The First Spark: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sparkwood: Scenes from a Small Town series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Spark runs 6.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Oliver Highpoint and Marie Hawkins (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 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 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Sparkwood: Scenes from a Small Town
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 18.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The First Spark | 6.3 hrs |
| 2 | Chasing Sparks | 12.1 hrs |
More narrated by Oliver Highpoint
Oliver Highpoint narrates 120 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 902 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
7,230 Romance audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- A Court of Wings and Ruin (3 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
The First Spark is book 1 of M.L. Broome's Sparkwood: Scenes from a Small Town series: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Highpoint and Marie Hawkins, released March 16, 2026, on the Romance shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Oliver Highpoint, Marie Hawkins
- Released
- March 16, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance
- Series
- Sparkwood: Scenes from a Small Town #1
- ISBN
- 9798331962104
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Spark as an audiobook?
The First Spark runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is The First Spark free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Spark?
The First Spark is narrated by Oliver Highpoint and Marie Hawkins.