Anyone who has got this far in the series will know what to expect - lots of repetition and pages where you just scan over because it's going into a tad too much detail. This book is sadly no different.

Parts of the book were really gripping (e.g. the murdering gang), however it seemed Jean M Auel wanted to focus more on Ayla's teaching and these interesting parts were quickly resolved, leaving us instead with more description on Ayla's abilities.

I think part of me had hung onto the silly hope that Ayla's past life would come up again, which made me a little disappointed this was the final book.

I'm glad I've read it so I can say I read the whole series, however it isn't something I plan to repeat. The Clan of the Cave Bear was amazing and I think that's the only one I'd ever read again.