Kindle Price: $3.99

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

Read with our free app
You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.
Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

Buy for others

Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group.
Learn more

Buying and sending eBooks to others

  1. Select quantity
  2. Buy and send eBooks
  3. Recipients can read on any device

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs

Follow the author

Niall Teasdale
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

The Girl Who Dreamed of a Different World Kindle Edition

by Niall Teasdale (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 289 ratings
See all formats and editions
Japanese schoolgirl Kana Shimizu is more than a little shocked to find herself transported to a different world on her fifteenth birthday. She has been summoned to be the hero who will defeat a demon lord, just like in the manga. Except that she’s the wrong hero for the job and they can’t send her home.

Kana is stuck in a fantasy world where she doesn’t even speak the language and she’s no use to anyone. Her only consolation is that nothing like this ever happens in reality. She has to be dreaming. Now, if only she could figure out how to wake up…
Previous page
  1. Print length
    265 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    November 22, 2019
  5. Reading age
    16 - 18 years
  6. File size
    492 KB
  7. Page Flip
    Enabled
  8. Word Wise
    Enabled
  9. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  10. See all details
Next page

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B081WQZ5TT
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 22, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 492 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 265 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 289 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Niall Teasdale

Niall Teasdale

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

I was born in the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall so perhaps a bit of history rubbed off. Ancient history obviously, and border history, right on the edge of the Empire. I always preferred the Dark Ages anyway; there’s so much more room for imagination when people aren’t writing down every last detail. So my idea of a good fantasy novel involved dirt and leather, not shining plate armour and Hollywood-medieval manners. The same applies to my sci-fi, really; I prefer gritty over shiny.

Oddly, then, one of the first fantasy novels I remember reading was The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper (later made into a terrible juvenile movie). These days we would call Cooper’s series Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy and looking back on it, it influenced me a lot. It has that mix of modern day life, hidden history, and magic which failed to hit popular culture until the early days of Buffy and Anne Rice. Of course, Cooper’s characters spend their time around places I could actually visit in Cornwall, and South East England, and mid-Wales. In fact, when I went to university in Aberystwyth, it was partially because some of Cooper’s books were set a few miles to the north around Tywyn.

I got into writing through roleplaying, however, so my early work was related to the kind of roleplaying game I was interested in. I wrote “high fantasy” when I was playing Dungeons & Dragons. I wrote a lot of superhero fiction when I was playing City of Heroes. I still loved the idea of a modern world with magic in it and I’ve been trying to write a novel based on this for a long time. As with any form of expression, practice is the key and I can look back on all the aborted attempts at books, and the more successful short stories, as steps along the path to the Thaumatology Series.

Writing, sadly, is not my main source of income. By day, I’m a computer programmer. I work for a telecommunications company in Manchester, England. My favourite authors are Terry Pratchett, Susan Cooper, and (recently) Kim Harrison. Kim’s Hollows books were what finally spurred me to publish something, even if the trail to here came by way of Susan, back in school, several decades ago.

Customer reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
289 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Robert Shuler
5.0 out of 5 stars clever, charming, ending will have you feeling good for days
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2020
Verified Purchase
Consider the references to anime or manga, etc., as just literary jokes. This is an actual fantasy novel, and probably the best book I've read this year (and I read a lot of books).

The principal character, and several others, develop nicely. Even the villain develops, one might say. There is humor, which some of the reviews took too seriously. At first the plot elements seem to be side trips, but they actually are the gradual progression of the dragon slayer into her full physical and emotional skill as she embraces this world. The ending is not only over the top, it works, the development has been set up so that the reader can believe it. Just read it already.
Helpful
 Report
J. Broadway
4.0 out of 5 stars a bit different
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2020
Verified Purchase
I liked this book even if it was different than most of the author's other stuff. I think some of the less than great reviews was because this book did't have the elementals of his other works. Standing alone this was a fun read even if the ending was less than what I would have liked.
Helpful
 Report
Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Read Niall
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
Verified Purchase
Once again I have read one your books/series. Once again I am amazed at your ability to tell/write an excellent story. I have never had as much fun staying up till the early hours of the morning except reading one of your books.
Please don't stop writing this series just yet. There's at least one or two more books to be written, after all,there is still a virgin, a runaway bride to be, and a whole lot of adventuring to do !!!.
Helpful
 Report
James
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting character
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2020
Verified Purchase
I found the MC very appealing. While keeping in mind she may be dreaming, she still decides to move forward on the basis that everything is real. Overall I was well pleased with the book. Would like to see a sequel.
Helpful
 Report
Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of light novel
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2019
Verified Purchase
There was the usual trope of being summoned in another world, but I liked it. Kana is likeable, and Aneshti and Rain are my favorite characters in the story. I can't wait for the next book.

This story got it's inspiration from Konosuba and that anime with the demon king Diablo. I liked the references in this book.
2 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
TomTardis
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Teasdale's best work, but not bad
Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2019
Verified Purchase
I've read all of the author's work, from the early and awkward stuff (with way too much sex) to his current, much more refined, books.

One thing Teasdale usually does very well is spend time getting to know our characters: the moments, known as downbeats, which exist purely to serve characterization and let us get to know the people in the stories are usually the best part of Teasdale's books. His plots often take second string to his character moments, and I always love the banter that goes on between characters in his books.

This book fell short in of those areas. We don't get the usual, vivid characterization we see in other Teasdale novels, and we also don't really get much action in the mainline plot. In fact, I'd say that 75% of the adventure team actually doing things (clearing out dungeons, chasing after a missing party member, etc) really don't belong in this book and are really just detours from the main plot.

And I think that's the real problem. A great story can have strong character development and a weak plot, or it can have a strong plot with barely sketched-out characters. But when neither the characters nor the plot are compelling, the book doesn't work for me.

And that's the problem... while I can still enjoy his other series after several read-throughs, this book doesn't have any of the fun character moments or truly epic plot lines that make his other books so fascinating.

That's not to say this book is terrible... it's a serviceable fantasy story, and Teasdale does set up a fantasy world that I'm hoping he fills out more in future books. If he writes more in this universe, I'll pick up the books, but for right now, I'm more hoping to see new books in some of his other series.
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Gato Gordo
5.0 out of 5 stars Brave New Fantasy
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019
Verified Purchase
Worth the wait. Most all of Mr Teasdale's books are. This one is unconnected to any previous series. A Japanese teenager is summoned by a sorcerer to another world. She spends years learning about this new environment. It's fascinating to see a fantasy world through the eyes of a 21st century Japanese teenager.
Helpful
 Report
James Rinehart
4.0 out of 5 stars One shot but a solid one.
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2019
Verified Purchase
A solid interpretation of an isekai. A bit of fourth wall foolery, but the plot works well as a one shot.
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

Alan B. Clements
5.0 out of 5 stars A different kind of anime
Reviewed in Canada on January 5, 2020
Verified Purchase
Filled with genre tropes and a lot of inside jokes—at least for those from Earth. The story is a fun fantasy tale that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Definitely worth the time spent.
Report
Dyamonde
4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice Meta-Fiction
Reviewed in Germany on December 20, 2019
Verified Purchase
Loved it! Was kinda expecting more and explicit erotic scenes (this book has none), but loved it nonetheless. Especially how the Protagonist keeps using her meta-logic and falling back to tropes and genre-savy. Too bad this seems to be a one-shot, not a series. Could have done with more of it.
Report
Report an issue

Does this item contain inappropriate content?
Report
Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
Report
Does this item contain quality or formatting issues?
Report