Absolutely loved this book! I loved all the characters and the story line, however it’s only a 4 star as I wanted a little bit more fun with the bucket list. Towards the end I was thinking I’m not going to get the ending I expected then it completely spun around.
I would recommend this for a nice light quick read to all my friends and family and look forward to reading more from this author

The story of these enemies to lovers trope is set amongst a tragedy for them and so it isn't so happy and free as you often get in romance stories of this trope, however, Charlie and Becca have their own history to work through and they start with their grief and then it falls apart. When they do find a way to reconcile it doesn't spark for me the emotion and build up throughout the book has gone and some of this is because I am not entirely sure I was really rooting for these two anyway but I did enjoy the story, this I think is more about their journey through grief together rather than their love for each other.

This book follows on from the death of a young woman, who has left behind a bucketlist for her boyfriend and best friend - who hate each other - to complete in her memory. She has done this because she thinks they would work well together as a couple if they can see past their differences.

Honestly I didn't enjoy this book very much. The plot line was weird and I can't get over the idea of dating my boyfriends best friend if he were to die. I also thought it was very predictable and there was no suspense, which is usually the good but of an enemies to lovers romance.

Not for me, but not awful.

2/5 stars.

This just wasn't for me. It didn't feel like a romance most of the time, especially since the male lead was newly married to another woman at the 50% mark in the book. I didn't connect with the characters, largely because their biggest bond between them was the grief at losing the person they both loved, his fiancee and her best friend. The premise is they reunite once a year and do something off their loved one's "bucket list" she left for them, including taking part of her ashes with this. It was just a little too macabre for what I tend to look for in a romance. I also struggled with the format, which takes place over 10 years and paces similar to The People We Meet on Vacation.

Others who are more interested in romance growing from grief and extended story timelines may like this better than I did.

I was gifted this book on NetGalley a while back however I only got round to reading it recently as I did a readalong with One More Chapter blogging group. I loved this book even in the sad moments it was a great read and everyone in my readalong group loved it to.

Ally is Becca's best friend for years, then at University Ally meets Charlie and they fall in love. One big issue, Becca and Charlie can't stand each other. Constant bickering, name calling and nasty comments are the norm. Then after school, Ally get's sick, passes away and leaves behind a bucket list for Charlie and Becca to complete for her.
Devastated, broken hearted and grief stricken the two do it for Ally. Over the next ten years they begrudgingly complete the tasks and continue to piss each other off!
Can they work through their grief, get over the past and realize what they mean to each other.
Fun read even with the looming grief. You will definitely be rooting for this pair.
I received a complimentary copy of this book, all opinions in this review are my own. Thank you One More Chapter | Harper Collins for the chance to read this story.

The premise for this one sounded interesting however I unfortunately, struggled to connect with the characters. The book was also much longer than it needed to be.

I had to DNF this book as it just wasn't for me at all. I read about 40% of the book and I just didn't care for the characters or the plot

Pernille Hughes is an author I haven't come across before, so I looked forward to discovering her work. Ten Years is a book I have heard a lot about this last few months so was kind of expecting a lot.

More of a contemporary romance story than just romance. Ten Years deals with heavy issues so be prepared. I thought they were handled well and sensitively. Three people; Ally, her boyfriend Charlie and Becca. Becca and Charlie were enemies from the word go, and then Ally died.

The ten years from there has seen Becca and Charlie move closer to friends than enemies. Spending their time fulfilling Ally's bucket list wishes together and scattering her ashes as they go.

Can these two become a couple? Or is it just a shared love for Ally that binds them together? Can they move from enemies to lovers?

Charlie and Becca made me root for them. A pair that have lost their anchor, the one who kept everyone together. Seeing their relationship slowly move in a direction that could only benefit them was lovely. Pernille Hughes brings all the emotions to the fore in this moving and beautiful read so skilfully.

I loved these characters, and loved getting to know Ally through their memories as the story unfolded too. Such a tragic loss I felt her loss tug at my heart strings too.

Ten Years is such a powerful and special story. Showing that maybe you can move on from grief and there can be new beginnings that grow from it all. A book that left me thinking long after I put it down, Pernille Hughes is an author I will look out for from now on.

Thanks to NetGalley, Rachel's Random Resources and One More Chapter.

Not for me. The funeral scene at the start was too sad and I didn’t want to keep reading it after that unfortunately

I don't know if it was the writing style or just the content but this one didn't really work for me, especially after I've been reading some really amazing romances that feel like they tackle similar subjects better. I'm more upset that I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

Ten Years was an enjoyable enemies to lovers story that follows Charlie and Becca in the years after they lose someone they both deeply love.

As they are directed to mark the anniversary of Ally's death with items on her bucket list, they have a gradual thawing of relations. But too many kir royales one year, and they cross from begrudging friends into something more. Charlie wants it to be the start of soemthing, but Becca is wracked with guilt and it seems that any hope for salvaging anything is lost after an almighty argument.

A light hearted read told from dual pov, I was connected to their story, but there was just a little something missing for me. I cared, but not as much as I could have.

Unfortunately, I didn’t connect with the characters in this book and I didn’t enjoy it as much as I’d hoped from the blurb. I didn’t like either of the main characters and didn’t really care what happened to them and I feel awful saying that.

I haven’t shared my review anywhere because I’m hoping I’m the exception not the rule.

Ten Years is a 3.5⭐️ review that I have rounded up to 4⭐️.
This book is not my usual genre but it’s not because of this I didn’t rate it higher it was the fact it’s labelled as a romance when this is the least romantic book I think I’ve read. The story is quite long and dragged out but it wasn’t unreadable and there were some funny moments in it.
The book is based on Becca and Charlie, they hate each other and after Ally dies they seem to hate each other more, both mourning their best friend/partner in different ways and neither thinking the others way is acceptable. Ally’s mum gives them a note and a little bottle of ashes to spread somewhere but they have to do the task together. There is ten years of meeting up and doing a task and spreading the ashes and over time they begin to just about abide each other and the rest I’ll let you read rather spoil it for you.
The book was a little on the long side and I wouldn’t really class it as a romance but I did finish it and had some laughs along the way, I didn’t really like the main characters but I don’t know if I was meant to or not??
I would like to thank Netgalley and HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you Sara from One More Chapter, Harper Collins for the opportunity to read this.

I love the quirkiness of Becca and slightly aloofness of Charlie who come together once a year over the course of ten years, to fulfil Ally’s bucket list.
Their hate relationship put on hold to tolerate and support one another through grief and learning to live without Ally.
Very emotional and gripping read!

Thank you to One More Chapter for a digital review copy via NetGalley to read and review. I had planned to join the OMC blogger readalong but life events meant that I couldn't, however after reading the other blogger reviews, I knew I had to make time to read this book and I'm sharing a mini review today.

Thank you Pernille Hughes for introducing me to Becca and Charlie. Although this book is sad in places due to the death of Ally, the story is uplifting and I found myself laughing out loud, as Becca and Charlie reluctantly spent time together to complete the bucket list tasks.

I loved reading this book and found myself swept up in the story, hoping that Becca and Charlie could help each other move forward. Happy to recommend and the ebook is currently 99p on the Kindle if my review has tempted you to read the book.

This is such an emotional read, you will definitely need some tissues as I did. I love the fact it did the enemies to lovers trope in such a way, you can feel their love for Ally, I loved the growth of them both over the course of the story and therewas plenty of chemistry. I thought both characters were realistic and well rounded, I love the fact you get to know Ally via the people she loved. Overall I think this is a brilliant story and though it may sound weepy, yes there were so,e emotions I admit, but it’s ultimately a story about hope, love and friendships.

Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

Many thanks to @onemorechapterhc for the gifted review copy! I took part in the OMC Book Club buddy read last week for this one and really enjoyed it! There is an insta live with the author tomorrow too which I'm hoping to listen in to.

Ten Years follows Charlie and Becca after their fiance/friend passes away. She's left behind a bucket lost for them to complete in her memory even though they cannot stand each other.

When I say cannot stand as well I really mean it. Literally every thing they do annoys the other one, they are complete polar opposites and it made great reading!

All the way through I leaned more towards Becca than Charlie she was prickly and defensive, which I found endearing considering her broken family background.

Charlie was harder to get behind, in comparison, he had a very cushy family background which gave him a certain air of entitlement in a lot of the things he did.

Throughout the book I genuinely couldn't decide if they would end up together or not and that last chapter turned everything on its head!

This was a fantastic enemies to lovers, cute read with wonderfully 3d built characters. Would recommend!

When Ally dies of cancer, she leaves her fiancé, Charlie, and her best friend, Becca, a series of tasks to complete on her behalf since she never got to complete them herself. The only problem is that Charlie and Becca despise each other. The two of them agree to set aside their dislike and meet once each year to complete one of her tasks. Over the span of a decade, their relationship evolves into something more than just shared loss. They ultimately face the question of whether their shared loyalty for Ally’s memory will hold them together or keep them apart.

We’re dropped into the story right after Ally’s death before we’ve had time to connect with any of the characters, and it was a slow read for me at first because of this. Becca came across as particularly unlikeable in the first several chapters, and I had a hard time making sense of any of their relationships with one another because it wasn’t apparent to me why Ally would have wanted a relationship with either of them. But several chapters in, I could see that the author did this intentionally, and our care for Charlie and Becca grows as their characters develop. As their own pasts are revealed, we also learn how they are changing in the present, and our affection for them grows as their bond gets stronger. I enjoyed the book more and more with every chapter.

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys an unlikely love story with realistically flawed characters and a good dose of humor. Thank you to NetGalley and One More Chapter for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book got me right in the feels! I can’t remember the last book had me crying before the end of the first chapter! Becca and Charlie both had different ways of dealing with grief and I found it interesting how both of these were portrayed. On one hand is Becca who comes across as abrupt and wears her heart on her sleeve where as Charlie very much compartmentalises and appears quite passive and insular and avoids conflict at all costs! By the end of the book I think both of these characters very much come into their own but I really liked their journey, a proper enemies to lovers story!
Overall I would definitely recommend this book, if offers a different take on your typical romance book, just avoid reading it in public as you’ll definitely ugly cry!