The Mirror of Infinite Endings audiobook vs book: which should you choose?
A short book whose main selling point is its pictures.
Short answer: for the The Mirror of Infinite Endings audiobook vs book choice, we say read it on Kindle (65% confidence, leaning). Rebecca Soler and Vikas Adam read Macmillan Audio’s 2026 recording, which runs 5 hrs 11 mins, unabridged. Who reads which part is not published. Only the printed book has the full-page illustrations and the designed letters, invitations and notes, and nothing confirmed points to audio.
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The printed book has full-page illustrations and designed letters that a recording skips, and nothing confirmed points the other way.
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Confidence 65%, which puts it in the leaning band. Bands run from close call at 50 to 64, through leaning at 65 to 79 and clear at 80 to 94, up to clear cut at 95 and above.
The Mirror of Infinite Endings
Stephanie Garber
- Genre
- Fantasy romance
- Series
- Once Upon a Broken Heart companion
- Published
- 2026
- Length
- 256 pages in most editions
- On audio
- 5 hrs 11 mins
- Narrated by
- Rebecca Soler and Vikas Adam
On this page
Why we reached this verdict
Every book on this site is checked against the same thirteen questions. They are based on research into what most people find easier to follow in each format, not on whether the book is any good.
Listening: nothing confirmed, 0 points. Reading: story depends on images or layout (9), 9 points. 100% of the confirmed points favour reading, so the verdict is read it on Kindle at 65% confidence (leaning). Only 9 points could be confirmed, so confidence is held at 65% until more evidence is found.
The recording at a glance
- Narrated by
- Rebecca Soler, who read the earlier Once Upon a Broken Heart audiobooks, and Vikas Adam, new to the series. Who reads which part is not published
- Length
- 5 hrs 11 mins, or about 3 hours 27 minutes at one and a half times speed. Some Audible listings show 5 hrs 12 mins
- Publisher
- Macmillan Audio in both the UK and the US, released on 22 September 2026
- What audio adds
- Two narrators for a book told mostly from one point of view
- What you miss
- More than twenty full-page illustrations, the designed letters, invites and notes, and the illustrated endpapers
What this book actually is
A companion to Stephanie Garber's Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy, published on 22 September 2026 by Gollancz in the UK and Flatiron Books in the US, though some UK listings give the hardback date as 29 September. Waterstones calls it a novella. Evangeline finds an enchanted mirror that shows her other paths her life might have taken, becomes trapped in an alternate world, and Jacks sets out to rescue her.
How it is numbered depends on where you look: Hachette UK and Audible call it book 4, Goodreads book 3.5. Either way it is not a starting point. Sources agree you need the trilogy first, and the trilogy in turn spoils the end of the earlier Caraval books. The UK hardback has character art on the endpapers and one of four hidden foil cover designs under the jacket, chosen at random. Most listings give 256 pages.
The case for reading it
The publisher's main selling point is the pictures: twenty full-page illustrations by Lotusbubble in the UK edition, more than twenty in Flatiron's copy. A library review adds designed letters, invitations and notes within the text, which are made to be looked at rather than read out. The UK hardback also has illustrated endpapers and the hidden foil cover.
For a book that is short to begin with, these are a large part of what you are paying for, and a recording can describe none of it. Our one hesitation is about which reading format to choose: a print copy is the safest way to get every illustration as intended, and the listings do not say how the ebook handles them.
The case for listening to it
The structure suits audio. It is short, it follows one rescue, and it stays mostly with Evangeline. Rebecca Soler, who read the first two books of the trilogy on her own and co-narrated the third, returns, so the series keeps the same main narrator. At 5 hours 11 minutes, under three and a half hours at one and a half times speed, it is an evening's listening.
There are two cautions from listeners. The male co-narrator has changed from Dan Bittner to Vikas Adam, and Audible reviewers did not like the male narrator voicing female characters, while one noticed inconsistencies with the earlier recordings.
The audiobook in detail
Macmillan Audio released it on 22 September 2026 in both countries, read by Rebecca Soler and Vikas Adam. Audible carries versions at 5 hours 11 and 5 hours 12 minutes, and Playaway gives 5:11:51. Hachette New Zealand's figure of three hours is contradicted by every retailer. For comparison, Once Upon a Broken Heart runs 10 hours 3 minutes.
Playaway's listing includes a downloadable insert, but its contents are not described, and the Audible US page mentions no PDF. Which narrator reads which part, including Jacks's chapters, is not published. One Audible UK listener mentions two endings to the epilogue; whether endings differ between editions has not been confirmed by the publisher.
Who should ignore this verdict
Anyone who already owns a print copy for the illustrations and wants to hear the story again on a commute: the audio is short and the main narrator is familiar from the series. Listeners who have followed the whole series on audio and want to keep it that way, as long as the narrator change does not bother you. And anyone who has not read the trilogy, who should start there whatever the format.
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Start hereHow we decide
The thirteen questions behind every verdict on this site.
Questions people ask
Do I need to read Once Upon a Broken Heart before The Mirror of Infinite Endings?
Yes. It is a companion to the trilogy, and reviewers describe it as closed to anyone who has not read it. Caraval is optional, though Once Upon a Broken Heart spoils its ending.
Is The Mirror of Infinite Endings book 4 or book 3.5?
It depends on the listing. Hachette UK and Audible label it Once Upon a Broken Heart book 4, Audible also calls it a companion, and Goodreads numbers it 3.5. The US edition is subtitled A Once Upon a Broken Heart Companion.
Is The Mirror of Infinite Endings a novella?
Waterstones describes it as one, most editions run to 256 pages, and the audiobook is 5 hours 11 minutes, about half the length of the series opener.
Should I read or listen to The Mirror of Infinite Endings?
Read it on our checks (65% confidence, leaning). The full-page illustrations and designed letters cannot be heard, and nothing confirmed points to audio.
Who narrates The Mirror of Infinite Endings audiobook?
Rebecca Soler and Vikas Adam. Soler read the earlier Once Upon a Broken Heart audiobooks; Adam replaces Dan Bittner, who co-narrated A Curse for True Love.
How long is The Mirror of Infinite Endings audiobook?
5 hours 11 minutes, read by Rebecca Soler and Vikas Adam.
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How this verdict was reached
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- The criteria: read the thirteen questions in full.
- What we checked for this book: the narrator credits and run times across Audible UK, Audible US and Playaway, the publisher's description of the illustrations, the UK hardback's special features, and how the series numbering differs between listings.
- Verdict last reviewed: 23 October 2026. Editions and narrators change, so verdicts are rechecked annually.
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