Renounced (Sins of Our Ancestors Book 4) by Bridget E. Baker

  

My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars

Category: Young Adult
Genre: Fantasy, dystopian
Content: Clean

 

When life makes you into the hero you never wanted to be. . .

Now that the cure has been found and distributed, Ruby’s ready to move ahead with the life she always wanted: small town, cute house, quiet job, with her boyfriend Sam by her side, of course. All she needs to do is foist the responsibility of ruling World Peace Now off onto her half-brother, Adam. Surely he’ll rise to the task of caring for the people with whom he grew up.

Sometimes that cape really starts to chafe.

But Ruby’s brother doesn’t want to rule any more than she does, and the people of World Peace Now aren’t too keen on being fobbed off. Ruby could just walk away, and a year ago, she would have. But now that she’s grown an iron backbone, how can she leave the problems of the world to run and hide? When dangers begin to multiply, and Sam’s clearly miserable dealing with them all, Ruby realizes she has a bigger decision to make.

How many times is she really obligated to save the world. . .and what price is she willing to pay in order to do it?  

This was a surprise addition to the series, and being very satisfied with the way the original trilogy ended, I didn't feel like another book was really needed, but I enjoy Bridget's writing so of course I was going to read this. I enjoyed this, but not as much as the others in the series. It felt like the story in this one moved slower than the others, and there was less action, but Bridget's writing pulled me in anyway.

This book deals with things that were just left to the imagination at the end of book three. It delves into a lot of politics and also Ruby's feelings about some things, and how she comes to terms with it all, including her relationship with Sam. There was a lot of inner turmoil going on for both Sam and Ruby. I have to say that I wasn't crazy about the other guy that gets thrown into the mix. In fact, he annoyed the heck out of me, and I'm not sure he was really needed in the story. But I was really happy to get more about Sam and Ruby, and I thought the things they were struggling with were realistic.