Tare's Reviews > Rent: Paid in Full

This is hard for me to rate. So here is the mish-mash of my thoughts.

- This is a lot of sex. Definitely too much for me. It took me like 3 weeks to read this because I felt like all I read was sex with no plot. Was it hot? Very much so. But I wasn't motivated to pick it up every night and read more than a chapter or two.
- This reads as erotica and not romance. The feelings portion (while I got glimpses) never fully satisfied me. So keep that in mind. It's barely a romance.
- The pacing was off. We were on our 3589459 sex scene at the 85% mark and Ryan STILL was denying even to himself that he felt any way about Miller and it was all for the cash (although we can also tell through his POV that he really does have feelings).
- The sex-for-pay aspect lasted waaaaay too long in my opinion. It could have been used as a catalyst then turned into more about the attraction and pull between them that Ryan may be resisting, etc. But Miller is paying Ryan until the bitter end babes.
- Did this power exchange bother me? A poor student being coerced into sex? Kind of. But like I've read a lot of other power dynamics that are super uncomfortable outside of fiction (student/teacher, psychopath and their obsession, even boss/employee) so that part I could get past.
- While there is a power dynamic, Ryan does give explicit consent. He very pointedly takes the money every time and Miller is respectful of boundaries (whether it be time limit, not touching a certain area, etc.).
- If this was not dual POV this absolutely would never have worked in the slightest for me.
- There were some cute moments like their first "date", them talking every night next to each other to fall asleep, etc.
- Ryan and his mental health should have been explored waaaay more and handled more sensitively. It's kind of just glossed over (again - fine if you're reading this just for the 🍆). But realistically this boy needed therapy badly.
- Ryan's humiliation kink needed to be handled a lot better with MUCH more communication.

At the end of the day, the sex was hot. Don't expect any plot or real character depth 🤷‍♀️