A Darker Shade of Magic — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 11.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 79% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
- That's 31% longer than the average romance audiobook (9 hrs across 819 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners who want witches and magic systems — a solid week of commutes at 11.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
A Darker Shade of Magic , from #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab Kell is one of the last Antari — magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black. Kell was raised in Arnes — Red London — and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see. Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand. After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Darker Shade of Magic as an audiobook?
A Darker Shade of Magic runs about 11.8 hours — our estimate from its 400 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Can I listen to A Darker Shade of Magic free?
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Is A Darker Shade of Magic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours — saving 3.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was A Darker Shade of Magic first published?
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab was first published in 2015.