Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney

Seyton is a flirt who lusts for power and an obedient wife. Ildred is a slightly older girl who is treated as a servant as is a stickler for proper protocol and resents that she cannot be a Lady. There's Swin: a rough, no-nonense kitchen servant/butcher, but who has a softer side that she doesn't hide(but she doesn't make it known either). You have Lady Mary: a meek(until the end, at least), religious girl who is very conscious of her status as a traitor's daughter. Each character shed a different light on King Duncan's murder, much like how some mysteries allow the reader to discover what really happens by combining the knowledge of all the characters.įor me, the real the real strength of this book can be found in the unique mindset of each POV.

Anyway, as I continued on with the book, I realized why so many POVs were included. I don't think I would be able to stand it if it had been in first person. Thankfully, the whole book was in third person limited. There were several instances where specific lines and scenes were described as a kind of timeline that tied Enter Three Witches to Macbeth.Ĭooney told the story from many perspectives - almost too many, in my opinion. Caroline lives in Westbrook, Connecticut and when she's not writing she volunteers at a hospital, plays piano for the school musicals and daydreams!Ĭoming from someone who has basic knowledge of Shakespeare's Macbeth, Cooney did a great job building her own story on the play while keeping in line with the general plot.

She often organizes what she calls a 'plotting game,' in which students work together to create plots for stories. To keep her stories realistic, Caroline visits many schools outside of her area, learning more about teenagers all the time. 'In a suspense novel, you can count on action.' Suspense novels are her favorites to read and write. She began to sell stories to Seventeen magazine and soon after began writing books. When her children were young, Caroline started writing books for young people - with remarkable results. I started writing then and never stopped!' 'He used to rip off covers from The New Yorker and pass them around and make us write a short story on whichever cover we got. Caroline Cooney knew in sixth grade that she wanted to be a writer when 'the best teacher I ever had in my life' made writing her main focus.

Enter Three Witches by Caroline B. Cooney