Reread: The Boy Who Sneaks in My Bedroom Window

"It kills me every day to be so close to you, but be so far away..." 

The Boy Who Sneaks in my Bedroom Window

by Kirsty Moseley 

Description:

Liam James, boy next door and total douchebag, is my brother’s best friend. I can’t stand him. Well, that’s not strictly true, at night I see a side of him that no one else does. Every night Liam becomes my safe haven, my protector, the one to chase the demons of my abusive childhood away and hold all the broken pieces of me together.

He’s cocky, he’s arrogant, and he’s also some sort of playboy in training. With his ‘hit it and quit it’ mentality, he’s the last person you’d want to fall in love with. I only wish someone had told my heart that…

Re-reading this book after 9 years (maybe I read this around 2013-2014?) because I became too sentimental when I logged in to my Wattpad account this month. The works of this author are some of my read books during my active Wattpad-reading era. I also want to check if I'd still like her works (or at least this one) even now. Previously rated it 4-stars for unknown reasons. Haha. 

I remember my chat conversation with Tria about rereading. It's true that there's a different feeling when rereading a book. Sure, it's delaying my never-ending TBR list, but there's this sense of comfort and familiarity when doing it. However, I don't usually reread books. I only re-read if the book I've read will be adapted into a film, and I've forgotten the story totally. Or if I just really feel like re-reading. Like for this book.   

Rating: ★★⋆ (2.5)

but I rate it as 3★ in Goodreads. 

✹ This book review may contain subtle spoilers. Read at your own risk.

This is a contemporary romance with tropes of childhood friends to enemies? to lovers, and brother's best friend. I can't exactly tell if they are enemies but surely, Liam, the male protagonist likes teasing Amber. You'll see a lot of banters between the two. Please mind the following trigger warnings: domestic and child abuse, attempted rape, miscarriage/abortion.

Did you also feel that the title feels too long? :/ Haha. Anyways... 

For me, the writing of the author is just right - I can easily understand, and it's an easy read book. Or maybe because of the familiarity? Though I no longer remember any of the tiny little details, I feel like I already know what's gonna happen. The plot is predictable. The issue mentioned was avoided but not entirely resolved. It felt lacking. I just can't accept that they just let it slide twice. And even if Amber experienced trauma about it, it was neglected and she wasn't given the proper medical attention but instead grew up depending on a specific person - too much! Even with her girlfriends', she can't be fully comfortable with physical contact; but even if she always notices and mentions the pokings of her bedmate, she seems to be comfortable with it already. It felt like almost every issue in this book were easily dismissed. Nasobrahan yung pagka-fast paced ng book.

As for the characters, (here I am again) I really don't like knowing that their ages are between 16-18 years old, high schoolers but almost all the students, especially the women, are throwing themselves - like they are so ready to get laid because Liam and Jake were described as best hockey players, hot and handsome - like the perfect ones. Even Amber, I don't like her that much for the reason that you may also feel when you read the book (or maybe it's just me?). Liam can be one of the best book boyfriends except for the part that he already had been with other women (for sex) even though he claims to love Amber for so long. He also appears to be too heroic, too good to be true that I can't help but feel a little annoyed by it. But still, trust me, one of the best book boyfriends. And I just want to note that his constant calling of "Angel" to Amber, while its backstory is sweet, it still made me cringe every time. 

I can't help but think of Punk 57 and The Spanish Love Deception as I review this book.

Punk 57 for the setting and characters' ages, and The Spanish Love Deception for feeling that it's really the male protagonist who carried this book. 

Plot: ⭐⭐⭐ (2.5)

Spicy level: 🌶️ (1) I really can't remember if there is a descriptively-written smut scene here so I'll just put 1.  

Characters: 💥💥💥 (3)

Writing: 📝📝📝📝 (3.5)

After doing this review, I decided to change the (re-read) rating from 4 (because I was still thinking to make it 3.5) to 3 on Goodreads. I also started this review with 3.5 as my personal rating, but I'm just closing it to 3 now. Or wait... I'm thinking 2.5. Hmm... Okay. 2.5. :(  

And I seriously don't regret rereading it, but I felt sad after reviewing it. Idk why. 

And nope. I won't be rereading this anymore. 

The background photo used is from Pinterest.