Cottagecore Galore by Katie Vas

128 pages

publishes April 19th, 2022

Okay, it is a little weird to give a review of a coloring book that you can’t print out. This was provided to me at no cost by NetGalley, and at no point during my review process did I color any of these pages. I think the best way to do this review is going to be to list all of the types of coloring pages in this book, and add my notes if I have any.

1. There’s an “about this book” page, which is very cozy, with a colorable-border around it. Rating: Cozy

2. This is a cupcake pattern spread with little flowers on top of the cupcakes. Rating: Too repetitive

3. This is a coloring page of a pie on a table cloth with a recipe box and a little bowl of strawberries. Rating: Cozy

4. This is a page of a cat resting in a window seat. Rating: Cozy

5. This is a pattern of mushrooms and leaves. Rating: Foresty

6. This is a repeating pattern of just strawberries. Rating: Boring

7. This is a repeating pattern of bees and thistles. Rating: Boring

8. This is a spray of flowers up against a fence. Rating: Springtime

9. This is a repeating pattern of teacups with floral designs on them. Rating: Teatime

10. This is a bowl of cherries. Rating: Boring

11. This is a confusing spray of tiny flowers. Rating: Confusing

12. This is a bunch of cookies with flowers on them laid out on a baking tray. Rating: Confusing

13. This is a page of overlapping butterflies. Rating: Confusing, boring?

14. This is a bunch of different types of bread! Rating: Cozy

15. This is hanging herbs from a wall. Rating: Confusing

16. This is a bunch of different types of jam. Rating: Cozy

17. These are dishes on a shelf! Rating: Cozy

18. These are cinnamon rolls in a dish! Rating: Cozy

19. These are a bunch of bachelor’s button seed packets and flowers. Rating: Confusing

20. This is a repeating pattern of daisies. Rating: Boring

21. This is a bunch of teapots in different patterns. Some of the teapots repeat. Rating: Cozy, but I would be bored by coloring the same teapot more than once.

22. This is ladybugs on leaves. Rating: I don’t like bugs

23. This is two sunflowers. Rating: Boring

24. This is a leading path to the woods, complete with mushrooms. Rating: Cozy

25. This is a bunch of watering cans in different patterns, but some of the watering can patterns repeat. Rating: Boring, we already did the teapots in these patterns

26. This is a page of poppies. Rating: Boring, but possibly relaxing

27. This is a stack of cozy cottagecore books. Their titles are GUIDE TO WILDFLOWERS, BACKYARD BIRDS, NATURE REMEDIES, CANNING & PRESERVING, HOMEMADE SOURDOUGH, FOREST FORAGING, ORGANIC GARDENS, and FLORAL EMBROIDERY. Rating: Cozy

28. This is a repeating pattern of books with flowers and mushrooms on them. There are also glasses thrown in for good measure. Rating: Cozy

29. This is a repeating pattern of leaves and acorns. Rating: Boring, but also cozy.

30. This is a pattern of pennants. Rating: Boring

31. This is fir leaves. I would find these too difficult to color. Rating: Confusing, difficult

32. This is baby’s breath inside a patterned vase. Rating: Confusing

33. This is flowers that I forget the name of. Rating:Springtime

34. This is a repeating pattern of teapots and teabags! Rating: Cozy

35. This is my favorite page in th ebook, it’s a bunch of tea tins. Rating: Cozy

36. This is a floral pattern of overlapping flower. Rating: Confusing

37. This is a different floral pattern of overlapping flowers. It’s slightly better. Rating: Slightly better

38. This is yarn with needles stuck through them! Rating: Cozy

39. This is a page of started knitting projects! Rating: Cozy

40. This is a book full of flowers that are about to be pressed. Rating: Cozy

41. This is a little house built into a tree. Rating: Cozy

42. This is a repeating pattern of roses. Rating: Boring

43. This is a repeating pattern of toads and toadstools. Rating: I really want to like this, but I don’t.

44. This is a plat of jam tarts. Rating: Cozy

45. This is a repeating pattern of snails and flowers. Rating: Boring

46. This is a repeating pattern of sprigs of blueberries. Rating: Cozy

47. This is a weird repeating pattern of flowers. Rating: Boring

48. This is a repeating pattern of wooden spoons and spatulas. Some of the physics on these don’t seem to be correct. Rating: Confusing

49. This is a cake with a lot of flowers on it. It reminds me of THE ONES WE BURN. Rating: Sad

50. This is a bunch of skinny thistles. Rating: Boring

51. This is a coffee grinder, a muffin, a mug, and a pitcher. Rating: Cozy

52. This is a confusing floral pattern. Rating: Confusing

53. This is a basket full of poppies. Rating: Cozy?

54. This is a wreathe of flowers. It looks kind of lonely. Rating: Lonely

55. This is a bucket full of flowers and vines. Rating: Confusing

56. This is a pitcher of lemonade and two jars of lemonade! Rating: Cozy

57. This is a repeating pattern of lemons. Rating: Cozy

58. This is a picnic basket all ready to go! Rating: Cozy

59. This is a repeating pattern of sunflowers, but they have no stems? Rating: Boring

60. This is a repeating pattern of very teeny tiny flowers. Rating: Boring

61. This is a repeating pattern of raspberries. Rating: Boring

62. This is a basket of donuts with… flowers on them? Rating: Unrealistic, not edible

63. This is a repeating pattern of peaches. Rating: Boring

64. This is a repeating pattern of bunnies in some flowers. Rating: Cozy

65. This is a repeating pattern of flowers on steps. Rating: Boring

66. This is a sign post in an apple orchard. There are also apples. Rating: Cozy

67. This is a repeating pattern of pies and apples. Rating: Cozy

68. This is a repeating pattern of carrots. Rating: Boring

69. This is a repeating pattern of an assortment of flowers. Rating: Boring

70. This is a repeating pattern of martini glasses and mint leaves. Rating: Boring

71. This is a page about an herb garden. Rating: Cozy

72. This is a picture of some daffodills! Rating: Cozy

73. This is a repeating pattern of baskets full of various flowers and fruits. Rating: Cozy

74. This is a picture of a cat in a field of flowers. Rating: Cozy

75. This is a bird in a birdhouse. Rating: Cozy

76. This is a repeating pattern of various types of honey in jars. Rating: Cozy

77. This is a repeating pattern of pancakes, pitchers with mushroom decorations, and maple syrup jars. Rating: Cozy

78. Thisis a table with pancakes, pumpkin, tea pot, and a mug on it. Rating: Cozy

79. This is a repeating pattern of mushrooms and flowers. Rating: Cozy

80. This is some candles, a book, and a plate of cookies looking out a window. Rating: Cozy

81. This is a fireplace and a chair in front of the fireplace. Rating: Cozy

82. This is a spray of flowers inside of a mason jar. Rating: Cozy

83. This is a repeating pattern of taper candles in candleholders. Rating: Cozy

84. This is a woodburning fire stove. A cat naps nearby. There is a pair of slippers nearby.  Rating: Cozy

85. This is a repeating pattern of small flowers. Rating: Cozy

86. This is a repeating pattern of clothes, including wicker bags, large sunhats, and boots. Rating: Boring

87. This is a confusing spray of flowers. Rating: Confusing

88. This is a repeating pattern of necklaces with lockets. Rating: Cozy

89. This is three firefly jars hanging on some trees. Rating: Cozy

90. This is a flowerbox by a window. Rating: Cozy

91. This is an illustration of mushroom embroidery. Rating: Cozy

92. This is a repeating pattern of sewing scissors and thread. Rating: Cozy

93. This is a confusing repeating pattern of lime wedges and pine and cinnamon? Rating: Confusing

94. THis is a repeating pattern of paintings hung up on a wall. Rating: Cozy

95. This is a repeating pattern of lilacs? Honeydew? Rating: Confusing

96. This is a repeating pattern of pinecones. Rating: Sad

97. This is a repeating pattern of bows. Rating: Confusing

98. This is someone doing a watercolor painting in the field. Rating: Cozy

99. This is a repeating pattern of calligraphy ink and accessories. Rating: Cozy

100. This is stationary for writing a letter! Rating: Cozy

101. This is a bunch of fir leaves. Rating: Confusing

102. This is a repeating pattern of seed packets. Rating: Cozy

103. This is a repeating pattern of lots of tiny flowers. Rating: Cozy

104. This is a big bread in a pot. Rating: Cozy

105. This is a repeating pattern of toast and buckwheat honey and maybe capers on toast.. Rating: Cozy

106. This is a repeating pattern of patterned dresses. Rating: Confusing

107. This is a hobbit hole door! Rating: Cozy

108. This is a repeating pattern of zinnias. Rating: Cozy

109. This is a spray of flowers. Rating: Cozy

110. These are some birds sitting amongst some flowers. Rating: Cozy

111. This is a repeating pattern of beets. Rating: Cozy

112. This is a basket of tomatoes. Rating: Cozy

113. This is a repeating pattern of little houses in the woods. Rating: Cozy

114. This is a repeating pattern of flowers in jars with corks. Rating: Cozy

115. These are spices on a shelf. Rating: Cozy

116. THis is an owl. Rating: Cozy

117. This is a sewing machine, sewing something together. Rating: Cozy

118. This is a little mushroom house living on top of a teapot. Rating: Cozy

119. This is a clothesline with clothes drying on it. Rating: Cozy

120. This is a repeating pattern of deer and flowers. Rating: Cozy

121. This is a bed with a cat sleeping on top. The bedspread is very busy. Rating: Cozy

122. This is a repeating pattern of lanterns. Rating: cozy

123. This is a wicker basket on a bench. Rating: Cozy

124. This is an archway covered in flowers. Rating: Cozy

125. This is a repeating pattern of chickens and eggs. Rating: Cozy

126. This is a repeating pattern of flowers and keys. Rating: Cozy

Final countdown:

28 repeating patterns

80 pages that I would like to color – out of 126, that’s pretty good! Four stars.

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