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Sign up todayThe Maid and the Crocodile
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Adetinpo Thomas
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Length
11 hours 10 minutes
Language
English
Bookseller recommendation
“I have not ventured into the world of YA fantasy for some time now, but The Maid and the Crocodile have sucked me back in. I highly recommend this one on audio for the amazing narration (especially the singing)”
— Gaelan • Page 158 Books
Bookseller recommendation
“This book was enchanting, inspiring, and everything you want from a YA fantasy romance. You’ll laugh, you’ll weep, and you’ll ponder the structures of our own world as you watch brave Sade learn to stand against the structures of her own. ”
— Kim • An Unlikely Story
Bookseller recommendation
“Set in the world of Ifueko’s Raybearer duology, The Maid and the Crocodile takes place a decade after the events of Redemptor, told from the perspective of someone as far away from the duology’s noble heroes as can be. While lovers of Ifueko’s first novels will see faces they remember throughout, Maid can be read as a stand alone. Centered around a disabled orphan who takes pride in her work, The Maid and the Crocodile is beautifully written and executed, a celebration of the essential workers that make revolution not only possible but worth while. ”
— Jenni • Mysterious Galaxy Books
Summary
THE SMALLEST SPARK CAN BIND TWO HEARTS … OR START A REVOLUTION
In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a job—preferably as a maid, for employers who don’t mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot.
But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful being known only as the Crocodile, a god rumored to devour pretty girls. Small Sade entrances the Crocodile with her secret: She is not only an orphan and an aspiring maid, but also a Curse-Eater, gifted with the ability to alter people’s fates by cleaning their houses.
The handsome god warns that their fates are bound, but Small Sade evades him, launching herself into a new career as the Curse-Eater of a swanky inn. She is determined to impress the wealthy inhabitants and earn her place in Oluwan City … assuming her secret-filled past—and the revolutionary ambitions of the Crocodile God—don’t catch up with her.
But maybe there is more to Small Sade. And maybe everyone in Oluwan City deserves more, too—from the maids all the way to the Anointed Ones.
“A brilliant heroine, a complex hero, a beautiful world … Jordan Ifueko’s work sings.”—Namina Forna, New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Ones
