First Blade: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Awakening series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First Blade audiobook runs 6.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Brenda Eddy (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 6.6 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Awakening
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 19.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Blade | 6.6 hrs |
| 2 | Gifted | 7.7 hrs |
| 3 | First Blood | 5.6 hrs |
More narrated by Brenda Eddy
Brenda Eddy narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 63 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
7,745 Romance audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- A Court of Thorns and Roses (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 1
- A Court of Frost and Starlight
- A Court of Wings and Ruin (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 3
- A Court of Wings and Ruin (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 3
- A Court of Wings and Ruin (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]: A Court of Thorns and Roses 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
First Blade is book 1 of Jane Hinchey's Awakening series: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Brenda Eddy, released October 17, 2017, on the Romance and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Brenda Eddy
- Released
- October 17, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance, Fiction
- Series
- Awakening #1
- ISBN
- 9781541485099
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First Blade audiobook?
First Blade runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
Is the First Blade audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First Blade?
First Blade is narrated by Brenda Eddy.