So Dark the Night: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Brightling Court series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the So Dark the Night audiobook runs 10 hours unabridged, narrated by Aiden Snow and Elizabeth Hart (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 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 10 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Brightling Court
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 20 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | So Dark the Night | 10 hrs |
| 2 | So Bright the Dawn | 10 hrs |
More narrated by Aiden Snow
Aiden Snow narrates 558 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,178 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,340 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- 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
- Fourth Wing (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 1
- Onyx Storm (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]: The Empyrean 3
- Onyx Storm (2 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
So Dark the Night is book 1 of Elle Cross's Brightling Court series: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Aiden Snow and Elizabeth Hart, released September 4, 2018, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Aiden Snow, Elizabeth Hart
- Released
- September 4, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Brightling Court #1
- ISBN
- 9781541443822
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the So Dark the Night audiobook?
So Dark the Night runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the So Dark the Night audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates So Dark the Night?
So Dark the Night is narrated by Aiden Snow and Elizabeth Hart.
Is So Dark the Night worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.