Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas review

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4/5

β€œπ™±πšŽπšŒπšŠπšžπšœπšŽ πš πš‘πšŽπš— 𝚒𝚘𝚞 πšπš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŠπš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’πš˜πš—πšŽ πš‘πšŠπšπšŽπšœ 𝚒𝚘𝚞, πš’πšβ€™πšœ πš—πš˜πš πšπš‘πšŽπš–. π™Έπšβ€™πšœ 𝚒𝚘𝚞.” 

Pen pals since fifth grade; Misha and Ryen are soul mates -they’ve just never met.
One fateful night Misha and Ryen’s world collide but only one of them realises they’re finally putting a face to a name.Β 
As true colours are revealed Misha and Ryen’s worlds clash and nobody is prepared for the repercussions.

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Punk 57 is both hot and heartbreaking with two leads that will infuriate you whilst pulling on your heart strings and making you want to pull off their clothes.Β 
Ryen is a painfully familiar character not because you’ve read about her before but because we’ve all been her. Misha is the brooding, tall dark stranger of your dreams and together they make a dangerously addictive couple.

Besides the novel being quite clearly a sex infused page turner Punk 57 is an important read.
Addiction, abuse, sex, bullying; it’s all sprinkled into the novel subtly and yet so explicitly it makes everything as high fuelled as the tension between Misha and Ryen.
As well as tackling tough subjects with sincerity Punk 57 keeps you guessing right until the very end with twists and turns you’ll never see coming.Β 

Will it win a Pulitzer? Not anytime soon. But you can’t put a price on honesty and making a reader feel accepted is so much more than an award.

Emily xo