A story of friendship, grief and love. Also touching on the triggers and emotional trauma that everyone has to some degree and how it can rear its head and shape the course of your life in different forms.

Becca and Charlie can't stand each other - but they both love Ally, Becca's best friend and Charlie's fiancee. When Ally dies, they are both broken hearted but would happily never see each other again - until they find out that Ally has left them instructions to complete her bucket list together. Over the course of the next ten years, as they meet once a year to complete another task, their relationship begins to shift. We see how both of them deal with their loss, but in very different ways given the very different people they are and we learn more about their life and what has made them the people they are.

This is more than just an enemies to lovers stories - it is a story about grief and how differently everyone processes it. It is funny, it is emotional and it is a lovely read.

A really interesting concept for a book! Drawn together to complete Ally’s bucket list, Becca and Charlie are forced to spend time together despite never having liked each other.

This is a slow burner which explores the very differing characters over a series of years as they gradually grow to accept each other’s differences and discover that maybe they are more compatible than they think!

The real beauty is that despite Ally not being present in the story, the reader gets to discover her through the other characters and, of course, the bucket list.

A thought-provoking, easy read.

With thanks to the author and Rachel at Random Resources for the opportunity to participate in the tour.

This was a good romance, but not the best. I always struggle with this trope (dead best friend's boyfriend) as I always wonder if there were feelings there before hand. But that is definitely a personal preference . This does feel more like a general fiction book in the way that it is written. So that made it stand out for its writing ability. But the lack of chemistry between the two characters did make this one feel lacking to me.

Trigger warning - you’ll fall in love with Charlie & Becca, but you’ll definitely need lots & lots of tissues! I loved this book from the first page and it just got better and better. Very One Day in its premise, but also brilliantly original, witty and fun. A great read!

There's a lot of potential in this storyline, but it just didn't connect for me. The slow-burn romance was great, but felt weird given the context.

Well, this was definitely an emotional read but a hopeful and comforting one too. I loved the characters, their flaws and realistic personalities.

Even though a few tears were shed on occasion I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know these characters. Seeing how their lives played out after loss.

There was something so heartfelt about the story and it really helped me connect with not only the characters but I felt invested in their happiness too.

A wonderful look at life, grief, love and romance too. Ten Years was a real joy to spend time with!

Thank you to Netgalley for sending me this arc!

I enjoyed this book, however it did take a while for me to get into. I would recommend to others as the premise of the story is interesting!

Sadly, this book wasn't really to my taste. It's quite an emotional story and I prefer books with a bit more humour. It's definitely something other readers will enjoy though.

I had to DNF this after a few chapters. I grew very uncomfortable with the idea of a relationship between a man and his dead fiancée's best friend. I didn't realize from the blurb that this was how the story would go, but I was intrigued by the hatred between the two MCs.

Also, I didn't understand why Becca and Charlie loath each other so much. If this is the relationship between two people so close to Ally, I cant imagine how she held on to both of them.

Ten Years is an emotive and poignant read that makes you feel a multitude of emotions when reading it. It's not your typical rom-com type read but it's hugely satisfying.

Charlie and Becca have disliked each other since University which is unfortunate as Charlie's fiancee Ally is also Becca's best friend. When Ally tragically dies her mum Valerie asks them to fulfil Ally's bucket list can they put their animosity for each other to one side.

The book alternates between Charlie and Becca's perspective the highs and lows of their friendship navigating their way through their grief.

I loved everything about this book, the story was original and Charlie and Becca were wonderful characters, I especially loved Becca a strong, fiesty, red head with a haribo obsession (In my head I pictured her as Rose Leslie)

Thank you to Netgalley and Harper Collins UK for the ARC.

Wow. This book hurt. It was so good but very emotional. Ten Years shows a year in Becca and Charlie’s lives, beginning at the funeral of Charlie’s fiance and Becca’s best friend. This is a sot of enemies-to-lovers with forced yearly proximity and a second chance a happiness for the both of them. This book shows that there is not one great love and it is possible to love again.

Charlie and Becca have known each other since university. Since Charlie officially came into her life as the boyfriend of her best friend, Ally, they have bickered, fought, and just generally not got on. Ally’s death hit them both hard and after the funeral, neither of them think they will see the other again. Until, almost a year after her death, they both receive an email from Ally’s address with a bucket list of things Ally never got to complete. Both Charlie and Becca refuse to walk away from this challenge, so they agree to meet once a year to complete an activity and spread Ally’s ashes.

‘What is it you think you’ve stopped? Me loving you? That’s not how that works. Just because you say it can’t happen doesn’t make it so.’

This book reminded me of One Day, but with a happier ending. As Becca and Charlie complete these challenges, they begin to grow closer and see each other in ways they never could have expected. This romance tore at my heartstrings and I felt like I was feeling the emotions as they were. I cried, I laughed, and I rooted for these two characters, as I felt like they deserved the world.

‘So I choose you, Becca, I pick you, and you can kick and scream all you like, that’s my decision.’

I did not see the little twist coming at the end and was pleasantly surprised! This book was an emotional rollercoaster but I couldn’t recommend it more as I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Becca and Charlie have known each other since university, and for all that time, they have bickered, argued, mocked, and rubbed each other up the wrong way. Until their loved one, Ally dies and leaves them a bucket list. Charlie and Becca must complete the bucket list together, and over the course of ten years, Charlie and Becca’s lives collide as the deal with grief, love, and life after Ally.
This is a classic, boy and girl dislike each other but are ‘friends’ because they have a mutual friend, who are then thrown together after the death of afore mentioned friend as she has set them up to meet at least once a year to work through her bucket list. The premise of the book is OK, but for the first half of the book, I found the writing a bit slow, but in saying that, there are some difficult subjects handled well within the book. The plot twists livened the second half of the book up, and I certainly didn’t see the final twist coming!

Wow what an emotional journey!! I couldn't put down this book!! I really enjoyed this friends to lovers romance. I have to say this book had a lot more depth than most romance books and excellent characterization. The characters just felt so realistic. I definitely recommend this one.

A second chance romance spanning ten years.
Charlie and Becca meet at Uni, a one nighters happens and then Charlie falls for Ally - Beccas best friend.
Fast forward a few years and at the beginning of the book Ally has unfortunately died and Becca and Charlie have totally fallen out.
The problem being they now have to do tasks each year scattering Allys ashes.
Over the span of the book and the dual narrative Becca and Charlie come to life, seeing their ups and downs and how they interact with each other.
This is a story about grief and how it is dealt with, but also moving on and finding love again.

This year I made a decision not to read books if I'm not hooked by page 50. Well, I needn't have worried with Ten Years because I was hooked within the first few minutes of reading.

It is the story of the thin line between love and hate and how those who straddle that line shouldn't underestimate the power of both.

It is the story of Becca and Charlie - frenemies who have been brought together through tragedy and who have to weave in and out of each others lives whether they like it or not.

This is the perfect love to hate you story and I did not want it to end.

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This was an emotional and moving book. I really felt a Rollercoaster of feelings reading this,
With such lovable characters I felt invested in the plot all the way through.
A lovely book that I totally enjoyed.

When Charlie's fiance dies, her last wish was for her cucket list to be carried out by himself and her best friend, Becca over the next ten years. Becca and Charlie don't like each other at all, but are determined to do this for Ally.

This book is emotional, and touching, and a slow burn romance. I wasn't a big fan of it though, just because the subject matter of Ally's death wasn't my favorite vehicle for a love story.

Thank you to One More Chapter UK for providing me with an ARC of this book.

Thank you OMC and NetGalley for a Review Copy in exchange of an honest review.

First of all, I think there was a lot of potential in the story but it was unnecessarily dragged.

There is overlap between Enemies to Lovers and Friends to Lovers. More like a long process of first developing a friendship and then taking it into the romantic territory. The passage of time in the story was too long with not enough due consideration given to every instance the main characters interacted.

The development of the relationship was not up to the mark.

Good for a one time read though.