5.0

I feel like I've been reading this book for years--yes, actually, I quite literally have been--so I guess I shouldn't be surprised to find myself so emotional upon finally closing the back cover. This book is a guide, a history, a mentor; one I will pick up and put down for as long as I feel called to write stories adjacent to the time period Mortimer focuses on. Accessible and perhaps even silly, I am immensely grateful for this book.