Discordia: The Eleventh Dimension by Dena K. Salmon

Title: Discordia: The Eleventh Dimension	Loved it	Graded
Author: Dena K. Salmon
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Hyperion
Elements: Alternate universe
Series: Stand alone?

Lance loves being a level 17 zombie sorcerer in the game Discordia more than being a teenager in real life. He wishes he could stay there forever and one day, voila!

His wish gets granted. Instead of being transported to the game, he gets dumped in the real Discordia.

Now Lance must find a way to get back to Earth before he loses his life, and sadly for him, there are no rez potions this time around.

I've been a bad, baaaad blogger this May. *hangs head*

Not to worry, I've been picking up some of the slack and have a couple of reviews heading your way this week. On to the review! This was a fun book to read. I've been waiting for a YA book of this genre, and I'm not disappointed. The Discordian universe was well thought out, but that in itself was kind of the strength and weakness of the book.

It seemed to me that while the universe was complete, the plot wasn't. It seemed to jerk around, and as a former gamer, I loved the jerky parts. It was just like going through a portal in a game to a different town. As a book? Not so much. The writing also made it feel like I'm reading a manual and a first draft of a script rather than the final story. The characters were a little bit flat, especially Lance's classmates, but since they aren't integral to the plot, I don't really care.

Overall, if you don't have such high expectations (like I did!) and consider this to be a game walk through, it's a great book with a very interesting premise. Check it out!

I have a recommendation: For you adults who like this type of genre but with a bit more sauce, check out Blow Me Down by Katie MacAlister.