The Plains of Passage

This book was not as good as the first three, I gave it a higher rating only because I liked the previous books so much.

Ohhhhh this was So much better than the last book!!! I really LOVE this series!!!!

Listened to this as an audiobook.

The structure of this book was a little strange, because of the journey aspect. It felt like there were lots of smaller peaks spread throughout the book, that could have almost been fully separate stories. They did in the end all build up to the climax at the end, but during the events they felt fairly self contained. This book did what the second in the series did, it ended basically in the middle of a scene. I'm glad I didn't read these as they were released, that would have driven me absolutely insane. Cliffhanger-ish chapters are maddening enough, but when going from one book to the next, I would like at last some sense of closure.

The mammoth sex was um, quite a thing.

This was not as good as the previous books.

This book didn't captivate me quite as thoroughly as most of the others have, but it was interesting and educational all the same. If you like traveling, and books about traveling, this book should do it. I liked the descriptions of the landscape and scenery, just maybe not quite so much of it. I can't focus on pages and pages of nothing but plant/animal information. All that being said though, because I myself do like traveling and learning, meeting new people and discovering new places and cultures, this book is definitely still worth the read. I think the characters will stay with me.