As a fan of the Blood City Rollers I was excited to see this new instalment. Picking up after BCR we meet up with our intrepid human jammers looking for the rest of the supernatural players and Mina continuing her attempt to document the supernatural. They face some new challenges in this instalment and it is just as exciting as the first.
This graphic novel is full of heart and tips for how to deal when things get to be too much.

A fantastic installment to the BLOOD CITY ROLLER series! The illustrations were perfect and bold and the plot quick and engaging! A hit with both me and my kiddo!

Anderson continues this sweet series that asks, "What if Roller Girl happened in a universe with supernatural friends?" in this Blood City Rollers sequel, Move It or Bruise It. Our human protagonists have spent the summer trying to find their vampire friends and wondering if they'll ever be able to rejoin their beloved roller derby league. With lessons about relationships, whether those of friends or families, the book can veer into the didactic at times, but is overall a well-done and gentle book for kids who like their roller derby more violent than their monsters.

The second installment of Blood City Rollers is filled with an emotional journey to understand the meaning of teamwork and friendship. I really enjoyed the humor mixed into the important plot points. I do feel like the asylum's ghost character was a little out of place and didn't fully make sense to me. I liked the addition of zombies and the hint that more is to come! This is an engaging series that combines a fun sport with friendship and growth.

I liked the first book in this series and was definitely looking forward to more, but wow did I love this one. I love the themes within this series and just can't wait for more to come. A younger me would have loved the spooky side of this while also desperately needing the heartfelt and emotional story within. Also the art is fantastic.

"Move It or Bruise It" is the second book in V.P. Anderson and Tatiana Hill's "Blood City Rollers" middle grade graphic novel series about a human on a vampire roller derby team. Mina and Swan (the two humans on the Blood City Rollers) are missing their teammates. Their team has found a new home and place to practice roller derby in a local abandoned asylum, but might lose their new home if they don't win against another monster team. In addition to that pressure, Mina is having friendship trouble with Swan after a callous remark. A recommended purchase where middle grade graphic novels are popular. You need the first one in the series to fully understand this novel.

Fun book about a group of friends who work together to achieve a goal of having a space to skate. They fight with a rival group but come up with a solution where both teams can get what they want.

I liked this book just like the first one. It tells a cute story of friendship and roller derby. I like reading books with roller derby in them. I find it very interesting. It is even better when there is a paranormal vibe to it. I would recommend for a kid looking for a good graphic novel to read.

Ages Mina "Ice Baby" Murray skates back to the track alongside her human best friend and her vampiric roller derby team in the thrilling sequel to Blood City Rollers by V. P. Anderson. After breaking her arm, being supernaturally healed by vampires, and subsequently joining their Roller Derby team, only to be ripped away from her new friends at the end of book one, Mina somehow has even more going on in her life in book two. Anderson deftly balances real-life struggles, such as conflict between one's parents or arguments with one's best friend and teammate, with supernatural ones, such as a territory dispute between vampires and zombies. Though the story fails to address the fact that the zombies were there first, and the vampires therefore have very little ability to stake a claim on the property, the eventual resolution makes both happy in the end. A series of flashbacks reveals one of the characters' backstories in dark sepia tones that pair well with the blocker's early life, while the rest of the graphic novel is illustrated in a simple, accessible art style and colored in jewel tones. Most of the horror-esque themes are light and playful rather than truly scary. Rostered players and new Roller Derby fans alike are sure to enjoy this paranormal middle grade graphic novel with found family themes.