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As It Was by Elle Rivers

As It Was: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Strawberry Springs series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the As It Was audiobook runs 11.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Isaac Edgeworth and Amy Melissa Bentley (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.2listening hrs
Rom-Comstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish As It Was at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.2 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 7,183 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Rom-Com shelf

1,652 Rom-Com audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

As It Was is book 1 of Elle Rivers's Strawberry Springs series: a 11.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Isaac Edgeworth and Amy Melissa Bentley, released September 7, 2026, on the Rom-Com shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.2 hrs
Narrated by
Isaac Edgeworth, Amy Melissa Bentley
Released
September 7, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Rom-Com
Series
Strawberry Springs #1
ISBN
9798318557309

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the As It Was audiobook?

As It Was runs 11.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is the As It Was audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates As It Was?

As It Was is narrated by Isaac Edgeworth and Amy Melissa Bentley.

Is As It Was worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.7 hours.