This is a cute coloring book of cat designs, especially the first few pages which show a short hair cat venturing on his vacation to Paris. The beautiful design that is on the cover of this book is definitely included inside. Every page has something fun to color – even the ones that I would categorize as “wall-paper” make me want to reach for my pens and pencils and get started. After the first few pages, the book evolves into a very well done book of cats in various poses and situations. I know many of the “situations” all too well from my years of having cats as pets. I like that there are both intricately drawn cats as well as what amounts to line drawings of cats. The former gives me a challenge in coloring in small spaces and the latter gives me opportunities to test my blending skills to create what I want of the cat. My one major issue with the book is that it is supposed to be about cats in Paris and there are only a few pictures that can be categorized as such.The book has a removable dust cover. Both the inside of the dustcover and the actual attached cover have some fun coloring opportunities. The designs in the book are printed on both sides of the great heavyweight non-perforated paper. Designs run into the binding and many of the designs spread across two pages. In my copy, the pages line up very well. The binding is a hybrid of sewn and glued – actually the binding I dislike most of all – impossible to snip the threads but so many that when you push the book down hard, the threads seems to pull at the page. You simply have to cut the pages if you want to remove them and given the layout of the designs, you will lose portions of them if you take them out of the book. I am able to get the lay flat and will color the pages in the book because of the extent of coloring medium I can use.My alcohol-based markers were the only coloring medium that bled through the page. All makes, sizes, and brands. My water-based markers of all types and sizes, my India ink artist pens, and my gel pens did not leak through or leave any shadows. The gel pens did not need extra drying time. I did notice that both the smallest nib gel pens and my hard pencils could leave an indent if I was a bit heavy-handed in my coloring – something to think about when you go to color in this book. My coloring pencils worked fantastic, especially the soft lead that went on thick and creamy and blended well. My decision is to not use alcohol-based markers with this book. There are so many other choices, I don't need to. If you do use them, be aware that the ink will leak through and not only ruin the back of the page but could leak through further into the book. In the comments area below, I will provide a list of the coloring medium I used in testing this book.