UNspoiled! Raybearer

It's time for the final wonderful chapters of The Maid And The Crocodile, and we're hoping that we get a little bit more of this beautiful world somewhere down the line.  Thanks for listening!  If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde...

If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! This illustration of Sanjeet and Tarisai is by Oksana Bulkevych and you can check out more art on their website here! https://www.behance.net/bulkevo38b4 These chapters are the ones in which the Crocodile confesses to Tarisai about stealing her voice, and she does a...

This artwork of Tarisai and Sanjeet is by Oksana Bulkevych, and you can see more of her work here! https://www.behance.net/bulkevo38b4 These chapters of The Maid And The Crocodile are the ones in which Sade begins to grow from small to...well, not large, but at least more average-sized. She is still not really suspecting the thing that RoShawn and I think happened with her voice, but she does mana...

If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! This beautiful artwork of Tarisai making a deal with the Underworld is by Oksana Bulkevych and you can see their website here! https://www.behance.net/bulkevo38b4 These chapters of The Maid And The Crocodile are the ones where Small Sade has to flee Bekhina House whe...

If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! These chapters are the ones in which Small Sade finds out that we are indeed dealing with The Crocodile, and she understandably freaks out a bit. Also, she is made to do the sin-eating of a new client, and it's absolutely horrific. She's expected to do this 20 more t...

If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! This UK version of the cover art for The Maid And The Crocodile is by @micaelaalcainodesign and you can see their instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/micaelaalcainodesign/ These chapters are the ones in which Small Sade gets caught in her mistress's room withou...

This lovely illustration of Sade and The Crocodile is by @kaitlyn.illustration and you can see it here! https://www.instagram.com/p/C9aFTj9gDrx/?hl=en&img_index=1 These chapters are the ones in which Sade is hired at Mamadele's inn, but Mamadele is only willing to hire Sade if she can accomplish a few minor miracles. In the meantime, Sade gets to know Dele and the Amenities, and finds that act...

If you'd like to support the show, please go to https://www.patreon.com/unspoiled and become a patron or just follow us for updates! It's time to reenter the world of Raybearer with Jordan Ifueko's latest novel, The Maid And The Crocodile! We're not in Tarisai's POV anymore though, we're seeing this world through brand new eyes, and Sade is coming from a very different social status and life exper...

In memory of Zuri I decided to use this gorgeous illustration of Tarisai and the king of Djibanti by @wantsgmarie which you can see on Jordan Ifueko's instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/p/CPPXVZULg99/ These are the final chapters of the book, in which Tarisai is INDEED betrayed by her mother like RoShawn (and most of us, I have to imagine) predicted. This leads to Tarisai getting confronted...

This art of Tarisai falling into the Underworld is by @lady_nefertitii on Instagram and you can see the animated version with spooky sounds here! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRr3F2VrcCW/ We are finally in the Underworld, and things are pretty wild round these parts. RoShawn is real mad at Tarisai, and I can't say as I blame her. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou C...

This art of Tarisai and Sanjeet in the pool at the temple is by @wantsgmarie and you can see their Instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/wantsgmarie/ These chapters are the ones in which Zuri's revolution begins, and he finally connects to the Ray, only to reveal to Tarisai that he used to be connected with The Lady. RoShawn is NOT pleased. In happier news, Tarisai finally admits that she need...

This gorgeous art of Tarisai in her High Lady Judge regalia is by @offrostandflames and you can see their instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/offrostandflames/ These chapters are the ones where Tarisai has a conversation with the newly revealed Crocodile about revolution and his role in the kingdom, and she sees Woo In again! Also, we get to see how good Dayo is with babies and it's adorable...

This lovely illustration of Tarisai and her sprites is by @ei.ei.jo on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/ei.ei.jo/ These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai finally decides to show her real, true memories to the people she's asking to join her council. The song is Akadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find...

These tarot card designs of Tarisai and Ekundayo were designed by lgions for Fairyloot, a merch and book subscription service. You can see lgions ' Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/lgions/ and check out Fairyloot here! https://us.fairyloot.com/ These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai takes her first step in the direction of annointing her own council by seeing the memories of others a...

This gorgeous art of Dayo reassuring Tarisai that he's okay is by Moon's Haunted on tumblr and you can see it here! https://souldagger.tumblr.com/post/664616164349132800/tar-look-at-me-im-fine-a-not-so-quick-sketch These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai has to negotiate with an angry, volcanic alugbato to save a whole town, while the Crocodile sings a song to get it riled up. He doesn't seem...

This lovely watercolor illustration of Melu was a winner in a Raybearer fanart contest, but the artist it's linked to (@wise_watercolors) is no longer active on Instagram so if anyone knows who to credit please let me know! These chapters are the ones in which RoShawn starts to feel like her girl Tarisai is not making the most wise choices, and is growing a little worried. Tar also gets called out...

This gorgeous cover art is for the UK edition and is by Micaela Alcaino. Don't miss the awesome optical illusion of Tarisai's face! RoShawn and I are beginning the second (and so far, final) book of the Raybearer series, and it really begins with a bang. We've got a low-level heist, a murder, a mysterious creature that seems to materialize out of nowhere, and a massive banquet where Tarisai tries...

This gorgeous cover art is for the UK edition of Raybearer and you can see the artist, Micaela Alcaino discuss their process for creating this cover and the cover for Redemptor here! https://spinemagazine.co/articles/micaela-alcaino2 These are the final chapters of Raybearer, in which Tarisai decides that saving the lives of innocent children and sparing Songland more oppression is worth her life....

This awesome illustration of Tarisai and Ekundayo, both bearers of the Ray, is by mar (art edition™) and you can see it on their Twitter here! https://twitter.com/cryptidmar/status/1369486070820257798 These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai is brought unwillingly to Songland by a panicked Woo In, and has to face the children that she and her family have failed over the generations. She finds...

This gorgeous illustration of The Lady is by @bxromance , whose account you can see here! https://www.instagram.com/bxromance/ These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai finally comes face-to-face with Dayo for the first time since attempting to kill him, and then she has to see her mother who is being kept prisoner by the Emperor in preparation for her execution. To be extra cruel, he plans to...

This gorgeous illustration of Tarisai is by @bxromance , whose account you can see here! https://www.instagram.com/bxromance/ These chapters are the ones in which Tarisai finds out a ton of truths, large and small, about her mother. She finds out that she herself has the Ray, and that none of her friends are surprised. And she finds out that there's no way (none that the Lady knows of, anyway) to...

This lovely illustration of Tarisai holding Ye Eun's flower crown is by @authorjess on Instagram, found on Jordan Ifueko's account at jordanifueko In these chapters, Tarisai and Sanjeet strike out towards Swana through the Bush, which is infested with dark magic and demons that prey on your hopes and fears. Then Tarisai has to convince some tutsu sprites to help her find Melu. The song is Akadiole...

This gorgeous illustration of Kirah is by dianadworak and you can see more of their work here! https://www.instagram.com/dianadworak/ If you're a bit surprised at the unplanned live-read this week, so were we. But needs must! The song is AKadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadama Conde. Sekou Conde is a teacher of West African traditional drumming, and you can find him on Facebook here, as well as...

I'm going to try to make a read-along chart for everything I'm covering so that folks can save a screenshot in their phone (I add it to my favorites album, but I should really create a specific folder) so here is the one for the remainder of Raybearer! These chapters are the ones in which we meet actual demons for the first time, and we get to see the reality of what they're capable of, and what i...

This stunning illustration of Woo In is by @kiranight_art and you can see their instagram here! https://www.instagram.com/kiranight_art/?hl=en In these chapters, Tarisai finds herself anointed after all, but has to burn away her memories in order to circumvent her mother's orders. We also find out about Sanjeet's history, and it's truly tragic. The song is AKadiole by Sekou Conde featuring Mamadam...