The Maid and the Crocodile by: Jordan Ifueko

The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko is a lush, standalone fantasy set in the world of Raybearer, ideal for teens and adult fantasy readers. Seventeen-year-old Small Sade—an orphan with vitiligo and walking with a cane—earns her living as a maid. Gifted as a Curse-Eater, she can cleanse lingering spiritual "silt" in spaces. Her life takes a magical turn when she accidentally binds herself to the elusive Crocodile God—a powerful being under a curse—pulling her into a hidden, high-stakes world within the city of Oluwan.