When Ally passes away she has left a bucket list for her boyfriend and friend to complete. They have a mainly hate, hate relationship so this will be a challenge. Ally definitely had a hidden agenda, will her wishes come true? An emotional but at times very funny read.

I went into this book pretty clueless as to what it was about but I think that was best for me! I loved and the twists and turns and quite honestly I just really enjoyed the whole journey.

Becca and Charlie are thrown together in the most upsetting of circumstances and they make the best of it all. I loved the banter between them and even though you saw that they didn't get on, it was still an easy read.

The book is set over the ten years while they do things to honour Ally. You could really see how much they both progressed over the years and it was really nice to see the personal development!

While the book is set in sadness, I'm sure you'll find yourself like me having a whole mixed bag of emotions while reading it!

I enjoyed some aspects of the story. But other times it made me feel uncomfortable. The romance between Becca and Charlie just didn't work for me.

This is hard to write but I just didnt feel the chemistry between the characters. I need to feel the connection to the characters. The ending however was really good.

it could have been a good romance but I didn’t connect with the character and I couldn’t focus out of the thought of ally. i was disappointed bc it had a lot di potential for me to like it…

A love story in the making! Initially the two were at loggerheads sitting on either side of their departed friend who was the glue in the relationship. They honour the wishes of the dead Ally, Becca as best friend and Charlie the boy friend, they carry out the designated tasks over a number of years. The annual meetings bring out both the best and worst of their characters but at the same time cementing their underlying feelings for each other. Their union it materialises was engineered by Ally who had the foresight to se that her two best friends would make a good match, if they could overcome their differences. With maturity, comes success in their working lives and acceptance of their true selves. It’s an amusing read, in part a fairy story but beneath the surface there are ripples of real life scenarios.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publishers HarperCollins One More Chapter for this advance copy.

I completely adored this heartfelt story which took me on such an emotional journey from the very first page until the last. The beautiful writing completely swept me up in the story and pulled me in to Charlie and Becca’s lives, and I was all in!

After the loss of a loved one Charlie and Becca meet each year to complete items on Ally’s bucket list (what an amazing idea!) Charlie’s lost his way a bit, he just goes with the flow and is a passive bystander in his own life. Becca is a struggling actor, she’s used to being let down by people and often feels she’s second choice. They love winding each other up and have always brought out the worst in each other. Each encounter is a boiling pot of emotions simmering over the chapters – I loved the banter, oneupmanship and their funny antics.

As the story spans ten years we get to see how the characters grow and change over that time both individually and in how they act with each other. The devastating nature of grief is explored well and the impact this has on Charlie and Becca’s realities. They are both lonely and pretending to be ok, and as they are brought together each year on unexpected journeys they grow closer emotionally, experience some amazing achievements together, and start to see each other differently and rely on one another.

It’s an engaging story about love, loss and embracing life. They must each let go of the past to be able to move forward and work through their complicated feelings. I could not stop turning the pages to see how their journey would end!

Hughes takes us on a rollercoaster ride covering the full emotional spectrum! It’s an incredibly moving and reflective tale with compelling and relatable characters. I really enjoyed the way they challenged each other, supported one another, and how they are only completely honest with each other. The will they/ won’t they element made for a gripping read and kept me guessing until the very end – after all, there’s a fine line between love and hate!

This wonderful book will break your heart and put it back together. It’s a bittersweet story that’s absorbing in its intricately woven plot and main characters who were magical on the page. I thoroughly recommend.

With thanks to @rararesources, @0nemorechapter_ & @pernillehughes for a place on the tour and the opportunity to read and review this book.

Much heavier than I was expecting!

I went into it knowing it dealt with the death of a friend/fiancee, but I was expecting it to pivot to Becca and Charlie's story a little quicker. I think it just was less of a romance book than I was anticipating, and more of a story about grief.

I thought the chemistry was lacking a bit through the beginning which made the story a bit slow but was definitely rooting for the couple by the end!

Ten years is an enemies to lovers romance story told from a dual POV. I honestly can’t put into words how much I enjoyed this book. I was hooked from the first two pages. I want to thank Pernille Hughes and Onemorechapterhc for the chance to be on this readalong!

The way this book is written is beautiful, you are taken on an emotional journey from the beginning. It tackles tough subjects such as grief, moving on after death, and also finding happiness. As I said in the beginning of this review I stopped myself from reading this in one sitting as I didn’t want it to end, but it was on my mind throughout the day I was constantly wondering what would happen next.

It isn’t often that in a book I love every single character but that is what happened with this, I felt proud of Becca for wearing her heart on her sleeve. I also fell for Charlie and he had my heart throughout this story and reading him moving on after Ally was moving.

This was the first story written by Pernille Hughes that I have read but it definitely won’t be the last, I feel like all I have spoken about for the last week is this book both on bookstagram and to all my family and friends. It is definitely my favourite book so far of 2022!

Ten years is out now and I highly recommend you read it, you will need tissues

I had very high hopes for this book as it has been touted as the new ‘One Day’ (a book I love with unfettered passion). Of course, no book is the new ‘One Day,’ nor should it be because no one wants to read the same story over and over again. It is, however, an entirely fabulous book that will speak to the hearts of people who loved ‘One Day,’ as it did to me.

I thought the concept of the book was interesting but I wasn’t quite sure it was going to work for me, personally. The relationship I have with my friends and their partners I believe would preclude what happens in this book ever being possible for me. However, the author really managed to sell it to me over the course of the novel, so she deserves great kudos for making the plot convincing to a skeptic like me.

The characters in this novel are its strength. Both Charlie and Becca are normal, flawed human beings that I had no trouble believing were real people and would act in the way being described. Even Ally, who only appears in the memories of the people she has left behind was three-dimensional and honest. It was no hardship to spend half a dozen hours in their company over the course of a couple of days. My favourite character in the book though was Valerie – sweet, understanding, loving… sneaky – she was a real joy to read and will stick in my memory for a while to come I think.

This book deals with a lot of interesting questions in an approachable way. How do you deal with grief and the death of a person lost at a young age? How do you adjust when the plans you had for your life are suddenly derailed? How can you reconcile your feelings of confusion and guilt when a relationship changes from one thing to something else against your will? Some of these questions I have had experience of myself, so the story really spoke to me. There were other aspects that gave me a kick up the bottom and made me think about my attitude to some things and how a new perspective might be useful. All in all, this book is thought-provoking whilst still being entertaining and not preachy – my favourite kind of novel.

Ten Years is not the new ‘One Day.’ It didn’t make me ugly cry and it gave me totally different vibes. What it is is entirely unique and its own and I absolutely loved it in its own right. It is a brilliant, rewarding read that I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending to anyone who wants a romance with something to say. Marvellous stuff.

I enjoyed this book and would recommend this book thank you to the publisher and netgalley for arc of this book

Ten Years by Pernille Hughes is an emotional story of love and loss and love again. And the journey is one that I’ll not soon forget.

Becca and Charlie are sworn enemies, but they have one shared love, and that is Ally. Ally is Becca’s best friend and Charlie’s fiance. When Ally dies after a tragic illness, Becca and Charlie go their separate ways and hope they never see each other again. But, on the one-year anniversary of Ally’s death, they are summoned by Ally’s mother, who tells them of a bucket list that Alley wanted them both to complete together. It’s only their shared love for Ally that make them agree to do the bucket list. And for the next several years, they meet up to complete one more item off the list.

This book started out emotional and very sad. It starts with Ally’s death and funeral and sets up the animosity between Charlie and Becca. It also demonstrates the love both Becca and Charlie had for Ally. I will admit it was a bit of a gut punch to read those first couple of chapters. The death of someone so young with so much love around her, even if she is a character in a book, is just very sad. The author pulled me in right away with this emotional start to the book. But as the book progressed and the characters started to heal, and so did I.

To say this is a slow-burn romance is an understatement, however, that is exactly what this story required. I never would have believed these two would get together soon after the funeral, they both needed time to process their feeling, and most importantly, they needed to grow up. I could tell early on that Becca and Charlie had a spark between them, and as they grew more comfortable together, I enjoyed their humor and banter.

The bucket list items were a lot of fun, and I enjoyed the way each of these characters reacted to each of the tasks, it also gave them a reason to meet up in person at least once a year.

I highly recommend Ten Years to anyone who loves romance. I received a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Over ten years, two people find themselves searching for the remedy to cure a broken heart after the loss of their beloved best friend and fiancé. It is a long road of heartbreak, self loathing and lost opportunities to reclaim what the heart desires.

This book was a little slow going, and the last half of the book saved the story. I enjoyed witnessing the characters growth over the years, especially Becca and her bitchy self. To have them see what's been right in front of them for the "Awe Ha" moment was profound in the story. Ten Years is an emotional, coming of age story about two friends who let grief rule there world until they can forgive and let go to move forward.

Thank you HarperCollins UK | One More Chapter for the #gifted copy of this novel.

This was a very emotional book, I felt sadness, joy, and anger while reading it. The premise of a woman's fiancé and her best friend completing her bucket list, after her death, was a fun way to do the old enemies to lovers trope and I was so here for it. You could feel both Charlie's and Becca's love for Ally throughout the book and there was certainly plenty of chemistry and I was definitely cheering them on.

I loved the growth of both characters throughout BUT Becca finally won out. I didn't like her very much at first but by I ended up feeling like she could be my friend. That speaks well to the author's ability to provide character development.

Both Charlie and Becca were very realistic in their behaviour, internal dialogue, and feelings towards one another. What surprised me most is how well I got to know Ally through the people who mattered to her most, this is a character that is dead so that's very impressive. For a book with such a melancholy plot, it was quite funny and hopeful.

Ten Years
Charlie finds his happy ever after when he meets Ally at uni. The only fly in their perfect relationship is Ally’s best friend Becca - and Ally’s terminal cancer diagnosis.
Charlie and Becca must fight through their grief, when all they seem to be able to do is fight each other. 10 years is the story of two people trying to work out how to grieve for Ally, how to move on and how to find closure. Becca and Charlie try to put their differences aside to complete the bucket list Ally never got to complete. This is the second of Pernille’s books I have read and there were some great twists and turns that kept me entertained all the way through. It was sad, it was funny, it was a lovely read. The bucket list was great, and I’ve added some new words to my vocabulary. If you love Anna Bell you will love Pernille Hughes.

Becca and Charlie met at university and have always hated each other, only brought together by their mutual love of Ally.
Ally was Charlie's fiancee and Becca's best friend, but she died and now they're both completely brokenhearted.
Once the funeral is over, they're glad that they no longer have to have anything to do with each other again.
Except Ally wrote a bucket list that she wants them to complete together, taking a little bottle of her ashes with them to spread in each place.
As they complete Ally's list over ten years, can Becca and Charlie see past their disliking of each other and be united for the sake of their love for her?

Pernille, you can unclench, I adored this book!
I was very much Team Charlie in the beginning. He seemed to be making sightly more of an effort to be friendly, whereas Becca just came across moody and rude.
But she grew on me, I totally got why she wad the way she was and her family were horrendous!
I loved that it jumped forward a year at a time, making it quick paced, as it didn't leave me too long wondering what the next thing on the list was going to be.
I especially loved when Charlie found Becca unwell in her apartment - not because she was ill, just everything else surrounding that part of the book. 🥰
Also, "I shat myself inside out" is now engraved in my mind of actually lol book moments. 🤣
Such a fabulous story filled with all the emotions, plenty of amusing moments (A train? That goes from the bottom to the top? With passenger people?) and more than a couple of atrocious girlfriends/wives/wankpuffins!

Laughing on minute & then crying the next Hughes definitely knows how to play with your emotions!

I wasn't sure about either of the characters to begin with but boy they sucked me in & had me rooting for them.

I really enjoyed this one

I really enjoyed reading this book. It is a story that begins with us meeting Charlie and Becca at Ally's funeral. Charlie was Ally's fiance and Ally her best friend and to say they do not get on is an understatement.

A year later they both receive communication from Ally asking them to walk Snowden together to scatter her ashes. Once at the top their receive further instructions that they need to meet once a year to fulfill Ally's bucket list together in her place.

This book is set over the years where they reluctantly meet up and partake in a range of adventures which had me laughing out loud.

How the story turns out was not something I was expecting or thought I wanted to happen but as it goes I really started to believe in the characters and ended up falling in to their story and journey.

The book was sad, emotional and bittersweet but at the same time was also filled with love, memories and friendships.

I will be recommending this book and looking out for others.

Love, loss and living on

I enjoyed Ten Years by Pernille Hughs, but found it a bit slow moving for my taste. I alternately loved and wanted to shake the two main characters, Charlie and Becca, a mark of great characterization! And, of course the main character who pervades the entire book after her death, Ally, whose character is slowly revealed, warts and all. I am looking forward to reading more by this author!

Thank you to the publisher who lent me a time-constrained e-arc via Netgalley. This review is optional and my own opinion.

The death of Ally, the girl that was a best friend to one and fiance to another, is the only thing that Becca and Charlie seem to have in common, and they're even reluctant to admit that. But when Ally's post-dead bucket list forces them to see each other on the day of her death every year, they're forced to face who they truly are and who they hope to become as individuals and in their shared experiences.
An excellent example of how grief and grieving are and mean something very different for everyone, this is a masterclass in how to give characters room to grow within the story. I looked forward to seeing what each character had been up to and how their lives and personalities had changed from one year to the next and their clashing and support of each other never disappointed me. Seeing these two very different people who saw each other for their true selves beyond the image they showed the world interact in their darkest times and grow with each interaction made for wonderfully sentimental reading.

Very happy thanks to HarperCollins UK and One More Chapter for the phenomenally emotional read!