The Maid and the Crocodile, Jordan Ifueko
The Maid and the Crocodile, Jordan Ifueko
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The Maid and the Crocodile

Author: Jordan Ifueko

Narrator: Adetinpo Thomas

Unabridged: 11 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/13/2024


Synopsis

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

About Jordan Ifueko

Jordan Ifueko grew up under a blanket fort, eating fried plantains, and reading comic books. Eventually, she switched the comics for a tea-stained notebook. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, David, and their collection of Black Panther Funko Pops.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Me, My Shelf, & I on December 21, 2024

Yo, this straight up slaps. That's it; that's the review. I have spent the whole day gleefully quoting this to my partner, rallying my friends to add this to their TBRs, sharing in righteous indignation at societies and their imbalance of power, and kicking my lil feet at how stinkin' cute this man i......more

Goodreads review by jenny reads a lot on December 28, 2024

5⭐️ | TikTok | IG | A standalone set in the same world as the Raybearer duology, featuring one of our favorite darlings from Redemptor? Do I really need to say anything else? This was as perfect as I imagined a romantasy set in the world of Raybearer would be. I laughed, I cried, I rallied behind the......more

Goodreads review by Lance on December 20, 2024

4.5 stars. Combining the whimsy and enchantment of a fairy tale with a thorough exploration of class consciousness and worker’s rights, The Maid and the Crocodile feels at once familiar and wholly original: half-Ghibli and half-Ifueko’s signature speculative brilliance.......more

Goodreads review by Booksblabbering || Cait❣️ on July 13, 2024

A warmhearted fantasy set in mystical Oluwan City, a prequel standalone to the Raybearer duology. Small Sade, an orphan searching for work with her speckled skin and misshapen feet, has been fending off spirits since the day she was born. Sade finds work as a maid and Curse-Eater in a swanky inn, alt......more

Goodreads review by Bethany (Beautifully Bookish Bethany) on September 22, 2024

I swear I wrote a review of this but it seems to have disappeared! The Maid and the Crocodile is an African inspired fantasy with a strong romantic subplot following a poor, disabled orphan girl with a secret ability to break curses. She becomes entangled with the crocodile god and a wealthy woman w......more