45 Jane Austen Inspired Designs in Manga Style printed on one side of the page

The 45 pages of designs in this coloring book are done in Manga form with lots of big eyed girls. The designs are detailed and intricate with some having small areas to color. They represent three stories: Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Parts of each story are included on each of the design pages. Interestingly, at the end of the book, there is a page which refers you to actual story books done in this form.

Each of the stories is well represented, so a fan of Austen (such as myself) should have fun coloring. Some of the designs have quite elaborate frames which adds to the fun of coloring. I don’t have many coloring books which have this detail. There are 43 pages of story designs and two additional pages of multiple bookmark style designs.

I will go into more detail about the physical book below but in an overview this is what I found:

45 Jane Austen inspired Design pages
Printed on one side of page
Paper is thin, white and non-perforated
Glue Binding
Designs do not merge into binding
Alcohol and Water based makers bleed through the page
Gel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on back of the page
Coloring pencils work well

The designs in this book are printed on one side of thin, slick, non-perforated white paper. The paper has a really smooth feel to it as if it might be coated with something. The designs do not merge into the binding. The binding is glued rather than sewn. If you want to remove a page, you can cut it out without loss of design elements. I could get the book to open to a fairly flat position for coloring.

I test my coloring books with various mediums (which I will list in the comments section below for anyone interested.) Here are the results of my tests:

Alcohol and water based markers bleed through the paper. Gel pens and India ink pens leave easily discernible shadows of color on the back of the page. Coloring pencils worked well. The soft lead pencils layered well and blended well but use a light hand when using a blending pencil as you can remove too much color if you press firmly. The hard lead had good color but also dented the back of the page.

I will use, and suggest others do as well, a blotter page under my working page regardless of which medium I use to prevent damage to the pages following.