DNF at 39 % for many reasons:
- one main character expressed racial opinions and no one adresses it
- another character says it was inspired by Elon Musk
- Monroe says about Sadie that she is nothing special, but her sisters are hot (why did he not ask one of her sisters to marry him?)
- they are “enemies” but act like friends imediately after moving in together

I was so excited to read this book. But due to racists remarks and the author not taking accountability I will not be finishing this book.

Thank you NetGalley w bloom books for the ARC!

5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was my first book by Sophia Lark and I can’t wait to read more by her! Also I am excited this is a series so we get more of the Sparrow and Beaumont families ❤️ Sadie and Monroe need to be protected at all costs because their relationship is just beautiful!!! Sophie does a spectacular job of turning a marriage of convince into a beautiful marriage…one we all wish to have. Monroe and Sadie come up with a plan to marry in order to save Sparrow and Vine Vineyards and it’s not an easy journey. But with a little love and family anything can happy. Highly recommend!

Hopefully the author will listen to her editors and publishers in the future!
Not sure why she didn't ...

Unfortunately, I ended up not finishing this book. There was a few lines of writing that did not set well with me and didn’t want to continue.
Thanks for the arc.

Will not read this book due to racist comments.
This is so disappointing. I was excited to read this story, but after seeing lines pulled from this book I will not be reading or supporting.

As much as I love marriage of convenience / enemies to lovers, I couldn’t bring myself to finish this book and had a hard time collecting my thoughts for this review.

I’m a fan of Sophie Lark and loved her other works, but I’m beyond disappointed and shocked about the casual racism — “shouldn’t there be a crew of people with questionable work visas picking these grapes for us?” Who in their right mind would write that, read it, go through rounds of edits, and think it was okay to include. And let’s not forget the female main character’s sister is a super fan of Elon Musk of all people?? Considering the state America is in now, I’m surprised not a single person mentioned these issues before ARCs were sent out. It’s quite tone deaf and ignorant.

From the chapters I did finish, I didn’t even feel like the “enemies to lovers” were ever really enemies. Sadie and Monroe resolved their differences fairly quickly and worked together from the start, leaving a lack in any development/true connection and emotional build up. The romance that was there was overshadowed by the other unnecessary commentary.

I had high hopes for Sparrow and Vine and thought there was potential for it to be a hit based on the synopsis, but this simply missed the mark.

Thank you NetGalley and Bloom Books for the advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

Problematic lines. From the authors social media apology, it would seem this arc is going to be pulled and re-written. I’d reconsider it at that point but as it stands, I won’t recommend it.

Offensive book will not be reviewing until a certain line is removed. Think netgalley should pull this arc since the author has even said she’s going to pause it until rewrites are done

I just want to mention before I go any further that I can no longer support this author. I wish I could turn back time and not request an ARC for this book. But I can’t turn back time all I can do is speak my mind. If you haven’t already seen the Instagram post or the TikTok videos regarding the controversies with this book I recommend you do your research.

I started this book before knowing what was going on in the social media platforms. When I came upon reading this line “shouldn’t there be some people with questionable work visas picking these grapes for us?” I seriously had to read it multiple times because I had a mixture of reactions. Shocked, appalled, disappointed. How dare an author have the audacity to put a line like that in a book. And then to have that line make it past multiple editors. Has no one at Bloom or Sophie Larks team been paying attention to the global crisis right now. Like surely they can’t be that ignorant. And if that wasn’t bad enough the Elon Musk praise and support within this book. Words cannot even describe the rage I felt. The disgusting inner thoughts and the obvious racism is appalling.

Overall, I cannot and will not be recommending Sophie Lark books. And I seriously hope Bloom does some re-evaluating of their authors.

This is a simple romance book that did keep me engaged. It was different than I expected however and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing. This was my first Sophie lark book to read.

I’m glad this is being pulled and revised by Sophie because her words (as she now acknowledges) were offensive and I truly hope she learns to listen to people when they tell her what she’s saying is wrong.

I’m looking forward to the author rewriting//revising this one. I love Sophie Lark so I’m looking forward to what’s he does next and I appreciate that she’s taking accountability with this one.

Unfortunately this was a quick DNF for me - liked the tropes but execution wasn’t quite there and personally didn’t like some of the language and references used in the book.

I am having a very difficult time writing a review for this particular book given the nature of what has been occurring on social media for the past few days.

In technical terms, the book is fine. The writing is good, the pacing is not bad. Characters are developed, plot is consistent. The setting is fun and the relationships are dynamic and unique.

In moral and ethical terms I don't think I can in good conscience actively support this book after reading some of the lines that made it through what I assume would have been multiple rounds of editing. In today's precarious climate in the United States I would have expected more from Bloom and Sophie Lark.

I appreciate the arc and I hope that my honest feedback is taken into consideration before the book is officially published.

So, I do not feel comfortable reading and reviewing this book after the problematic commentary inside the book. Now that Sophie Lark is officially pulling it from the publishing timeline for re-writes, I cannot fairly review this given its current status.

I would love to continue to ARC read for you in the future!

I cannot read or support an author writes racist things about immigrants. I am extremely disappointed that things took this turn.

After seeing the racist stuff this author had to say in this book I won’t be reading.

No thank you.

DNF due to racist content in the book. MMC says "shouldn't there be a crew of people with questionable work visas picking these grapes for us?", and no one in the book challenges this. I did start the book and was put off by the internal thoughts of the MMC towards the FMC even before the racist comments came in.

No longer interested in this book. I have been following posts online and I'm not really impressed with how it's being handled by the author.