The Bright and Breaking Sea: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Kit Brightling series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bright and Breaking Sea runs 10.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Danielle Cohen (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 10.9 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 7,781 Romantasy (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Kit Brightling
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.7 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bright and Breaking Sea | 10.9 hrs |
| 2 | A Swift and Savage Tide | 10.8 hrs |
More narrated by Danielle Cohen
Danielle Cohen narrates 97 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,020 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romantasy (Romance) shelf
1,348 Romantasy (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
The Bright and Breaking Sea is book 1 of Chloe Neill's Kit Brightling series: a 10.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Danielle Cohen, released November 17, 2020, on the Romantasy (Romance) and Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Danielle Cohen
- Released
- November 17, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romantasy (Romance), Historical (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Romantasy (Science Fiction & Fantasy)
- Series
- Kit Brightling #1
- ISBN
- 9781705227206
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bright and Breaking Sea as an audiobook?
The Bright and Breaking Sea runs 10.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is The Bright and Breaking Sea free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bright and Breaking Sea?
The Bright and Breaking Sea is narrated by Danielle Cohen.
Is The Bright and Breaking Sea worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.6 hours.