Blood City Rollers, V.P. Anderson
Blood City Rollers, V.P. Anderson
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Blood City Rollers

Author: V.P. Anderson

Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Mary Helen Gallucci, Vico Ortiz, P.J. Morgan, Angel Pean, Marcus Rothenberg, Daisy Guevara, Gail Shalan, Socks Whitmore, Whitney Johnson

Unabridged: 1 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/24/2024

Synopsis

Skates on. Fangs out. Let’s roll. This perfectly paranormal graphic novel, adapted for audio, about a 13-year-old ice skater who embraces the dark side and finds her light when she joins a vampire roller derby team is to die for.

Ice-skater Mina is on a one-track path to Olympic gold and glory—that is, until she totally wipes out at her biggest competition, and is kinda-sorta-kidnapped by undead kids on roller skates. Sucked into the high stakes world of Paranormal Roller Derby, she finds herself "recruited" by a squad of vampires who need a human player to complete their team—just in time to save the league from losing it all.

Between learning to play derby well enough to kick butt on the track, crushing hard on the dreamy team captain, and navigating the spooky rules of the supernatural, how can Mina go from striving to be a ten alone, to becoming one of nine chaotic bodies forming a perfectly-imperfect team? Forget being the best. Will she be enough to help her new friends survive the season?

About The Author

Veronica Park (VP) Anderson (she/they) is a neurodivergent, queer, feminist millennial writer with a resume that Victor Frankenstein would disown for being “a bit much.” V’s previous job titles include: award-winning community theater actor, professional lecturer on cruise ships, indie film producer, literary agent, and creative project manager; however, “writer” is the title that always fits. V plays competitive flat track roller derby as “Scarlet Five” #55 and prefers the pivot role, aka “surprise jamming.” Born in Alaska and raised in Oregon, she currently lives with her partner in Upstate NY and has two cats named Skeletor and Bo-Catan.Tatiana Hill (she/her) is a Black and Latina illustrator by day and roller skater by night. Her art journey began alongside her love for anime in the early 2000s and culminated with a BA in Animation. Receiving awards for Best Art Direction, she would later apply her skill set in color and design to illustration. Born in Los Angeles and a member of the roller skate community there, Tatiana enjoys participating in a space that celebrates diversity, identity, and found family. She illustrated The Roller World Tarot deck and Blood City Rollers, her debut graphic novel as an illustrator.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bookishrealm on June 09, 2024

A cute mix of vampires and roller derby. This could have used a little more development in the end but overall it was a fun story with good illustrations.......more

Goodreads review by Nev on November 26, 2023

Vampires! Roller derby! Queer characters! Need I say more? This was an adorable middle grade graphic novel about Mina, a human girl who gets chosen to be the jammer in a Paranormal Roller Derby league. She’d lost her passion for ice skating, just going along with the plan to try to make the Olympics......more

Goodreads review by Mehsi on April 11, 2024

I received this book from TBR and Beyond Tours in exchange of an honest review! I have had my eyes on this book for a while so I was definitely excited when I could be part of the Tour and review the book! I mean, that premise! Roller derby but darker because vampires! And witches! In this one we star......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on September 07, 2024

This was so cute??? And fun??? And queer!!! Vampire roller derby!! It was a pretty simple story with some interesting depth, but not a ton. Could’ve been a little deeper. Sadish ending that I didn’t like but it sets things up really well for a second story. I almost wish there was a little more magi......more

Goodreads review by Starr on April 20, 2024

This was a really fun little foray into the supernatural world of sports! I love the color palette in this book almost as much as I love the members of this vampire roller derby team, and while I was a bit disappointed to find out less than I wanted, and to be left with so many questions, it just ma......more

Quotes

2025 Texas Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List

★ "High-octane....a refreshing balance between spectral sports romp and queer found family narrative." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

"The familiar sports story gets an engaging twist with the paranormal creatures, and Mina letting go of perfection in favor of having fun with something new is relatable and sweet.” —Booklist

"This hybrid-genre graphic novel rolls by on raucous wheels, its anarchic and camp tone perfectly suiting Mina’s coming-into-herself as a rebel in the queer community of paranormal-derby....Defiant and joyful alongside Cristian Castelo’s Wild: Or So I Was Born to Be and Victoria Jamieson’s Roller Girl, this graphic novel just might be your library’s next jam." —The Bulletin

"An entertaining story about a teen finding her own place in life and starting down her own path. Recommended where paranormal graphic novels are popular." —School Library Journal

"Dialogue is snappy and fun, and their comedic timing is on point. Paired with Tatiana Hill’s highly-saturated, action-packed, meme-referencing illustrations, the pages of Blood City Rollers feel alive. Or perhaps, given the subject matter, undead?….a delightful, queer, middle-grade romp about doing what you love and finding your people.”
— The Beat

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