This coloring book is hilarious and relatable. I also appreciated the balance between female and male dating horrors. I might have to buy this when its released!

This coloring book is a perfect visualization of how scared the current dating pool makes me most days. As someone who has explored multiple dating apps, I can recall seeing each one of these people throughout my own dating journey.

Honestly, this was a fun way to feel seen in the struggles of modern-day dating. Every boo basket made for a friend or significant other with a silly sense of humor needs a copy of this coloring book! I hope that they continue this series either with another genre or more dating personalities for next year's spooky season.

3 stars.

This *Horrors of Dating* colouring book is a super cute idea. Plus, from looking at the illustrations (which are really great), I'm sure that many will find it very fun to colour in. Who knows - its use may even help some heal from heartbreak and/or nightmarish dating experiences.

Basically, this colouring book depicts the caricatures of stereotypical time-wasting players so many meet upon dating journeys. These are the "energy vampire", "astrologer", "quarterback", "life coach", "self-employed CEO", "influencer", "ghoster", and "boomerang", among others.

These colouring pages may even be considered 2SLGBTQIA+ friendly, as it is never mentioned who the person dating them had been. That said, it also find it to be a lazy representation of patriarchial, non-inclusive gender norms and "traditional dating dynamics". Without exception, these dating nightmares are all illustrations that conform to capitalistic, enforced beauty standards from social media culture. There aren't any illustrations that include folks that are visibly disabled, nor any from "alternative" lifestyles. And while there are obviously a couple that have been drawn to include/represent people from the Global Majority, but I would say that whiteness is primarily centred.

So, is this colouring book funny and a cute concept?
Totally!

Will I purchase this colouring book to enjoy myself?
Absolutely not.

Inclusivity matters. Changing our cultural narrative about what kind of people "belong" matters - even in a colouring book that is meant to make fun of the extreme caricatures of the people that we really don't want to date!

Hue gratitude to Net Galley and the publisher, Harper Celebrate, for a limited-time digital ARC in exchange for my (probably too) honest review.

This is a coloring book I would give my single (and maybe my married) friends. In it, each page starts out with the type of person someone might date, such as “the Cable News Addict”. Then there’s a laugh track “I know you fear the collapse of society as we know it, but can we please just eat these cookies in peace?” then an illustration of that type of person, all ready for one to color. I love everything about this and would happily put it in holiday gifts this season.

This great and entertaining adult coloring book highlights the worst parts of dating. Detailing and including creative illustrations to go with the horror themes, it includes creative names for the worst dates you can encounter. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

So I only saw this as an arc from Netgalley but believe me when I say that I’ll be buying this as soon as it comes out. It’s descriptions are hilarious and the pictures are just as good! I need this coloring book.