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Original Title:	The Valley of Horses
ISBN:	0553381660 (ISBN13: 9780553381665)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Earth's Children #2
Characters:	Ayla, Jondalar

The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children #2)

Jean M. Auel

Paperback | Pages: 544 pages

Rating: 4 | 71126 Users | 2299 Reviews

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Title	:	The Valley of Horses (Earth's Children #2)
Author	:	Jean M. Auel
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 544 pages
Published	:	June 25th 2002 by Bantam (first published 1982)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Romance. Prehistoric. Adventure

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This unforgettable odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman. Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself. The short summer gives her little time to look, and when she finds a sheltered valley with a herd of hardy steppe horses, she decides to stay and prepare for the long glacial winter ahead. Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting. She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship. One winter extends to more; she discovers a way to make fire more quickly and a wounded cave lion cub joins her unusual family, but her beloved animals don't fulfill her restless need for human companionship. Then she hears the sound of a man screaming in pain. She saves tall, handsome Jondalar, who brings her a language to speak and an awakening of love and desire, but Ayla is torn between her fear of leaving her valley and her hope of living with her own kind.

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I liked this book for the story of a girl surviving on her own and her learning experiences but I thought the sex was a bit over the top. I guess I just wasn't expecting that much sex and that much detail. I mean, I really don't need to know that Ayla was turned on by watching horses mate or that Jondalar's "woman maker" was too large for most females. I was under the impression that this series of books was for the "young adult" audience, mostly because I knew lots of people who read The Clan



If you skip every page that mentions Jondalar, this is the best book ever!Minus one star for Jondalar's existence.

This is one of those books where I recognise that the writing is not stellar but theres just something about the story that makes me love it. The first half of this book did drag a bit with things being over explained. Im really never going to build a canoe and I dont need a step by step guide on how to do that. Once the middle of the book came I breezed through it. Loving the interactions between the characters. Onto the next!!

Dad: "So...how's the book?"Me: "Hmn. Well, I like the first two thirds or so, that's all survivalist nerd stuff. But after that, it kind of turns into caveman porn."(Later that week...)Dad: "So...I borrowed your book."Me: "...Oh."(Uncomfortable silence)Me: "So...what did you think of it?"Dad: "Well, you were right, the first two thirds is for survival nerds. After that, though..."(Uncomfortable silence)Me: "Caveman porn?"Dad: "Not just that. *Bad* caveman porn!"

Aylas adventures volume two. The writing is as bad as it was in volume one (I detailed all the problems I had with it here : http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...) with the addition of hackneyed sex scenes. It makes me almost sad that generations of young girls had their introduction to porn literature through this crap. Its enough to put you off of both, sex and reading.You might wonder why I read the second volume when the first volume was so bad. Its a good question and Im not sure myself.

Thank God it is over - 2 stars Silver Broken Gavel for Worst Book Read in 2014 Random Ramblings I cannot recall the last time I was so happy to finish a book. I felt as if I had gone up against a ferocious beast and emerged as the winner. Having recently read, REVIEWED and loved The Clan of the Cave Bear, I fully expected another magical story set it the distant past, long before recorded history. I liked The Clan of the Cave Bear so much, it was my 7th favorite read of 2013.