A Court of Thorns and Roses Coloring Book

A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah J. Maas, Charlie Bowater (Illustrator), Craig Phillips (Illustrator)

A coloring book in the universe of the bestselling series.

Genres: New Adult, Colouring Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult, Art, Romance

96 pages, Paperback

First published May 2, 2017

About the author

Sarah J. Maas is the #1 bestselling author of the Throne of Glass, Court of Thorns and Roses, and Crescent City series. Her books have sold millions of copies and are published in thirty-eight languages. She lives in New York City with her family.

Reviews

[V. A Court of Wings and Ruin is NEW ADULT/EROTICA but Goodreads editors won't tell you to include it in the choice awards]

ADDING PARENTAL GUIDANCE AND SAFETY WARNINGS because kirkus reviews, some GR librarians and most booktubers won't tell you the truth.

Update 09-01-17: A COURT OF MIST AND FURY was one of the most read books in the EROTICA GENRE this week. So please stop saying this trilogy isn't erotica.



Note I just found out: The coloring book doesn't include the erotic scenes, but be careful, Maas books aren't young adult books. They are just marketed like that but they are heavy on erotica content.

Also be sure to read the whole trilogy before buying because some illutrations are spoilers of the whole trilogy. It includes scenes of book 2 and 3.
ORIGINAL REVIEW

*******The book series that originates this coloring book is a NEW ADULT/EROTICA SERIES, Not a young adult series*******


Wait a minute! But this is a coloring book, right? Not the series in which this coloring book is based on!

That's true. But there has been a lot of fake marketing and fake advertisment on this series, including Kirkus reviews labeling the book series as aproppiate for 14 YO readers. I'd love to bet that this book won't contain the most erotic scenes of the book series ( Meaning that we won't get a coloring page of the orgasm that shatter the mountains) , but the name of a children's imprint and the very fact that a coloring book is immediatly targeted to young audiences might give the wrong impression on the rest of the series and lure kids under the age of 17 to read the book series. Which as I said before, are erotica readings, not Young adult reads.






I'm not talking sex-scenes. Those have been present in multiple Upper YA books like Clockwork princess, Ignite me, City of heavenly fire, Graceling. I'm talking erotica scenes, fifty shades of grey style.

Ignite me has a not so graphic sex scene is mostly sensua imagery, but A court of mist and fury features erotica scenes

The fault in our stars and City of heavenly fire have very PG-14 sex scenes. But a court of mist and fury features erotica scenes

If you don't believe me read aloud pages 20,21 530, 531, 532, 533 538 and 539 of the american harcover version of a court of mist and fury to a group of underage kids. See if you don't find youself in trouble. And those aren't the only pages with adult content. Those are only the ones I'm using as example. There's way more.

my review of A court of mist and fury, hardcover version, including quotes of the erotic scenes

and my review of a court of thorns and roses hardcover version

So careful with this book. I'm not saying don't buy it. I'm saying don't play the game of the publishing company and treat this material as a safe material for underage kids. Do your research and get to your own conclusion. Just don't let young kids and children get any near the hardcover version of this series. It's like letting kids reading fifty shades of grey.

[Caitlin]

I AM DEADDDDD OH MY GODDDDDD THIS IS WOWWWWW SO SO BEAUTIFUL WOW WOW WOWWWWWW

Also, the colouring book is full of complete spoilers for all 3 books so I'd definitely recommend reading all 3 of them completely before even looking at this book!!


Update: I just got an email saying BOTH are coming today. Mr Postman is the love of my life.

Mr Postman, if you do not bring me my colouring book tomorrow I will no longer flirt with you at my door. Please, for the sake of our forbidden love, bring me my colouring book (+ my hardcover copy of acowar would be good too).

[Laurie –Read Between The Skylines–]

May 20th 2017: Received this beauty today, and after three hours of hard coloring, while listening to ACOWAR audiobook, here is my first one <3

“They say you came back different. Came back wrong. I never bother to tell them I think you came back right. Came back right at last.”

May 21st 2017: There you are. I’ve been looking for you.

“Everything I love has always had a tendency to be taken away from me”

May 30th 2017: Finally coloring some ACOMAF, my babies <3

“You're free,” Mor said tightly. “You're free.”
Not safe. Not protected.
Free

July 18th 2017: Don't feel bad for one moment about doing what brings you joy.

“He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain is usually the person who locks up the maiden and throws away the key. He was the one who let me out.”

July 19th 2017: We need hope, or else we cannot endure.

“My priority would be to protect my family - and I would have picked whatever side could keep them safest. I hadn't thought of it as a weakness until now.”

*sorry for the not-so-good phone quality here*

[Aleksandra]

Stunning 😻

[Lucie V.]

After almost 2 years, I was finally able to get a copy of this book 😍

5 stars, just for Charlie Bowater's artwork. Her pieces are GORGEOUS. 😍😍

[Canette Arille]

I like this book. I like the style of drawing. Illustrations are nice to color.

[Diana]

Video review will be here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl8m1...

[leanna (semi-hiatus) (nikobran's version) &#x1f98b;]

Everyone is so pretty omg 🥺

[Lena's Version]

Mi primer colouring book no podía ser otro que este, con las maravillosas ilustraciones de Charlie Bowater (entre otros). Preciosas a más no poder... me va a dar pena pintarlas, si así son igual de bonitas XD
Pero OJO, contiene spoilers de ACOWAR!

[Knigoqdec]

Ама много са грозни тез бе...

[sunny]

Mi primer colouring book no podía ser otro que este, ¡y me ha encantado! He visto otros por ahí y no tienen ni la mitad de calidad de los dibujos de este. Trae bastantes bastantes páginas (también de ACOWAR, cuidado) y con unos dibujos in-cre-í-bles.

[Sakuranko]

I love it this volouring book. Some illustrastions are definitely amazing and I am happy to have a copy of this baby because is wonderful. I love it each page.

5 STARS

[Tehanu]

I can't colour to save my life, yet I need this.
I
NEED
THIS:

[Kristina]

This is so beautiful.
Too bad I'm going to f*ck it up with my drawing skills 😅

UPDATE: This is my whole life right now. I'm obsessed

[Kirra]

This is the best colouring book I've ever seen because every page by Charlie Bowater is an actual masterpiece of art. Each of her pages has so much detail and skill compared to other colouring pages inspired by book/shows that I own. She also includes my favourite artwork of hers of the Night Court gang so you can colour it yourself, amazing! I'm really happy with this book and the price is an absolute steal for the beauty and awesomeness inside. I really recommend that everyone checks it out even if they don't buy it because you will be in awe.

[Manon the Malicious]

Great coloring book with great designs. I really really love Charlie Bowater’s work especially… I’m a bit scared to ruin the designs with my coloring though… ;)

[Leon Enciso]

Nice. :)

[Seffra]

Gorgeous!

[The Lady Anna]

I got this bc im dying to see these characters come to life, and this is the only official visuals we have! im so scared to color or paint it because I want it to be perfect. Love the illustrations. Spoilers through book 3 though!

[Alexandra]

I have PRE-ORDERED THIS! I'm not ashamed and I'll dance when I get this beauty on my hands!

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UPDATE JUNE 2017

I'm freaking in love with the art! After finishing ACOWAR I can only need the perfect color pencils for this beauty!

[Rachel Beamin']

Hey, Rachel, can you tell me your most memorable birthday present to date?

A FUCKING COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES COLORING BOOK!

[Heidi Wittwer]

Ugh bringing one of my favorite series to "real life". YES PLEASE.

I have to admit I definitely liked Charlie Bowater's work a ~lot~ more than the other artists. She just captured the characters the exact way I pictured them proving that Charlie Bowater is a sorcerer.

[Frannie]

Had no idea this counted as a book, but I do have this and have read it, yaay books lol

[Ari ☾]

Looooved this coloring book. I only colored one or two, I didn't even want to ruin them.

The drawings are so well done, I almost want a get a second copy so I have a clean version!

Highly recommend if you love ACOTAR! Has some of the best scenes in it as well!

[Miruna]

I read it in about half an hour (plus the staring at the amazing artwork). It was absolutely amazing being reminded of some of the best scenes from one of my favorite series.

[Isabel]

This is actually a kind of bad coloring book because it has like 5 different artists who illustrated for it which cause there to be conflicting art styles. One is very clearly digital (I can see pixels if I look really closely) and another has a more handmade look. This wouldn’t bother me as much if not for illustrations of the same characters being in the completely different styles (for example Rhysand and Amren look completely different in the different styles. The Rhysand made by one artist looks like a completely different character than the Rhysand made by another.) So I would say that the Throne of Glass coloring book is better since the art is more consistent.

[Elysia]

I waited until finishing ACOWAR to go through every page in this colouring book, and wow, I am in love with all of the illustrations by Charlie Bowater. I'm not sure yet if I want to colour them in as they seem too beautiful to ruin. Maybe I'll buy another to cut out and hang up.

[Jessica Jett]

Such beautiful art. Totally recommend for anyone who is a fan of the series! It contains spoilers for the series so I don't recommend skimming through unless you've finished reading A Court of Wings and Ruin.

[Liv (LivTheBookNerd)]

I haven't finished coloring but I've read all of the text bits 😍

[Josipa]

It's so unbelievably gorgeous that I couldn't help but buy two of them. Why, you ask? Well, because I have about as much artistic talent as a potato, and I figured that if I ruined one, at least I'd have a pristine backup to admire.

First of all, the cover alone is a masterpiece. It's so stunningly vibrant that it practically jumps off the shelf and yells, "Color me, you clueless human!" The intricate designs inside are nothing short of perfect. On one side the quote and on the other the picture.

Now, let's talk about my coloring skills, or lack thereof. You know those people who can effortlessly stay within the lines and create breathtakingly blended shades? Yeah, I'm the exact opposite of that. This coloring book is forgiving. It's like a patient teacher who gently whispers, "It's okay, sweetie, coloring outside the lines just means you have a unique perspective on life."

So, here I am, juggling two copies of this magnificent coloring book like a true art enthusiast. One pristine and untouched, and the other... well, a technicolor explosion of questionable artistic choices. But hey, at least I'm having a blast while doing it! So if you're like me, love ACOTAR but havekindergarden level coloring skills but still want to color, buy two.