Whispering Wood
core novel 2023 Elemental Blessings
Record
| First published | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (738 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781958880135 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Valentina Serlast prefers the forests and quiet estates of her family lands to the life of the court. She reluctantly goes to the royal city of Welce for the coronation of her brother Darien, and finds herself drawn into diplomacy and new friendships. She also meets again Sebastian Ardelay, a childhood friend who has become a fire-aligned rogue. His dangerous secret project could get him exiled from the kingdom or push Welce toward war. Alongside the main plot, flashback chapters show how Val and Sebastian first met and grew close.
Where it sits
- Universe: Elemental Blessings
- Series: Elemental Blessings core; position 5 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sharon Shinn
Notes
- Published in trade paperback by Fairwood Press.
- From the series record (Elemental Blessings): Five novels set in the kingdom of Welce, each following a different protagonist.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Elemental Blessings: position 5 of 5: previous Unquiet Land (2016)
Sources
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