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Io: The Shrew by S.M. LaViolette, Minerva Spencer

Io: The Shrew: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Hale series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Io: The Shrew audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Clare Staniforth (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Io: The Shrew at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Hale Saga

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 11.6 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 22 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Balthazar: The Spare11.6 hrs
2Io: The Shrew10.4 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

2,516 Historical (Romance) 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

Io: The Shrew is book 2 of S.M. LaViolette's Hale series: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Clare Staniforth, released January 28, 2025, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.4 hrs
Narrated by
Clare Staniforth
Released
January 28, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
Series
Hale Saga #2
ISBN
9798855589061

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Io: The Shrew audiobook?

Io: The Shrew runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is the Io: The Shrew audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Io: The Shrew?

Io: The Shrew is narrated by Clare Staniforth.

Is Io: The Shrew worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours.