This can't be the last of the series. There was too many loose threads in the story to be told and NOT feel it's completed. 
 I found this book not as annoying as "Shelters of Stone" but it was getting there. And yes, I can assume change and being different is difficult for the people living in this era, but if I read one more time how different Ayla's accent sounds, I am going to slap someone. 
 Oh, and Jondalar...you are a jerk...