Book Review - Ten Years by Pernille Hughes

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Title: Ten Years

Author: Pernille Hughes

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: One More Chapter

Publication Date: 31st August 2022

Rating: 5 Stars

Becca and Charlie have known each other since university.

Becca and Charlies have also hated each other since university.

Until now. Until Ally’s bucket list. The death of their loved one should mean they can go their separate ways and not look back. But completing the list is something neither of them can walk away from.

And sometimes, those who bring out the worst in you, also bring out the very best…

Over the course of ten years, Becca and Charlie’s paths collide as they deal with grief, love and life after Ally.

Not since Emma and Dex in One Day and Will and Lou in Me Before You will you root for a couple as much.

They both loved Ally, that is without a doubt. 

They both hate each other. 

But yet they have to join forces to to do Ally's bucket list, as she is no longer able to. 

That is Becca and Charlie in a nutshell, bother incapable of not bickering with each other but also wanting to honor Ally's memory each year. 

They seem like chalk and cheese, but as we catch up with their lives in yearly instalments, their dynamic gradually shifts. And I for one was keen to see just what would happen to them both. 

And we really get to know Ally too, the third side of the triangle through their memories, and it's clear she was definitely taken too young.  

This is powerful writing from Pernille Hughes, it is the right mix between emotional dealing with tough subjects such as grief, while also being hopeful that you can move on with your life, and that your sworn enemy may not be as bad as you think! 

It's a story that will play on your mind when you aren't reading, and certainly caught my attention throughout.   It's a really special story and one I'm glad I had a chance to read. 

Thank you to One More Chapter and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.