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!

Ten Years, by Pernille Hughes, is a laugh-out-loud romance that will keep you flipping through the pages until you come to a very satisfying ending. You can, and probably will finish this one in an afternoon. Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher, for providing me with an ARC ebook in exchange for my honest review.

This book starts at the Funeral of Ally. Her best friend and fiancé Charlie are devastated at the loss of someone they loved so dearly. They also hate each other and after the funeral go their separate ways until almost a year later they receive an email from Ally. This is the start of doing things from her bucket list that she never had the chance to do because she died so young. At the end of the bucket list Charlie and Becca once again go their separate ways until a chance meeting throws them together once more. They have a drunken passionate night together that Becca regrets. What she is unable to see is that she and Charlie are perfect together. Something that Ally realised before she died.
I found this book very slow to read and didn’t like the fact that it jumped months and sometimes a year at a time so I found it hard to keep up with.
Thank you to the publisher and netgalley for the chance to read this book in exchange for my honest views.

This book starts out at Ally's funeral. This isn't a spoiler it literally happens on the first page and it's in the synopsis. Charlie and Ally were engaged to be married. Becca and Ally were best friends and Charlie and Becca hate each other. This book deals with the grief that people go through after a loved one has passed away, so we get to see how both Becca and Charlie cope with Ally's death over the course of ten years most of which they only meet up once per year. 

I read the synopsis for this when I first agreed to read it and was intrigued but by the time I got around to reading it I had forgotten what it was about so I went in blind. To me this book was perfect. It gave me everything I want in a book. The fighting/banter between Becca and Charlie was amazing. They were cruel to each other at first just for the sake of being cruel but by the end it had turned into them just speaking the truth mostly in a loving way. I loved how they went from enemies to friends to lovers to enemies to friends to lovers and yes I meant to write that twice. There was always something they did or said that made them take 1 step forward and 2 steps back. I will say I would have liked the romance to be more on page instead of fade to black but that is just a preference. it doesn't affect my rating of this book which you can tell from the rating I give it below. I would have also liked more of them actually being together because I just love romance and I want to read all about it. 

I loved that this showed how people deal with grief differently. Becca and Charlie both grieve in very different ways and while I didn't always agree with the choices they made it always felt real. The things they did never felt like they were out of character or didn't belong. 

This is the first book I have read by this author, and it definitely want be my last. I loved this book more than I was expecting and I am so glad I gave it a chance. If this sounds like something you would enjoy I highly recommend you giving it a try.

This book has been compared to many books that I really loved, for instance One Day, Me Before You and PS I Love You, so needless to say I was worried if it would live up to such high expectations. There really was no need to worry!

I loved this story and how we saw Ally's best friend Becca and Ally's boyfriend Charlie grow as people after Ally dies much too soon. Ally's bucket list forces these two enemies to spend time together in the years after Ally has died. Becca and Charlie really rub each other the wrong way, but are still bound together. It is quite the journey we as a reader go on joining Becca and Charlie on their bucket list adventures and seeing how grief, time and experiences change them.

The story deals with grief, love and life in general and I can honestly say I will never look at gummy bears the same again!

Ally the fiancé of Charlie and the best friend of Becca has passed away after a cancer battle. Although they both loved Becca they really do not like each other! On the first year anniversary of Ally's death they have to meet up and scatter her ashes on Snowden. Here they are given a ten year challenge (hence the title) of a kind of bucket list set by Ally to complete a challenge each year on her anniversary. At first all these challenges show is how very different these two characters are but, as time passes they start to bring the two together. A very emotional read but, still enjoyable.

This book was just not for me. I found myself very bored. It seemed liked this book dragged on. I also really did not like the writing style of this one.

The premise of this was so beautiful, especially with the bucket list storyline. However this fell short for me and felt incredibly unrealistic. I don't feel the characters had enough chemistry, let alone respect, for eachother to warrant a 10 year love story. It felt very forced, and the fact that Ally would want them to be together just doesn't sit right with me.

A captivating emotional, romantic story that is perfect for PS I Love You fans.

As Ali's best friend, Rebecca, and fiance, Charlie, deal with their grief after her death, it is discovered that she has left them a bucket list of locations where she would like her ashes spread. Once a year, Rebecca and Charlie get together to celebrate Ali's life for the next ten years. It is not long before their feelings for one another become apparent, but can they focus on the future, or will the thought of Ali haunt them too much to act?

This story of grief, love and life after the loss had me feeling it all! I adored Rebecca's feisty character and the way Charlie leaves all his life's decisions to a flip of a coin. As the story developed, the frustration with them both was real! Funny, sensitive, romantic and dramatic.

This is beautifully written and would make a great screen adaption—a recommended read for all hopeless romantics.

I loved the promise of this book, as a huge fan of One Day I hoped this would live up to that title.
Becca and Charlie met at university and have never been the best of friends. They have bickered, argued, mocked, offended and all together rubbed each other up the wrong way, they have been connected by one person only Ally, so with Ally’s death you would think they could go their separate ways and never see each other again, but Ally has left a bucket list and both Becca and Charlie are determined to see it through.
Over the course of the next 10 years their lives collide as they deal with their grief, love and loss of Ally.

As I said I wanted to love this book, however I wasn’t really drawn to either character and didn’t find myself enjoying it quite as much as I hoped. I did feel they developed as the book went on but it was slow going in my opinion.

Ten Years follows Becca and Charlie over a decade. In the prologue, we meet Ally, who falls in love with Charlie and is Becca’s best friend. The first chapter, set in 2011, is set at Ally’s funeral. Becca (still Ally’s best friend) and Charlie (by then Ally’s fiancé) are both there. They can’t stand each other and are pleased they won’t ever need to see each other again after that sad day.
We fast forward a year, to 2012 and Becca receives an email – from Ally. Her deceased friend has instructions for her, things she wants her to do. Both her and Charlie have to visit Ally’s mum, Valerie, on the anniversary of her daughter’s death. So much for never seeing each other again… Valerie is wonderful, such a lovely character – and a great contrast to Charlie and Becca’s constant bitching and point scoring. She passes on an instruction from Ally – her wishes were that Charlie and Becca scatter some of her ashes at the top of Snowdon.
And so begins a series of tasks where the two enemies are forced to spend time together…
Ten Years is a moving account of grief, yet the book is never bogged down by it. There is a lot of humour throughout and both Becca and Charlie are realistic, if often infuriating, characters you come to care about. I was really shocked at some of the things they say to each other! Ouch!
You also get to know Ally. Even though she dies very early on, her presence is there through her messages and through Charlie and Becca’s conversations and memories – and the fact they are seeing each other at all. This made it seem less bleak really, because Ally’s presence was there and she accompanies them on their yearly adventures to fulfil her last wishes.
The novel shows how people deal with loss and how they try to move on, while never forgetting the person they loved and lost. They is a lot of depth to the book, but it never feels heavy. It’s much more than “just a romcom” though. In fact, I wouldn’t even describe it as that. There’s a romance, sure, but it’s more about how two people change over a decade and how their relationship changes with time and maturity.

I've never really been a romance reader, not because I'm not a fan just I've never found a book whose premise has captured me enough to want to read it. Everyone in the book community seems to be all over romance at the moment and I thought it was about time I give it a go. This one popped into my email and I jumped at the chance.

Ten Years is a slow burn, enemies to lovers romance, following Becca and Charlie. They've been connected for years due to their best friend and girlfriend, Ally, but they've never been more than sworn enemies. Ally creates a bucket list when she dies and sets Becca and Charlie the mission of completing it. Together. Over the years, the pair come to terms with their grief but also to their changing relationship.

Sometimes you read a book and it turns out to be exactly what you needed to read at that moment and I think Ten Years was that for me. I'd been feeling a bit reading slumpy and after a few pages of this one I was hooked. This books takes you through every emotion, anger, joy, sadness and also quite a bit of laughter. It's so expertly put together.

The dynamic between Becca and Charlie is so unperfect that it ends up perfect. Charlie loves the outdoors and walking, Becca always wants to take the lazier option. Becca is a wannabe actress, but with a bit of failing career and Charlie never fails to make a joke about it. The pair bicker until it turns into a full-blown argument, but they fit.

I enjoyed seeing the progression over the years, the stages of talking then not talking to each other, the changes to both of their careers, Becca's family and dating lives. Most of all, their ideas and attachment to Ally. They continue to grieve and she's never forgotten about, but their grief comes through the different stages.

Another thing I admired was the realistic tone still present in the book. You have the difficult life issues that Hughes dealt with brilliantly, but due to the journey she'd created the relationship felt so real. The characters both expressed their feelings surrounding Ally and any romantic possibility, you could see the indecision and the emotion as they try and figure out what is right for them but also what would've been right for Ally.

Ten Years came at me at the right time and completed captured me from the first page to the last. For all the romance lovers and non-romance lovers (like I was!), I'd definitely recommend giving this one a try.