Just too silly and unbelievable for me. The language was nothing distinctive, and utterly wrong for an actual 12th century account. The author would have done better to omit the framing device of this being a found manuscript -- or else make some attempt to write in a medieval style. The love interest also seemed to come out of nowhere. Even the poppets bugged me - did people actually make and sell such things at the time? Anyway, I wanted to like it, because I'm always up for a fairytale backstory, but it was not for me.