The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Fey Collection series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling runs 13.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sasha Higgins (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 4,887 Epic Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Fey Collection
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 35 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling | 13.1 hrs |
| 2 | Kingdom of Thorns: A Sleeping Beauty Retelling | 10.7 hrs |
| 3 | A Tale of Ice and Ash: A Snow White Retelling | 11.1 hrs |
More narrated by Sasha Higgins
Sasha Higgins narrates 109 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 965 hours in all.
About as long, on the Epic Fantasy shelf
858 Epic Fantasy 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 Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling is book 1 of Katherine Macdonald's Fey Collection series: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Sasha Higgins, released February 22, 2022, on the Epic Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sasha Higgins
- Released
- February 22, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Epic Fantasy
- Series
- Fey Collection #1
- ISBN
- 9781666192841
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling as an audiobook?
The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling?
The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling is narrated by Sasha Higgins.
Is The Rose and the Thorn: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.