I have been seeing this popular simplistic, "cozy" art style everywhere. My finances are in a dire state, and I'm out of storage space for books. Broken-hearted, I've had to pass all of them by. Then, I saw this one. I decided to splurge just a little, one last time. That one is a simple mix of every day autumn activities, for the most part not tied to Halloween, or Thanksgiving. So, I'll have the whole season to work on it. Don't get me wrong, I love Halloween. I could buy every Halloween book out there in this style, I would. But, I can't afford to. I chose this book because I like the variety of images. It also helps that Coloring Book Cafe was still offering a very limited introduction price of $5.99 (as opposed to the full price of $7.99), unlike Jade Summer (and other KDP publishers). The little bit of extra savings made it easier to cave in and buy this.

Like a lot of autumn themed books, food is featured pretty heavily in the images. More than I'd like, but autumn is harvest time for many things. So it's not just arbitrary food obsessions. I have a very limited income, and food allergies. As a result, seeing constant food obsessive books is really annoying. I really like the images in this book, and can maybe even see myself finishing the book someday. I don't put a lot of pressure on myself to finish books, but I only purchase books that I like at least 85-95% of the images now. These images are really super sweet, and include quite a few different animals. Not just the adult coloring clichés, such as rodents, peacocks (and peahens), turtles, and so on. Yay! I really like the sweet, simple line art. I also like the bigger spaces. I could really experiment with different media and techniques, because of the clean line art and bigger spaces. I also like the frames, because (in my opinion) they provide a better overall "finished" look. After coloring again as adult for almost six years, I've come to appreciate how much better a nicely framed completed page looks.

I also like the book characteristics. It's a small, square book. I really love small books. It uses single-sided printing, on typical "Amazon paper," with white reverse sides. All images have a simple frame. The front matter has a colorable nameplate page, followed by a section of thumbnail pages. The thumbnail pages features four images per page. Typical to a lot of the CBC books with the thumbnail sections, there is no thumbnail for the last image, however. I really like the thumbnail section of this book, because the line art is clean (and simplistic)--and a great size-- to be entirely (and enchantingly) coloring worthy. A superb answer to cute, small, relatively quick coloring along the lines of Johanna Basford's _Small Victories_. For other ways the thumbnail sections could be used, check out other reviews of CBC books that I've written in the past. The end matter following main coloring section is comprised of a color test page, a page including information about CBC (including social media), one blank page, and the Amazon printing information page.

I'm very pleased with this book. Thank you, Coloring Book Cafe, for creating nice books for colorists of all ages. While I sometimes wish you would continue to release new books in a variety of styles (instead of completely shifting focus to each trend) I understand that following market trends is necessary to stay viable.

Brand	N/A
Rating	4.4 (10 ratings)
Price	$7.99
Category	Art, Music & Photography

Comfy Autumn: Coloring Book for Adults & Teens Featuring Autumn Hygge Scenes with Super Cute Animal Characters for Stress Relief and Relaxation