A review by bcgg
The Shelters of Stone: Earth's Children, Book Five by Jean M. Auel

3.0

I was very excited to continue reading the continuing saga of Ayla but found the book hard to get into until almost 3/4 of the way through. There is a TON of details about everything so the story struggles to lead the reader. The excessive 'greeting protocol' really slowed down the pace. There seemed to be a struggle for Auel to balance the need to teach the reader the anthropological details with the need to present a compelling story. Tentatively I have moved on to the sixth book in the series.