A review by nell_reads
The Shelters of Stone by Jean M. Auel

2.0

Alright I knew going into this book that I was not going to like Jondalar's people. If he was so dismissive of Ayla, then it was going to get worse in this book and it did in a sort of way. Right off the bat, the mean girls of the cave decide to play a practical joke on Ayla and he didn't even try to defend her but rather she had to defend herself. The other part is the author goes into detail on every little thing and most of it was kinda unnecessary as we already know how things work for ayla and her herbs. For the last two books the author has touched on Durc and his fate and she does explain what happens to him(because yeah we all know!) but why keep going on with it? why can't she just let Ayla know what happened to him? I feel like the author went one way with the story but towards the end realized that she probably would have been better giving Ayla, the ending she needed but it's to late by this point. I finished the book but not without reservations on how it was going. The side stories never fully get resolved and it will take another whole book before the mean girl of the book gets shut down. ugh.