I loved this book. I am a great fan of the Rayberer duologie an was exited when i was approved for an audioversion of the maid and the corocodile by netgally. The narrator sets a wonderfull vibe wile we return to the magical world the author created in her duollogie based on African storys and fairytales of her youth. We meet Small Shade that has not has an easy live. Born with a skin condition she has lost her mother too yong and was injured when working in a paper mill. Now aging out of the orphanage she is looking for a job. She has some rare gifts of curse breaking and sin eating that get her in trouble when a lovable gecco comes and asks her for help. We revisit some much loved side caracters that are wonderfull main caracters in this story about self reliance, classisme and bettering yourself however is possible to you. I was realy charmed by this story an it is a stand alone tale. Hovever, if this world sounds good to you maby start withe the rayberer duologie. This book does revisit a lot of the plot of the duologie and if you wat to read that it might spoil the plot for you on that read. Over all loved the book. Happy reading!