I have some quibbling complaints. For one, the printed books are too large to comfortably hold. I have not yet gone the E-reader route, but I might recommend it for this series. The second is that it's hard to gauge what audience (aside from people like me) that this is intended to catch. Often, the book would be perfect for about 5th grade in both style and humor, but then it will ratchet up into complex ideas and humor requiring a more adult understanding of the world. Basically, it fits my way of thinking perfectly.
Without giving too much away, the book series (of which the title of my post is the first in line) focuses on a young business major from our world who is tricked into signing a magical contract that makes him king of the goblins in a world called "The Other Place." However, these goblins are less like the monsters from standard fiction and more like the monstrous Muppets from Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock. They are utterly chaotic, mischievous, humorous, and loyal. They fight civil wars with one another over preferred cheeses using non-lethal, but still obnoxious tactics and traps. And they are the scapegoats and underdogs of The Other Place.
Each book has William Bradshaw trying to protect these child-like goblins from yet another evil force that is attempting to crush them. Through the books, Will proves to hold to high moral principles and become more and more devoted to the bizarre populace of his kingdom. While the sermon-like moralism can get a little heavy-handed from time to time, that too fits right in my wheelhouse.
Thus, I read through the five books, caring more and more about the characters and their world, in about a month (which is more impressive considering my time constraints as of late ... that, and did I mention the awkward size of these books?). I know that he is working on another one, so I hope to be able to reenter the world soon. I just have to convince someone else to read them, so I have someone to talk to about them.