What’s in a P.O.V.?

ven though I have far more to go on the final book in the Secrets of Witches trilogy than I even care to think about I’ve been giving a lot of thought to what I want to be writing after Secrets is over.

And in the case of at least one novel I’m pretty sure it’s going to be written from multiple points of view, or at least multiple character points of view. I’ve debated at various times whether or not the book should be first person or third person, but it had never really occurred to me to come at it from different character points of view instead. It’s a wholly uncommon practice (or at least that I’ve noticed) and frankly doing it well is tricky even for the best of authors. The Casual Vacancy is proof of that.

Obviously I still have quite a bit of time to consider what I want to do, and nothing is set in stone, that said I am curious how other writers feel about the concept of writing a story from multiple character view points, and honestly can it even be helped? I’m dying to hear your opinion in the comments.