I cannot recommend the book enough. It is foremost a faerytale. But be warned, this is no light fable. Anyone brave enough to open the first page of this book will forever feel acquainted to Tojet and Merki, so well written are these characters. The spirits, the fey and other folk are portrayed with a mythological depth remeniscent of Neil Gaiman, without the smugness that often accompanies his researched materials. This is one of those books you hate to put down, and go mad waiting to get back to it. Not since Poppy Z. Brite and Kathe Koja have I cared so much about the characters in a story.

All in all a fine tale. I truly hope the author returns to the worlds, and the mythology (and perhaps even the characters) in Tojet again someday.

Excerpt: "Ms. McCanmore does an amazing job of bringing fantasy and reality together. Tojet grabs you and brings you happily into her world. I found myself waiting on the edge of my chair for a new story to emerge. The story is wonderful and the charaters of Merkit and Tojet are endearing; I also found Sister Elizabeth to be an inspiring character. As a self-published book, this is truly amazing. Tojet makes me wonder what other gems are hiding out there missed by traditional publishers."
http://www.fallenangelreviews.com/August2005/Serena-Tojet.htm

Tojet is my new all time favorite book. It’s time for me throw out all my Harry Potter memorabilia and wait for the Tojet posters and action figures!

Nerissa McCanmore is a truly gifted author. She pulls you right into the story. Tojet and Merkit become your new best friends. You see what they see and feel what they feel. She blurs the line between fantasy and reality. She dares to be different, Tojet is full of new ideas, and some will defiantly cause controversy. The love story isn’t as clear cut as Cinderella or Snow White, but it is very touching and will pull many emotions out of you.
I’m really at a loss for words to describe how incredible of a book this is, everyone just needs to read it!

"TOJET is a fantasy inspired inspirational story brought to life by author Nerissa McCanmore. . . . TOJET is a story that mixes many elements which on the surface would seem mutually exclusive. Strict Christian faith from both Tojet and Merkit and faerie opulence. Faith in one’s God and devotion to Him, or secular love. Is it a sin to lust after Tojet after devoting his life to the church, or would God want him to love this woman? Are the faeries pushing him to love Tojet or God or is it his own free will? . . . Interesting and unusual, Tojet, is a good book if you are looking for something different."

Full review is available at: http://www.theromancereadersconnection.com/reviews/mccanmorenarissa1605.html

Tojet is a wonderful fantasy tale for all ages. I truly enjoyed reading it. It reminds me of the fairy tales and books I read when I was young. The characters are so real and the story is so descriptive - I could see this story being transformed into a movie. It reminds me of the movies Legend, The Neverending Story and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Great job! I definitely recommend this book!

A modern fairy tale, Tojet really brings the realm of fantasy to life. Nerissa McCanmore really knows how to paint a picture. Here’s a quick synopsis:
A little nine-year-old girl named Tojet appears at a Catholic school, where an orphan named Merkit Terjit teaches fourth grade with Sister Elizabeth. Tojet is an imaginative little orphan herself that talks of living with fairies, traveling through time and about how she and Merkit are betrothed.
A few months later, tragedy happens, and Tojet disappears for three years, only to reappear as a beautiful eighteen-year-old maiden to a very bereaved Merkit, who has decided to become a monk, and is about to end his time as a novice and take his first vows to actually become a monk. Now, he must choose either Tojet or the monastic vows he is about to take.
Throughout the book, Tojet takes Merkit on dream-visions (a power taught to her by pixies) where he experiences a world that most of us only dream about: fairy hills, exotic creatures, and European life in the 6th century. He experiences feelings and desires that we can only imagine; lusts that we can barely comprehend. He is abducted by a mermaid, entranced by a fairy queen and is disgusted by goblins. When she returns to him as a maiden, hoping he will accept her as a bride, her dream-visions become more sexually explicit.
McCanmore deserves props for her attention to detail; not only her definitive descriptions of dress and surroundings, but also to historical detail, citing the evolution of language and time measurement.
Throughout the book, I felt as though I was being pulled into one of Tojet’s dream visions. Every time I opened it, I felt as though I was instantly transported to another realm, and when I was forced to close it, the current scene I was in lingered in my mind, making me feel almost as though in limbo between her world and the real world.
The only part about this book that isn’t in every way perfect is the end. I felt as though almost robbed of the climax by too much happening within the last couple pages.
That aside, Tojet is a wonderful piece of work; a perfect introduction of an author into the fantasy genre.
I give it a big 3 thumbs up.

Beautiful writing! Scenes such as this one stirred up my old childhood fantasies and made me smile:

The fairy child flew up to his shoulder and kissed his ear.

“You’re friendly,” she said. “We like you.”

Merkit tumbled down to the floor and sat there, laughing. He had wet pixies in his hair, a fairy on his shoulder, fairies in his sink, and a Celtic medallion in his hand. What more did a person truly need?

(This is one fairytale worth reading!)