Growing Wild in the Shade – Jean Grainger

𝔾𝕖𝕟𝕣𝕖: Historical Mystery, Suspense, Thriller Fiction; Women’s Detective Fiction

𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤: Mags Munroe Series, Book #2

ℝ𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 ℝ𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕒𝕞: 🔥/5

𝕋𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕘𝕖𝕣 𝕎𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘: assault, traveller lifestyle, trauma, PTSD, LGBTQ relationship

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“Mags Munroe is a brilliant character. Jean Grainger has outdone herself with this series. ” -Brandi Reads-

What I Liked About This Book:

I never thought I would like a character as much as I like Jean Granger’s main character Conor O’Shea from her first series: “The Tour”. And then came Mags Munroe.

Mags Munroe is the local police sergeant in a small town in Ireland. Part of the community includes the Travelers. Mags is the go between of the community and the Travelers.

Throughout “Growing Wild in the Shade”, we see Mags working through internal conflicts of being a working mom and wife; entering midlife and bodily changed, being a police officer and community policing. There is additional conflict between several characters, including Mags, after the events of book #1. This has an impact on Mags and her personal relationships. The reader sees Mags work through these conflicts through out the series.

I throughly enjoyed this series. I found the storyline and characters to be very relatable. I honestly can see the events from this series occurring in real life. The realness and depth made me want to keep reading!

Why You Should Read This Book

If you enjoy women’s detective fiction, with a strong female lead character and you are open to reading a book with characters who live a lifestyle different from yours, then I highly recommend you read the Mags Munroe series.

Trigger Warning: this book contains assault, traveller lifestyle, trauma, PTSD, LGBTQ relationship. If these topics are upsetting for you, I would recommend reading with caution.

The Mags Munroe series is available exclusively on Amazon.

REVIEW Team

Thank you Jean Grainger for this book. I am apart of Jean Grainger’s book review team. I was provided this book, in order to write an honest book review.

– Brandi Reads –