The Return of Smurfette by Peyo is a cute collecting of stories revolving around Smurfette visiting the Smurf Village. For some reason, here she lives away from the village instead of in it. I love the Smurfs. They are an integral part of my childhood. But Smurfette lived in the village with the other Smurfs. These stories had the male Smurfs much more attracted to Smurfette than in the TV series. Yea, they sometimes low-key flirted in the show. Nothing like this though, which was a turn off for me. Messin’ with my childhood here! I imagine younger readers unfamiliar with the original show would enjoy this more than I.

***Many thanks to Netgalley & Papercutz for providing an ecopy in exchange for a fair and honest review. ( )