Courting Darkness: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Magicsmith series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Courting Darkness audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Heather Costa (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 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 |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Magicsmith
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 8.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 26.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Drop of Magic | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | Courting Darkness | 9.3 hrs |
| 3 | Faerie Forged | 9.1 hrs |
More narrated by Heather Costa
Heather Costa narrates 138 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,159 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,885 Fantasy 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
Courting Darkness is book 2 of L.R. Braden's Magicsmith series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Heather Costa, released July 21, 2020, on the Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Heather Costa
- Released
- July 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy
- Series
- Magicsmith #2
- ISBN
- 9781705242865
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Courting Darkness audiobook?
Courting Darkness runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is the Courting Darkness audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Courting Darkness?
Courting Darkness is narrated by Heather Costa.