I loved how unique the setting was for this book! The idea of two enemies coming together to save a family vineyard had me excited to dive in!

Starting with the characters, the main characters were very believable and I enjoyed how distinct their dialogue was! However, there were some chapters where their internal voice sounded very similar and I would have to remind myself whose POV we were in.

The one thing I really, really wish we had seen was the wedding they had in Vegas, this gets brushed over and we later get memory flashbacks through internal dialogue. This was such a pivotal scene, so I was sad we didn’t get to experience it. I was also disappointed with how insta-love/lust this book was. Since it was set up as two enemy families coming together, I would have liked for there to have been more of a push and pull in the beginning. Instead, it seemed like they were on the same page very early on leaving minimal stakes.

Overall, I think this is a fun read for someone looking for a fast paced romance! I could see this being an excellent beach read!

I have always been such a huge fan of Sophie Lark, and this book is the whole reason why. I think there is something to be said for healthy communication in romance books. There was so much of it here. The trust between Sadie and Monroe and how they worked constantly with each other, as opposed to against each other in their marriage of convenience. I absolutely adored the friendship between the two of them and how that blossomed into this gorgeous love story. The plot was also so easy to follow and I knew the goal from the very beginning of the story and it never strayed. I absolutely cannot wait for my paperback trophy to arrive and I also cannot wait for more from the rest of the family.

Enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience, family feud romance.

Sadie is working hard to keep her family winery afloat. She has failed at everything but she refuses to fail at this. Her family has had a long standing feud with the Beaumont family. When the youngest son Monroe offers her a chance to save everything she jumps at the chance.

Monroe has ruined everything in his life. The only thing he has ever wanted was the sparrow and vine winery. When it is in risk of being auctioned off he comes up with a plan to save it.

Sadie and Monroe were such a great couple. They had cute banter. I kept waiting for Monroe to mess up but with ever turn of the page he just kept getting better and better. I liked the time they took to become friends and not let their family fued come between them. They were both very respectful of each other and their families. I cannot wait for the next two books in this series!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for this title. This was my honest review.

I loved the premise of the story—feuding families & marriage of convenience, but I didn’t feel invested in Sadie & Monroe’s story.

Their story fell flat for me and the inner dialogue felt repetitive. I found myself more invested in what was going on with peripheral characters than the main protagonists.

I still enjoyed the book and am invested in seeing what happens with the rest of the Sparrow/Beaumont family.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloom books for a chance to read an advanced copy of this book!

Loved this book!! It really reminded me of a good hallmark movie. From the first page it had me hooked! Monroe and Sadie are just perfect for each other. I can’t wait for the next two books to really find out about the family history and why all the things happened the way they did. June and Graysons book is gonna be good but I have a feeling that Heath and Hazel’s book is gonna be absolutely devastating in a good way!! Sophie lark did an amazing job with this one and I can’t wait for the rest of the series!!

This was so different from anything I’ve read by Sophie! I loved it so much omg. I NEED Monroe BADLY. Also this book made me want to live on a Vineyard like I think that’s my only aspiration in life now. I ate this book up and I can only hope and pray for this book to be a series, specifically interconnected and I get a book about each sibling please and thank you!

Thank you for the EARC of this book!

This was one of my favourites to date now!
I loved how we got to watch the relationship bloom from the beginning to the end.

This book is so different from the other Sophie Lark romance books I've read. Most have been dark romance but this was contemporary and very low stakes and angst to me. The fmc and the mmc have a marriage of convenience to save the fmc's winery while they navigate the family drama and the marriage that wasn't. It was a cute read but I did want more angst and chemistry with the romance. There is steam and spicy but less than what I expect in a sophie lark book. Overall an okay read. Thank you to the publisher for an arc for an honest review.

3.5/5

Sparrow and Vine is the first book in the Sparrow and Vine series written by Sophie Lark.

Publication date April 22, 2025

*Marriage of convenience
*Family rivals
*Forced proximity

This is my favorite Sophie Lark book to date!! Great new series featuring two feuding families that are trying to save their vineyard.

Monroe is an ex hockey player, Sadie is an ex artist. Together they have found love and a dream to save their families winery business, fighting the rivalry that was started by their parents.

No OM/OW drama, no third act breakup. Excellent communication between the main characters!

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Bloom Books for the opportunity to read and review this title.

Format: NetGalley ebook
Genre: Contemporary fiction, Romance
Overall score:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice level:🌶️🌶️🌶️
Characters: Sadie (FMC) & Monroe (MMC)

Thank you to Netgalley for this ARC. I was so excited to get Sophie Lark new book!

I loved this book - it had me hooked from the start. This is the start of a Trilogy and Sophie Lark has laid a lot of groundwork for the next two books in this series. I had so many highlights

Sparrow and Vine follows Monroe Beaumont and Sadie Sparrow.

The story starts explaining the background of these two feuding families. Sadie’s grandfather, Ansel, and Monroe’s grandfather, Lionel were best friends and very successful business partners for years. They co-owned Sparrow and Vine - a winery and successful wine company. There only children Sabine (Lionel Daughter ) and Caleb (Ansel Son) were set to inherit everything- the wine, the business, the land, the awards, the label, the whole kit which was perfect as they were set to marriage in a huge wedding. That was until they got into got in a huge fight that nobody wants to talk about and never actually got married. The Sabine , ran off and married Caleb best friend Royce Hoffman. This caused a huge rift between the families. Then after Caleb and Sabine both ending having three children, who are all apart of the complicated inheritance which without the wedding that never was - Sparrow and Vine would be divided up and sold off.

In this ironclad contract of inheritance - it says that there should be a marriage between the two families but didn't state between whom. This is where Monroe comes up with the an ideal of a legal loophole - of marrying a Sparrow sister so they don't lose Sparrow and Vine now both their Grandads are not well. Sadie and Monroe are both the youngest in these complicated families and have known of each other their whole lives and both love this winery.

What started as a marriage of convenience soon blossom into a beautiful friendship and slow burn romance. The way that they both saw the other and loved them was heartwarming. I am so ready for more from this world and uncovering secrets.

Some of my favourite quotes from these two :

She lifts her head, locking our eyes. The smile that bursts across her face is exactly as I pictured it—unrestrained and elated. Nobody’s ever looked that happy to see me before. And we’ve only been separated five minutes. I’m grinning back at her, just as happy, just as foolish.

Monroe is kind. He’s a protector. He likes to teach; he likes to help. And he cares about me deeply and truly, has shown me that again and again—when he comforts me, when he builds me up, when he keeps his promises to me, when he works beside me all day long and holds me in his arms all night. Every time he smiles at me, I see the truth in his eyes. Eyes don’t lie. They can’t; it’s impossible. They’re not just a window but a door to the soul. I look into Monroe’s eyes, and I drown in the goodness he feels for me, in the love I feel in return.

“Don’t be sorry. You don’t have to be strong all the time. It’s okay to take a little comfort too. I want to give it to you. I want to be here for you like you are for me.”

4.5 stars!!

listen, i will read anything sophie lark writes & eat it up !!! frankly, she writes in this very raw, sultry, seductive way... i don't know exactly how to explain it but every single emotion is enhanced. everything feels so potent & i looooove it !!! so of course i loved this book! a marriage of convenience to save the family vineyard but there's so much drama & secrets involved !!!! monroe & sadie are so cute & i love how they came to rely on each other and support each other. & the way they lift each other up!!!

i had a great time & i'm very excited for the next two books in the series !!

thank you Bloom Books & Netgalley for the arc! this is my honest review.

This book was fine but it almost felt like an epilogue. Like an entire epilogue. I found myself more excited for Hazel and Heath than the actual main couple, mainly because the tension just wasn’t there. They got together really quickly and just kind of stayed together so while it was nice, it was boring and I expect more from Sophie Lark! This definitely wasn’t an enemies to lovers, the hockey didn’t feel meaningful, and there just wasn’t much conflict. But I think the rest of the series will be more interesting so I’ll stay tuned 3.25 stars

Things I Liked:
🍷 The beautiful NE winery setting
🏒 Monroe was a fine book boyfriend. Just fine lol, though very nice
📈 Reviving the business was nice and it was nice to see Sadie grow in her business aptitude
💼 Grayson being all prissy
🍇 Hazel & Heath’s budding relationship

Sparrow and Vine was an atmospheric read. The story, set at a failing family vineyard with a two-family rivalry, felt slightly dark, dramatic, and always on the verge of falling apart. Everything felt depressing except for Sadie and Monroe. Their unexpected marriage and subsequent relationship brought lightness to the dark. They put their trust in each other and fell in love in the sweetest ways. I adored them together. Their families were filled with interesting and entertaining characters with intriguing connections. I'm really excited to find out more about their siblings. That all being said, I did feel that the story felt almost too even keel. The big climactic moment felt like it was missing a little pizazz. Maybe I was just so lulled by the atmosphere that I didn't feel the intensity at that time.

Chock-full of sweetness! This romance follows the fight between two families feuding over a vineyard, but the real juice is in the secret of why their respective parents called it quits before the day of their wedding thirty-odd years ago. Now two of their off-spring have hatched a plan to save the vineyard and solve both their problems by getting hitched themselves.

I found this silly and cute, in the way that Hallmark movies are adorable. Sadie’s love of coconut treats, snuggies, and 2000’s romcoms is definitely relatable to me. The characters are likable, even the surly ones, they just aren’t incredibly deep. It’s a very relaxing read. The author left some mysteries unsolved, so there is sure to be some intrigue left for book two. While I find the setup of likely paired couples a bit cheesy - no spoilers here - I would be interested to read the upcoming books to find out what happens! I enjoyed my time with Monroe and Sadie. They have each other’s backs in a way that is heart-warming. I’d give this book a rating of 3.6 and rounded to 4.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!

Sparrow and Vine is my first book I've read by Sophie Lark, and I have to mention: I might have made the wrong choice. I really enjoyed the plot, it was really creative. It was nice to see something original. However I did not like the female main character: Sadie Sparrow. Sadie came off as childish and younger than she should have been. The other characters seemed fine, nothing really stuck out about any of them. I didn't hate the book, it wasn't a bad read, I would just do some things differently. All in all, I recommend this book if you like her other stuff.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Sophie Lark is a newer to me author and I was very excited to see this one Read Now. Wineries, dueling families, a wedding that never happened and secrets from the past kept this story moving. Unfortunately overall it isn't my favourite book, however, there remains a lot of questions in the family mystery that will get me reading book 2.

Sparrow and Vine was such a different story from Sophie Lark. Monroe and Sadie were a sweet couple who were seeking a way to save their families legacy. I loved how they worked to bring about change and I enjoyed many of the secondary characters. My biggest problem with the story was the pacing. It seemed like the story moved very quickly and I often was unsure of how much time had passed. However, I really loved watching Sadir become more confident in herself and I liked this new story/voice from Lark.

This was so cute!

I wasn't sure to expect for this. I've read Sophie Lark before, but her "darker" stuff like the Brutal Birthright series or Love Contract. Not totally dark compared to similar books in the genre, but definitely different than this more contemporary romance. However, I was very pleasantly surprised. Sometimes interconnected standalones in the contemporary romance genre have a very very loose plot tying them altogether, and most of the time, it's not even that, it's just a friend group or a family. But this book really built the world for a series that feels just like that - a world!

There's mysterious histories, mysterious relationships, broken relationships, mended relationships, business drama, personal drama, the whole nine yards. Yet, it doesn't feel like a book that's weighed down so much by plot that we can enjoy the lighthearted and fuzzy romance happening. And that's exactly what it is!

This book does a trope you don't see very often, which is sunshine/sunshine couple. They're both positive, loving, honest, upbeat people who have their own problems they're working through - but they do it together. I loved watching these two love and take care of each other, rather than fight the entire time. This book starts as enemies to lovers, but really, that's over in the first five minutes. The second they decide to do a marriage of convenience, they recognize that they're on the same team and should act accordingly. And I love that so much! I wish more characters in books realized that they're on the same team instead of needlessly fighting each other half the time. Sophie Lark used that precious time much more wisely - building a friendship and establishing a love and trust that's rooted in wholesomeness. These two were honestly just two golden retrievers happy to have found each other. It felt like every other character in this book and in their families was full of doom and gloom and angst (aside from Hans of course), but Sadie and Monroe never let it get them down. They don't get enough appreciation from their families for who they are.

Lastly, I love the set up for what are obviously the next two books. June and Grayson already have me hooked - something about June's personality is so addictingly charming, even though that's not what she's meant to be at all. The little sneak peek at the next book had me so excited to learn more about her and figure out her deal. And Hazel and Heath, what's there really to say? We obviously have some angsty, messy, delicious history between those two to dissect. I'll be ready for it!

Another masterpiece by Sophie Lark! Anything she writes I will read! This is a story of marrying for money and trying to keep it that way. I was glued to this book beginning to end.

🍷💍 Sparrow and Vine by Sophie Lark is a rival families, enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience romance that pours the tension as thick as the wine!

Sadie Sparrow has one goal, which is to inherit Sparrow and Vine, the overgrown, breathtaking winery that’s been in her family for generations. But when the family trust demands a marriage to secure the inheritance, she’s forced into the last thing she ever wanted: a wedding to Monroe Beaumont.

🏒 Hockey playing, broad shouldered, grumpy as hell Monroe.
🔥 The enemy. The family rival. The man who smells like cinnamon and refuses to sleep on the couch.

Their fake marriage is a battlefield—full of sharp words, fiery tension, and undeniable attraction. But as Sadie fights for her family's legacy, she starts to wonder… is Monroe fighting for her, too? And beneath the lies, secrets, and vineyard stakes, could there be something real growing between them?

💥 Tropes You’ll Love:
✔️ Marriage of convenience (but oh, the tension 👀)
✔️ Rival families & deep rooted history
✔️ Romeo & Juliet vibes but way steamier
✔️ Small town winery setting with all the drama
✔️ Hockey boy who plays just as rough off the ice

With a mystery brewing that feels far from over, Sparrow and Vine is lush, angsty, and intoxicating—a romance as rich and dangerous as the wine they make. 🍷🔥

I am excited for this series and this was the perfect first book set up! It is a little different from Sophie Lark's previius books but I really love this new direction.

Thank you to NetGalley, Sophie Lark, and Bloom Books for the eARC of this book.