I gave this book ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5 stars, I loved it.
Daria Song is an internationally known artist and author. She has had art exhibited at numerous galleries and museums in Korea, Singapore, Turkey, and Hong Kong. She grew up in both San Fransisco and Korea. Her art style shows a blending of both Western and Eastern culture and style.
The Night Voyage is the third adult coloring book in Daria Song's series "The Time Coloring Books" The other coloring books in the series are The Time Garden and The Time Chamber.
Each of Song's coloring books has a short set up story. The story of The Night Voyage is that tomorrow is the young girl's birthday. She woke up to find mountains of presents from her parents along with a note saying they would miss her birthday because of a business trip. The girl is lonely and wants to give her presents to other children and hopefully make some new friends. After the set up story the pictures take the thread of the story and lead the reader along through magical worlds.
Every page in The Night Voyage is simply gorgeous. Every picture is beautiful. Even the repeating pattern pages are gorgeous and somehow fit into the story. This particular book has a motif of stars, paper cranes and hot air balloons that appear on each page.
I really enjoyed this coloring book. Both the story it tells and the beauty of the art. I am sure it will provide me with many hours of pleasant coloring! I highly recommend it. Now if you will excuse me, I need to go start sharpening my colored pencils!
I received this book free from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.
