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Jordan Ifueko
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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
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Los Angeles, 2005. Sienna Hayes, Hollywood’s latest It Girl, has ambitions to work behind the camera. When she meets Lena Browning, the enormously mysterious and famous Golden Age movie star, Sienna sees her big break. She wants to direct a picture about Lena’s life—but the legendary actor’s murky past turns out to be even darker than Sienna dreamed. Before she was a Living Legend, Lena Browning was Bina Blonski, a Polish Jew whose life and family were destroyed by the Nazis.
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Too much fictionalization of real events
- By Shar Boogie R on 07-27-24
By: Lisa Barr
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Raybearer
- By: Jordan Ifueko
- Narrated by: Joniece Abbott-Pratt
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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What if you’ve sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy? Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as the Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the crown prince’s Council of Eleven. If she’s picked, she’ll be joined with the other council members through the Ray, a bond deeper than blood. That closeness is irresistible to Tarisai. But the Lady has other ideas....
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Not bad!
- By lisa on 01-28-21
By: Jordan Ifueko
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
- By: David Wroblewski
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 21 hrs and 39 mins
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Filled with breathtaking scenes, the elemental north woods, the sweep of seasons, an iconic American barn, a fateful vision rendered in the falling rain. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle is a meditation on the limits of language and what lies beyond, a brilliantly inventive retelling of an ancient story, and an epic tale of devotion, betrayal, and courage in the American heartland.
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Devastatingly Dark Story
- By Knitme23 on 02-07-15
By: David Wroblewski
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Thalia Book Club: David Wroblewski's The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
- By: David Wroblewski
- Narrated by: Ted Marcoux, Daniel Menaker
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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The novelist talks with author and journalist Daniel Menaker about this deeply satisfying first novel—a multigenerational family story, great adventure, and murder mystery set in the farmlands of northern Wisconsin. This mesmerizing book centers on the coming of age of a mute teenage boy who has a rare ability to communicate with dogs.
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like so many, disappointed in the ending
- By nina on 11-15-24
By: David Wroblewski
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Fugitive Colors
- A Novel
- By: Lisa Barr
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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Fugitive Colors is a gripping debut novel of an artist's indomitable vengeance after World War II. Julian Klein, a young American artist, rebels against his religious upbringing and is eager for the artistic freedom of 1930s Paris. He flees Chicago only to find himself consumed by a world in which a paintbrush is far more lethal than a gun. An artist turned spy, Julian at the same time competes with jealous inferior artists who feverishly attempt to destroy those with true talent.
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Good and Not So Good
- By Arizona Kitty Luvr on 11-29-18
By: Lisa Barr
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The First
- The First, Book 1
- By: Kipjo Ewers
- Narrated by: Tyla Collier
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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After spending four years on death row for the brutal murder of her husband, Sophia Dennison takes her final walk in the Mountain View Facility in Gatesville and is put to death by lethal injection at 12:00 a.m. Several hours after Sophia's execution, FBI agent Mark Armitage is called to investigate a serious disturbance at the prison.
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A black female complete bad ass!!!
- By Sophia Barrett on 10-10-24
By: Kipjo Ewers
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Overdue: A Magical Library LitRPG Adventure
- Library System Reset, Book 1
- By: K.T. Hanna
- Narrated by: Andrea Parsneau
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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Quinn can barely handle her own life. When the Library of Everywhere discovers her compatible magical signature, suddenly, she is the sole existing potential librarian. Now, it's not only the weight of her world on her shoulders—Quinn must connect with the library system before the universe itself disintegrates. Once she's settled, it should be quiet, peaceful work—just as soon as she battles a few engorged bookworms, repairs hundreds of years of damage, and figures out why there's been no librarian for the last several centuries.
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Decent story, snappy characters
- By Whitechrys on 09-18-24
By: K.T. Hanna
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A Question of Attraction
- By: David Nicholls
- Narrated by: Erik Steele
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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It is 1985, and Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his first semester at a university. Brian harbors a dark secret: He wants to appear on the wildly popular TV quiz show University Challenge. When he finally makes the team and his dream comes true, life seems perfect, especially given his infatuation for a fellow teammate - the beautiful, brainy, and intimidatingly WASPy Alice Harbinson. But just when Brian thinks he has all the answers, he discovers the question of attraction is the most mind-boggling of all....
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British regional accents massacred by an American
- By Dan SB on 04-09-23
By: David Nicholls
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Tess of the Road
- By: Rachel Hartman
- Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
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In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. Tess is none of these things. Tess is...different. She speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble. Then Tess goes too far. Tess's family decide the only path for her is a nunnery. But on the day she is to join the nuns, Tess chooses a different path for herself. She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. She's not running away, she's running towards something.
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Beautiful and Boring, Both.
- By Ryan on 04-05-19
By: Rachel Hartman
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Wrath
- By: Sharon Moalem MD PhD, Daniel Kraus
- Narrated by: Ryder Smith
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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New York Times bestselling coauthors Shäron Moalem and Daniel Kraus's terrifying sci-fi horror thriller takes place in a future that is much nearer than you think. It is a world where scientific experimentation is exploited for commercial profit and under-supervised cutting-edge technology creates a menace that threatens the very fabric of our existence.
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So incredible but NOT for the faint of heart
- By Megan on 09-25-24
By: Sharon Moalem MD PhD, and others
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The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry
- By: C. M. Waggoner
- Narrated by: Ava Lucas
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Dellaria Wells, petty con artist, occasional thief, and partly educated fire witch, is behind on her rent - again. Then she sees a “wanted” sign seeking Female Persons, of Martial or Magical ability, to guard a Lady of some Importance. Delly fast-talks her way into the job and joins a team of highly peculiar women tasked with protecting their wealthy charge from unknown assassins. Delly quickly sets her sights on one of her companions, the confident and well-bred Winn Cynallum. The job looks like nothing but romance and easy money until things take a deadly (and undead) turn.
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Do not recommend
- By Sullivan on 01-30-21
By: C. M. Waggoner
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Baby X
- By: Kira Peikoff
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Imani Jade Powers, Abigail Reno
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create eggs or sperm from any person’s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targeted by the Vault, a black market site devoted to stealing DNA. Sick of paying ransom money for his own cell matter, he hires bio-security guard Ember Ryan to ensure his biological safety.
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Visionary Dark Net Thriller
- By Jason on 09-06-24
By: Kira Peikoff
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Veronica Mars: The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line
- By: Rob Thomas, Jennifer Graham
- Narrated by: Kristen Bell
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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The first book in an original mystery series featuring 28-year-old Veronica Mars, back in action after the events of Veronica Mars: The Movie. With the help of old friends - Logan Echolls, Mac Mackenzie, Wallace Fennel, and even Dick Casablancas - Veronica is ready to take on Neptune's darkest cases with her trademark sass and smarts.
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Mars Attacks, succeeds!
- By Alison on 03-30-14
By: Rob Thomas, and others
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- Katastrophe
- 02-11-25
Strong themes in a whimsical world
Having read Jordan Ifueko’s Raybearer Duology, the stakes of this story felt much smaller which I suppose was the point. I feel as though the theme of “small but mighty” and “strength in numbers” would have resonated better on its own rather than as a part in the Raybearer world. Personally as a lover of the Raybearer it almost felt like the “giant” efforts were antagonized for being too larger than life. I liked the perspective of the commoners, but I felt their importance came at the expense of the Raybearers and anointed ones. It was disheartening knowing how hard they fought in the duology for the good of their realm just to see everyone close to them recoil at their efforts.
Overall, the world building was whimsical and interesting, I wanted more from the romance, but the theme of the book was strong and rooted in real world problems.
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- Quintessa
- 08-17-24
it was worth the wait
This is one of the few recorded stories that I really enjoyed. I really like the fact that the narrator song the parts that needed to be sung it's just really brought the whole story together. Cuz sometimes you have a wonderful story but then the person reading it throws it off to the point that I will have to stop the audio and either read it on my phone or get the hard copy but this did not do that. This was not that at ALL, this was absolutely wonderful to the point where it wasn't like just background noise it literally captured my attention and there was no me cleaning as I had the book in the background I paid attention to all the details in the story..and details in the story itself oh my gosh it was just awesome.
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- Ty
- 09-06-24
Thank you
Considering this is the third book in a series, you might want to give the first two, Raybearer and Redemptor, a listen if you haven't already. Otherwise, I highly recommend this audiobook.
This was my second venture into African fiction and my only qualm is that I didn't realize until the last hour of listening that this was the third book in The Raybearer Series! No worries, I'm definitely adding the first two to my reading list after listening to The Maid and the Crocodile.
Ifueko has done a sublime job of rendering Oluwan City and it's citizens. The struggle between the different echelons of society in Oluwan was a brilliant build up throughout the book that I did not expect. Listening to Sade grow into the woman I like to think Mama Sade would have been proud of after being beaten into "her place" drew the whole story together.
Thomas has a wonderfully calm voice, perfect for storytelling.
I've got two pieces of feedback for Thomas, if that's ok, and by no means are they showstoppers (so if you're not Thomas, you can stop reading here and just get the audiobook). Sometimes your cadence is halting, like you aren't sure of what will come next, and you seem to drop the African affectation/accent you're using for most characters when you do male voices. That being said, you've got a great voice, and I look forward to listening to you grow more.
All in all, a lovely experience, and again, I look forward to more from both Ifueko and Thomas!
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- Shanese
- 08-26-24
OMG!
What can I say, I love it! Can’t wait to see what next written by this amazing author!
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- Jasmine Carraway
- 09-14-24
A beautiful story of Self Determination mixed with magic 😊
This was such a lovely series about Sade as she navigates life as an orphaned child who suffers multiple tragic incidents that leaves her scarred physically, mentally and emotionally.
Despite all of this, she is determined to make living in her world. Although she’s often cast aside because she suffers from vitiligo and a deformity; she has a power that allows her to cleanse harmful spirits and uses that to gain her a job with a wealth family in her African village.
While she’s working, she is approached by a magical gecko whose sweeps her into an entanglement with the fearsome Crocodile God; but he isn’t who is seems to be.
Uuuuugggggh this was such a great story about self discovery, perseverance and love. I will have to purchase physical copies bc it was so fulfilling (the audible narrator is AMAZING!)
This book is the third book of Jordan’s Raybearer series which I also loved. We learn more about some our beloved characters from that series, specifically Juri. *Wink*😉
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- Amber
- 01-04-25
I loved this story!!
I was so happy when he returned at the end! and I will definitely read more of this series.
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- jessmcason
- 11-11-24
Disability visibility and fantastic story telling.
I love love love Jordan Ifueko’s books, and this one did not disappoint. I was so enthralled that I couldn’t wait for my next opportunity to pick it back up and listen more. I was so sad when it was over (as a matter of fact, I may have to dive into a second listen right away). The performance was captivating. Adetinpo Thomas’s voice was mesmerizing and each character came to life beautifully through her narration. And having a disabled heroine who feels like a person and not a hook felt so meaningful. She doesn’t change. Magic doesn’t whisk away her disability or take care of the hard tasks for her. Sade is real, with real limitations, real mobility aids, real triumphs and failures. She just is, and it is, and it’s just magical.
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- D. Dae
- 11-14-24
I loved it
I liked the ending a lot. I liked the characters. Great story. Wish there were more to this story or more books
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- DZZie
- 12-09-24
Imperfectly Perfect Everyday Heroine
We can all relate to feeling unviable. Every person in this book is bonded by the trauma of seeking worth.
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- Coolgal
- 08-31-24
The songs
Never has a book serenaded me, this is my best read of 2024. Beautiful story and the slowest burn of romance that ties up perfectly in the end.
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