#The Maid and The Crocodile

[aroaessidhe]

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The Maid and The Crocodile

standalone YA high fantasy romance, set in the world of Raybearer (10 years later)

a girl ages out of her orphanage and searches for a job as a maid - but before she’s hired, she accidentally gets bound to the Crocodile - a god thought to steal girls through his shrines throughout the cities

she wants nothing to do with him or his curse, and gets herself a job as a Curse Eater at an inn, consuming the spiritual residue of their past mistakes and regrets

but her past and her connection to the Crocodile won’t go away, and she gets caught up in his revolutionary ambitions

disabled MC (vitiligo, cane user)

[cellamare]

hey

hey

do you like Howl's Moving Castle (esp. the book version)? how about the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast"? do you enjoy stories that examine class and economic inequality through a fantasy setting, peopled with engaging characters and a really compelling narrator? have you ever wondered what happens in the years following the abrupt dismantling of a large fantasy empire and waves of successful revolts led by commoners against oppressive nobility?

Please please please try The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko, a standalone novel set in the world of her Raybearer duology. No prior knowledge of the series is necessary!

[books-and-draws-eclectic]

The Maid and The Crocodile, by Jordan Ifueko

Sade: *shrieeeekkk* the crocodile god is gonna eat meeeeee

The Crocodile god, literally an 18yo boy, already smitten with Sade: *tries to impress her with his magic* hey, I made TEA with magic!!

[blackfemmecharacterdependency]

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SHE'S BACK!

[chillinglikeashilling]

At some point when it is not 1 am on a work night I'm going to make a proper post about why I think people who are really enjoying the storytelling of Misfits and Magic 2 should give The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifuenko a shot but the most concise pitch I can give you is that TMTC is also a story about a magical world undergoing a revolution, that explores themes about systems of power and the ways those systems work to exploit certain people to the benefit of others.

The main character Sade is literally disabled by these systems and her love interest/deuteragonist is an obnoxiously beautiful man who has literally cursed himself in pursuit of justice against these systems.

Also for everyone who liked the shadow possession thing- they have a magical bond that let's him feel her emotions, which is absolutely necessary because Sade would rather die than admit to being uncomfortable. In fact Sade's willingness to accept discomfort (and the willingness of the powerful to ask her and others like her to shoulder discomfort so they don't have to) plays a pretty big part in the story.

Lastly, and this is actually an appeal to all my fellow Bob stans from PoL, there are a lot of songs involved in the magic in this book and the audiobook narrator sings all of them. Not in a very polished, instrumental backed way but just in a way that feels true to someone making up a song on the spot.

It's a standalone story in the universe of author's main duology so there's more to explore if you want but it's not necessary to understand this book.

[checkoutmybookshelf]

I loved Raybearer and Redemptor, and I'm so excited for another book from Jordan Ifueko!

[sffinsiders]

Review: The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko — SFF Insiders

[hahahax30]

Anyways, Jordan Ifueko's new book is out now. Everyone go read The Maid And The Crocodile

[wizardteampod]

#WizardTeam spoke with Jordan Ifueko about THE MAID AND THE CROCODILE in our latest bonus episode 🐊 ✨

Listen now wherever you listen to podcasts and preorder the book before it drops next Tuesday!

[itssircrocodile]

What good are your happy ideals if you can't do anything to make them a reality?

[pointycorgiears]

*Mihawk walks into the room to find Crocodile scratching notes on a piece of paper with a deck of cards laid out*

Mihawk: *sighs* Crocodile, I hope you're not going to devote my master's next visit entirely to gambling with her?

Crocodile: I want my money back.

Mihawk: You do know that trying to beat my master at the poker table is not in your best interest, correct?

Crocodile: Not with the old strategy. I've cooked up some new ones that's going to take her to the cleaners!

Mihawk: If you insist...

*One month later*

Crocodile: WHAT!? HOW!? 😨😨😨

Moro: I'll just add these chips to my nice little collection over here, Croc! *slides her winnings over to Talon who's building a castle out of the poker chips*

Crocodile: You witch! I'll suck every last drop of water, blood, AND berry out of you!

Moro: Tell that to my blade, you walking sandbox!

Mihawk: AHEM. I would appreciate it if you two would refrain from trying to kill each other in front of my son.

Talon: Aww...I wanted see Grandma's sword moves...

Moro: *takes Talon's hand* It's alright, next time. Come on baby, let's take our winnings and go get ice cream and buy some cute new clothes for you and me! I got a date tonight!

Mihawk: *staring at Croc* I did try to wa-

Crocodile: NOT A WORD.

*meanwhile*

Garp, sweeping in the corner: That's my kind of woman!

[rokaraqo]

one piece baby girls sketch log

[books-and-draws-eclectic]

The Maid and The Crocodile, by Jordan Ifueko

I just love the gecko so much 😭

[the8moons]

"what can you bring to the table?"

MAID ONE PIECE SEXYMEN DOODLES.

[pokemonxhyperfixation]

The Sunken Flesh Bog

"A nice view from our hellish Crocodile/Alligator Pit. While they aren't native to any fleshu biomes, they seem to quite like it here.

Bathing in blood, crawling in flesh, it's kinda beautiful.

In the shot, you have Chiyari, our elder crocodile and Mighty Mike, our eldest Alligator. There's also Yuuma, our Geep. She likes it here and none of the Crocodilians seem to actually see her as prey soooooo.

Also here is our head Croc rangler Sakuya. She's not been doing it as long as Yatsuhashi, but she is marginally less bad at it. I'll be honest, these girls are pretty lucky the big old reptiles basically only eat goats."

This isn't my first modded zoo. In every single one I've done, I've put Crocodiles in a pit of flesh and blood. So here they are! I put the Geep in there to test if Crocs could eat it, and they didn't, so now we have Yuuma! (Little Maid only has characters up to 17/Lotus Eaters). Mighty Mike is a reference to a REAL LIFE Alligator from an Aquarium I've visited before. (The Other Alligator is Monty because FNaF and the othe Croc is Yellow Bell, named after my Kroocodile from my first playthrough of BW.)

Creatures are from Alex's Mobs and Naturalist. All the gore is Biomes O Plenty ;) (Also the Geep is from You've Goat to be Kidding Me!)

[ollieandroe]

Who is she???