Susan Davie of the School Library Journal described Will's presence in the novel as "superfluous." Rivera of Common Sense Media praised Cooper's writing, but similarly criticized the interactions between Will and the Drew Children. Both Rebecca Fisher of Fantasy Literature and Tara L. Kirkus Reviews described it as "breathtakingly impressive", but criticized the conflict between good and evil as being overly abstract. The book received mixed to positive reviews from critics. The figure of the " Greenwitch", and the associated all-female festival attended by Jane, has been compared to female fertility rites in European mythology. The book draws heavily on Celtic mythology and Arthurian legend, as well as Classical mythology. Merriman enlists them along with Will Stanton, his protégé, to recover a golden grail needed to defeat the forces of the Dark. The Drew children – Simon, Jane, and Barney – return to Cornwall with their uncle Merriman Lyon. It is the third entry in the five book Dark Is Rising Sequence. Greenwitch is a contemporary fantasy novel by Susan Cooper, published by Atheneum Press in 1974.
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