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Wriggly Little Hands
Wriggly · Book 1 · 2025
Oli and his cousins have a family visit to make, evil packages to deliver and a secret errand for their besieged Dark Lord. Retrieving a doomsday weapon would be simpler if these goblins could follow a plan without helping the wrong side.
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What makes it funny?
A dragon decides Oli is too dim to deceive it, and Oli agrees with evident pleasure. That exchange, quoted in the Fantasy Hive review, captures the cousins' habit of misunderstanding an insult or a dangerous situation. One reader in a LitRPG book group singled this out as a particularly fun cozy read.
The comedy at work
Knight gives the supposed servants of evil generous hearts and poor judgment. Their attempts to be useful repeatedly interfere with their own side. The Fantasy Hive reviewer describes an opening that parodies The Lord of the Rings before the goblins' delivery work takes the story farther afield.
Try this if…
Readers who root for incompetent monster heroes have a sympathetic crew here. The reader report also compares the bumbling-monster setup with 9 Goblins; the fantasy references and cousin banter offer other reasons to try it.
Good to know
The goblins speak in shortened, incomplete sentences. The Fantasy Hive reviewer says that took some getting used to before Oli won her over.
A few distinguishing details
- A family road trip on the Dark Lord's business
- Goblin couriers who accidentally undermine evil
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Sources & further reading
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