Blood & Thorns: Shadows Descent, Book 1: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Shadows Descent series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Blood & Thorns: Shadows Descent, Book 1 audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Jamie Treselyan and Bridget Bordeaux (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.2 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Shadows Descent
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood & Thorns: Shadows Descent, Book 1 | 9.2 hrs |
| 2 | Veiled Desires: Shadows Descent, Book 2 | 9.4 hrs |
| 3 | Shadows Entwined: Shadows Descent, Book 3 | 8.9 hrs |
More narrated by Jamie Treselyan
Jamie Treselyan narrates 34 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 325 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,265 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Court of Mist and Fury (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 2
- A Court of Mist and Fury (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 2
- A Court of Silver Flames (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 4
- Iron Flame (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 2
- Onyx Storm (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 3
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
Blood & Thorns: Shadows Descent, Book 1 is book 1 of Eve Newton's Shadows Descent series: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jamie Treselyan and Bridget Bordeaux, released March 4, 2025, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jamie Treselyan, Bridget Bordeaux
- Released
- March 4, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Shadows Descent #1
- ISBN
- 9798895399453
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Blood & Thorns: Shadows Descent, Book 1 audiobook?
Blood & Thorns: Shadows Descent, Book 1 runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
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Who narrates Blood & Thorns: Shadows Descent, Book 1?
Blood & Thorns: Shadows Descent, Book 1 is narrated by Jamie Treselyan and Bridget Bordeaux.