This novel was a strong four-star recommendation all the way through, until I reached the last page. The on-the-run outlaw narrative is fast paced. The characters are interesting. The hacking details are well-integrated into the writing. Ruth's character transformation from cocky cyber outlaw to victim of manipulation by an agent provocateur is well done. The weird Christian commune where Ruth is (reluctantly) given refuge is all too real.
HOWEVER, I do not care for the author choosing Ruth to abandon her rescued dog at the very last. There is absolutely no reason any author should write animal cruelty into a novel.

Ruth is a "dirt poor" college student when she first comes to the attention of an agent from Homeland Security. Ruth is a self-taught genius when it comes to computer chip design an in the intervening years between college and her current situation, she has managed to place her specially designed chip into almost every financial and government institution around the world. This allows her to siphon funds to her private bank accounts and could afford her the lifestyle she always wanted; but deep down, she's still afraid of spending money and losing the millions she has acquired. When an accomplice gets sloppy with a coding program, Ruth's value to the government is exposed and she is now being hunted.

Fast-paced, engaging and with a sense of humor that only a twenty-something can posses, Ruth Run was a fun read. The ending left this reader wondering about a sequel and what else Ruth could manage to do with her talent. And what happens to Blob?!

I want to thank netgalley, the publishers and the author for this EARC. It had me intrigued from the beginning. Rose was on the run and she outsmarted everyone involved. She was very absent at what she did and perhaps got away with it all. Read it to find out.
I was given this book to put a review on my own opinion. Thank you

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group The Penguin Press for providing this book, with my honest review below.

Ruth Run was intriguing to me as a heist thriller but really this was focused on the aftermath of the heist and what led our main character, Ruth, to embark on a life of crime, with the reader as a voyeur to the very messy world she became a part of as a result of her impulses.

While the majority of the book follows Ruth as she tries to get away - a very rich woman - what I found the most interesting part of this book was the characters surrounding her, from her inept co-conspirator to the agent who has been stalking her for some time. Ruth isn’t a character I love or am necessarily rooting for based on her own merit, but the surrounding world the author created for around her had me firmly on her side and engaged in the little twists and turns until the very end.