Such a good, light read. A bit sad to finish it. Loved the two main characters and their sparky relationship. Yes you knew where this was going but it didnt stop you savouring and enjoying every page.

This is not my normal genre but I really enjoyed this! I could really feel for the characters and their grief!

I enjoyed the characters and the raw feelings they shared to fight for each other.

Becca and Charlie have known each other since university and during that time they have a very strong dislike of each other.
The one thing they do have in common is Ally. Becca loves her best friend and Charlie loves his fiancé. They tolerate each other for Ally.
Sadly Ally passes away and from beyond the grave she tries to bring Becca and Charlie together.

I wanted to love this one but I didn’t. I feel the plot dragged and that there was no chemistry between Becca and Charlie.
Even the bickering got repetitive and boring and because of that it was hard to believe that they eventually fall in love.

Ten Years is the first book I have read by Pernille Hughes, but I will definitely watch for more. In this book we meet Becca and Charlie. They have known each other since their days at university where they had a one night stand. They ended up disliking each other immensely with the hope they would never see each other again. Fate gets in the way, when Charlie and Becca's best friend Ally become a couple eventually getting engaged. When Ally dies, they are both a mess and grieve her terrible. A year after her death, they are contacted by Ally's mother with a task. Ally has left them a bucket list, tasks to complete each year on the anniversary of her death. Her ashes have been placed into several bottles and they are tasked to scatter them all over, in places that mean something to Ally, Becca or Charles. Over the next ten years, they run into each other off and on and begin to see different sides to each other. Even with these tasks they continue to bicker, argue, mock and generally rub each other the wrong way. They eventually become friends, but can anything else work between them?

This was a wonderful romance story, a true enemies to friends to lovers trope. I loved the various tasks that Ally left for them. It took both of them out of their comfort zones at various times and they had to support each other somewhat to complete the list. They still had friends in common, so ran into each other at other times besides just the anniversaries. Their love for Ally was very different, one loving unconditionally and seeing Ally as perfect, the other loving Ally in spite of her flaws. Although Ally is dead, she is very much an important character in this story. I loved the banter/fighting between Charlie and Becca. At times I felt like it was just to irritate one another, not because they meant the words. At times I thought they were moving forward to a developing friendship, then something happens and they are back where they started. This story is set over ten years, so it was definitely not insta-love, but I think they had feelings for each other from the start, but could not and would not act on them because of Ally. I liked how Pernille Hughes portrayed grief in this story from not only Charlie and Becca, but also Ally's mother. I recommend this story to those who enjoy contemporary romance, stories where characters deal with grief and new beginnings.

Oh how right the reviews were on this one! Its a beautiful love story that unfolds over ten anguishing years. Loved this one!

To tell the truth, I found this book very hard to read, and didn't end up getting very far into it. This is not because of the writing style, which I actually enjoyed, but mostly because the book opens with a death from cancer. Cancer is a subject that I find very triggering, and I tried to push through as best I could because I was very very excited to read this book (as I love a good romance..). But, ultimately, I was not in the right headspace to do so which is a shame, as many of my fellow readers with whom I was reading this with said that they enjoyed it quite a lot! Perhaps I will revisit this book someday when I feel the time is right, but for now, it's not quite for me.

From the start you sense the chemistry between Becca and Charlie but can also see that it is buried under years of a complicated web of friendships. Grief is very raw at the beginning following the death of Ally, who was Becca's best friend and Charlie's fiancee. Ally seems to be a strong presence even though she is no longer alive. Her memory is very real to her friends and family. What you slowly begin to realise is that this influence might be not always a positive thing.

The story takes you over the years as Becca and Charlie try to follow ally's instructions each year. Her tasks throw them both together and as their lives criss cross, you can see their friendship developing. This is a romance with poignant moments but also humour. Over the years they meet new people but their shared love for Ally keeps them together. Their banter reconnects them when they meet up again. It is a lovely read which I can visualise as a delightful film.

In short: laughter and tears

There's a fine line between love and hate. Sometimes the people that rub us the wrong way are the ones that know us the best and challenge us to be the best versions of ourselves.

Becca and Charlie's commonality was Ally and upon her death vowed never to see each other again. That was until Ally's last wish resulted in meeting each year to celebrate her life. Taking part in life-changing adventures brought them back together. Shockingly a reunion awakened the truth and made them rethink their hatred. Will they take a chance on each other or will the thin thread keeping them bond together begin to unravel?

Thank you to #NetGalley and the publisher for the early edition of #TenYears in exchange for an honest review. From the start, Becca and Charlie's sparks sizzled through the pages. Leaning into disgust instead of attraction, each year their rekindled riles toppled their resolutions.

Thank you @rararesouces and @pernillehughes and NetGalley for letting me part of this tour and reviewing this book. Ten years is a very emotional read and you will definitely be on emotional rollcoaster with yourself and you really feel the characters sadness through the book. The story is about Becca and charlie who have just lost Ally. Ally was Becca best friend and Charlie girlfriend. Ally leaves them email and a letter asking them to do her bucket list and do one a year. This is romance but there is also sadness. You really see both characters develop through the book.

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.