Revisiting the series 20 years later, I realize the constant sex scenes are repetitious in the phrases, settings, circumstances, and dialog to the point of being boring, akin to romance novels that fill voids with prurient content. I had never read romance novels, so I guess I was naive. I was young when I first picked up the books in this series, and loved the whole series. I read these novels when they were first published, when I was working towards a BS in Biology. This is not as good as the first two, but still worth your credit. Clan women do not deny a man and his needs (the good old days). Ayla is driven to the arms of Ranec, which she can't help due to her upbringing. Ayla is a strong woman who is not going to deny her foster parents or take any crap about them. Jondalar and Ayla fight, because he is ashamed of her upbringing. He of course is willing to prove his manhood. Ranec is seen more as a novelty and the randy human women want to make sure he is all man. Neanderthal There is a lot here on racism, but it is not aimed at Ranec, the dark skinned traveler from the south.
Matter of fact in book 2, he was often chosen for the deflowering ceremony, seems either a little unfair to the virgin or to the man who comes after Jondalar and his massive member. I had remember that Ayla was uncommonly beautiful, but forgot that Jondalar had a member too large for most women. I first read this in the eighties and like another reviewer I was young and had never read a romance novel before. It is not until after the great mammoth hunt, when Ayla's life is threatened, that a fateful decision is made.īefore rereading this, I had this down as a five star read. Because of her uncanny control over animals, her healing skills, and the magic firestone she discovers, Ayla is adopted into the Mammoth Hearth by Mamut, the ancient shaman of the Great Earth Mother.Īyla finds herself torn between her strong feelings for Ranec and her powerful love for the wildly jealous and unsure Jondalar. It is the Mamutoi master carver of ivory - dark-skinned Ranec, flirtatious, artistic, magnetic - who Ayla finds herself drawn to the most. She approaches them with a mixture of fear and curiosity.
But to Ayla, who was raised by the Clan of the Cave Bear, they are the "Others". Together they meet Mamutoi - the Mammoth Hunters - people like Ayla. With her is Jondalar, the tall, handsome, yellow-haired man she nursed back to health and came to love. An epic novel of love, knowledge, jealousy, and hard choices.Īyla, the independent heroine of the Earth's Children series, sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed.
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