The Cruel Prince — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 10.9 hours of listening (estimated).
| 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 —
What our data says
- At 10.9 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 72% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
- That's 21% longer than the average romance audiobook (9 hrs across 819 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners who want fae courts — a solid week of commutes at 10.9 hours (estimated).
About the book
By #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, the first book in a stunning new series about a mortal girl who finds herself caught in a web of royal faerie intrigue. Of course I want to be like them. They're beautiful as blades forged in some divine fire. They will live forever. And Cardan is even more beautiful than the rest. I hate him more than all the others. I hate him so much that sometimes when I look at him, I can hardly breathe. Jude was seven years old when her parents were murdered and she and her two sisters were stolen away to live in the treacherous High Court of Faerie. Ten years later, Jude wants nothing more than to belong there, despite her mortality. But many of the fey despise humans. Especially Prince Cardan, the youngest and wickedest son of the High King.
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Start the free trialQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cruel Prince as an audiobook?
The Cruel Prince runs about 10.9 hours — our estimate from its 370 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Can I listen to The Cruel Prince free?
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Is The Cruel Prince worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours — saving 3.6 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Cruel Prince first published?
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black was first published in 2018.