mysticism and occasional high speech of Dark. I enjoy these books for what they are: good juvenile escapist fiction. However, one must remember that she was in fact writing this for the young adult audience and, though some may disagree with me, young teenagers and older tweens do tend to have shorter attention spans. My only real beef with the series in general is that in so many scenes, there could have been much more description, and many could have been extended. Cooper's ability to develop relationships between her characters is really astounding in these books. There were instances when he was just charming and fun to read about and of course, the sibling interactions between Simon, Jane and Barney are never dull. Cooper also did a marvelous job of making him both an Old One and a young boy. I think he's a much better character when he's not the sole focus of the narrative. I'm not a huge fan of Will Stanton but I love the Drew children and in this book, the interaction between Will and the Drews made Will's character very bearable for me. Show More is by far my favorite book of the series so far.

Greenwitch by susan cooper