Punk 57
Addictive
Easy read
Intense

Punk 57

From New York Times Bestselling Author, Penelope Douglas, comes the latest standalone love-hate romance... "We were perfect together. Until we met." Misha I can't help but smile at the lyrics in her letter. She misses me. In fifth grade, my teacher set us up with pen pals from a different school. Thinking I was a girl, with a name like Misha, the other teacher paired me up with her student, Ryen. My teacher, believing Ryen was a boy like me, agreed. It didn't take long for us to figure out the mistake. And in no time at all, we were arguing about everything. The best take-out pizza. Android vs. iPhone. Whether or not Eminem is the greatest rapper ever... And that was the start. For the next seven years, it was us. Her letters are always on black paper with silver writing. Sometimes there's one a week or three in a day, but I need them. She's the only one who keeps me on track, talks me down, and accepts everything I am. We only had three rules. No social media, no phone numbers, no pictures. We had a good thing going. Why ruin it? Until I run across a photo of a girl online. Name's Ryen, loves Gallo's pizza, and worships her iPhone. What are the chances? F*ck it. I need to meet her. I just don't expect to hate what I find. Ryen He hasn't written in three months. Something's wrong. Did he die? Get arrested? Knowing Misha, neither would be a stretch. Without him around, I'm going crazy. I need to know someone is listening. It's my own fault. I should've gotten his phone number or picture or something. He could be gone forever. Or right under my nose, and I wouldn't even know it. *Punk 57 is a stand alone New Adult romance. It is suitable for ages 18+.
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Reviews

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Katie Roberts@katie05
4 stars
Feb 25, 2025

I honestly loved this books don’t eh characters

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Ari@ariiplans
4.5 stars
Feb 16, 2025

Very smutty, nice plot though, love the mini plot twists

+3
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Sàrah Cearfoss@cearfoss23
2.5 stars
Nov 26, 2024

I originally gave it an 8/10 but then I really thought about it and it’s mehhhh. Good but Misha was harsh.

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Joshlynn Triner@jtriner2026
4.5 stars
Sep 9, 2024

It was really interesting and I loved it

+3
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lottie @lotdog
5 stars
Aug 13, 2024

i loved it sm i didn’t expect that while reading it but wow it is to good

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elinabel hidalgo @cookiejar
1 star
Aug 3, 2024

If this is your favorite book, I’m really sorry for you, seek help

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Kirsten Kim@kirstenkim
1 star
Jul 22, 2024

suffered thru half before putting myself out of my misery and dropping it.

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Stella 💫@starrystellabug
3 stars
Jun 13, 2024

Read it in one sitting

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Bria@ladspter
3 stars
May 31, 2024

I’m not a fan of the writing at all but these characters got me in chokehold

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kitty @fangrunins
3 stars
May 11, 2024

3.5 stars ?? so bingeable and entertaining, just not sure if i’ve wrapped my head around the plot and all yet. rtc

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cee@duartejude
3 stars
Apr 2, 2024

** spoiler alert ** this book is so easy to read hello?? the sex scenes caught me off guard tho but it’s still a good book to read when you’re in a slump. i like how every character has their own personality even if it’s just like a cliche and typical high school wattpad story

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Amie Moyes@moyesa01
3 stars
Mar 16, 2024

** spoiler alert ** 4.5/5 Stars I went in totally blind, because of booktok, but once I understood it and got into it I loved it. Its more 4.5 stars than 4. Loved misha and the ending where they spray painted the halls.

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Isabella @iscbella
1 star
Mar 13, 2024

I saw someone saying this book was GREAT, so I tried it out. It wasn’t a bad story, I just didn’t like it. I liked reading about the background of the characters; I wish the author focused more on that, but all we got was smut after smut. I also didn’t like the overall relationship of the characters; it’s very toxic, and although I would be fine reading that kind of book (and even liking some books), I didn’t like the way the relationship was handled here. I wasn’t invested in the story at all, and I got disappointed with the ending. There was so much potential with this, but I guess it didn’t turn out the way I hoped it would.

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Sidney Schaffner@sidschaff
4 stars
Mar 10, 2024

Loved this book. Although, I'm not so sure as to what the plot was. I fell in love with Misha's character. Love a bad boy who is good for no one but a girl.

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hande@aquarium
0.5 stars
Mar 8, 2024

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Tia @tia_19
5 stars
Mar 1, 2024

One of my favourite authors. The book has great characters with an interesting story, cool twist and very good smut ;)

+3
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Ray@raynoelle
2 stars
Feb 28, 2024

Boring af not enough smut. Fun little twist but boring

+4
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Catia@catiass17
2.5 stars
Feb 19, 2024

i liked it. i wasnt in love with it but it was a good book. it just took a long time to read this book and by the end i just skimmed trough it. it had a lot of boring parts. 2.5⭐️

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Doris Ivandic @dorisiva
2 stars
Jan 22, 2024

i genuinely found this difficult to rate because it was an okay read but at the same time it felt like a wattpad story??? The characters were flawed, but not in a good way where they become more alive or relatable, rather in a way that makes them overall bad people. I also wish there was more to the story, as I thought that it might have a bit more depth or more of an ongoing interesting plot. Perhaps it should have been a bit shorter, I’m not quite sure, but I felt as if something was missing.

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aliza@lizzieluvsreading
4 stars
Jan 9, 2024

“We were kids once, and we liked ourselves. We were happy. How did that change?” I’d like to start this off by saying, I loved this. the writing in itself was definitely a little immature but the plot more than made up for that. i also feel like this book is about teenagers & we all do weird cringe shit when we’re teens so it doesn’t really matter. my highlight of the entire book was reading snippets from ryen & mishas letters. it was so adorable :( maybe I’m biased bcs i related to some of the characters a lot but this was a good read. i finished it in one sitting <33

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mari@maihq
2 stars
Jan 7, 2024

I had higher expectations for it.

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beep beep@beepbeep
4 stars
Dec 10, 2023

tw: high school!!! kind of reminds me of a wattpad story, and i very much enjoyed it

+1
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pussaydestroyer@twojstaryuwu69
3 stars
Nov 19, 2023

nic specjalnego, znaczy bardzo podoba mi sb charaktwr glownej bohaterki ale tak ogolnie to meh

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Raven K@readsbyrae15
5 stars
Nov 5, 2023

Not me finishing this in less than a day.. This book was that amazing. I loved seeing Misha and Ryen's relationship development and I loved how their friendship stayed strong through thick and thin. I definitely didn't expect to like it as much as I did but I'm really glad I gave it a chance.

Highlights

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ina@insiepawmi

"I used to wonder. But now I... I don't know." It's not that I don't care, but.."If someone doesn't want us, we need to stop want- ing them. I used to tell myself that, and now I believe it," I tell her.

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Ray@raynoelle

I want my delinquent

Page 174
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Lili@liliskxz

»Sie geht von meinem Schols runter, wenn ich es ihr sage«

Page 226

OMFG

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Eva Marquant@evamarquant

'And I know right then and there I want to be the only girl he ever looks at like that.'

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Areanna Baksh@19areanna_b98

Don't listen to your heart. Your heart is a Moron

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ariah @ariahaiello

"She gets off my dick when I tell her to get off,"

Page 189
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ariah @ariahaiello

"Come on, Rocks. Buy my silence," I growl as she rolls her ass that's in l against me, dry-fucking my dick as I finger her. "Spread those legs and come on my fingers, and I won't tell everyone you're the little shit writing on the walls."

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nanafark@nanafark

“If someone doesn’t want us, we need to stop wanting them. I used to tell myself that, and now I believe it.”

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nanafark@nanafark

“Everyone is ugly, aren’t we? Some wear it and some hide it.”

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nanafark@nanafark

“Don’t you get it yet? You don’t have to be afraid or embarrassed. No one does you better than you. You can’t be replaced. Not everyone will see that, but only you need to.”

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nanafark@nanafark

The cop leads me out of the house, and I look at Ryen. There’s a million things I want to say.

I’m done here. I’m going home.

I’ll be anything you want, even gone if that’s what you need.

I love you.

But I just shoot my eyes up to Ten and tell him, “Make sure she gets home safe.”

AAAAAAHHH 😭😭😭😭😭

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nanafark@nanafark

“I have no life there if you’re not in it. You’re part of everything good I’ve ever done, Ryen. Please.”

😭

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nanafark@nanafark

She owns my head and my body. When she finds out who I am, will she remember how perfect we are?

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nanafark@nanafark

“They don’t get you and me. I know that’s what you’re afraid of. You’re perfect. I’m never in line. You’re beautiful, and I’m bad, right?”

His breath hits my lips, and I reach up and touch his hand on my face, sliding my cold fingers between his warm ones.

“They’ll never matter to us, Ryen. No one knows how this feels.”

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nanafark@nanafark

“I don’t want to hurt you,” he whispers, his voice thick with emotion. “I don’t want anyone else. I only think about you.” He pauses, his voice shaky. “I think about you all the time, Ryen.”

[…]

“I’m sorry,” he continues. “I had to push you. I wanted to know.”

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nanafark@nanafark

“I’ve waited too long for this.”

[…]

Of course she doesn’t understand my comment, and I won’t explain. She has no idea that she’s been in my head and body for years instead of just days.

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nanafark@nanafark

Eventually we all have to weigh what we want more: wanting back what we had or wanting what could be. To stay or to risk everything to move forward.

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nanafark@nanafark

I look down at her body and her beautiful face, a wave of shit I don’t know what to do with washing over me.

Guilt, because she still doesn’t know who I am, and I’ve just dug myself in deeper.

Longing, because I miss her. I miss talking to her as me.

Lust greater than I’ve ever known, because when we’re like this, it’s the only time she softens and changes and gives me an inch, and it’s a need that’s in my head just as much as my body. It keeps me on my toes.

And something else growing that I don’t want to be there. Something that might make it very hard to leave her.

And impossible to forget her.

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nanafark@nanafark

Sometimes we just need to change our perspective.

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nanafark@nanafark

The girl who gets all my movie references, knows when something’s wrong, tells me everything I need to hear, and stops the world from spinning around me.

Ryen. The beautiful, perfect girl who’s so different from all the others.

[…]

Fuck. I put the pen to the paper and scrawl what my goddamn heart can only whisper.

I miss you every day, I write. You’re my favorite place.

💔

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nanafark@nanafark

I try to be nice, but it’s never good enough.

But they’re mean and everyone loves them.

Why is that?

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nanafark@nanafark

I learned a long time ago that you don’t need to reveal everything inside of you to the people around you. They like to judge, and I’m happier when they don’t. Some things stay hidden.

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nanafark@nanafark

Miserable or not, it’s easier to stick with what’s familiar.

Do you notice that, too? How all of us just want to get through life as quickly and as easily as possible? And even though we know that without risk there’s no reward, we’re still so scared to chance it?

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nanafark@nanafark

she stares into my eyes, and my fucking heart is going wild. It takes everything I have not to unwind my arms and touch her.