This is a little book full of short stories set in the world of Roller Derby. It's produced in collaboration with London Roller Girls and the publisher, For Books Sake, is a company that champions women writers.

I expected these stories to be about Roller Derby but mostly they're not, really. They use Roller Derby as a setting but a lot of them are more about people and relationships.

There's a mix of styles, with a post-apocalyptic Mad Max type story my favourite, one that's a Sherlock Holmes influenced detective story, a Victorian 'origins of Roller Derby' tale and a few modern tales about friendship, love, jealousy and break ups.

My favourites include the super fierce post-apocalyptic story and a quite sweet one about two teenage sisters playing in a junior Roller Derby league. Though I liked some more than others they are all well written and there wasn't any that I didn't enjoy.

I don't think you'd need to know how Roller Derby works before reading, there is a glossary in the back, and a lot of the stories have descriptions - especially the first story which is about a group of Victorian debutantes taking up roller skating and finding a way to express their aggressive sides.

I recommend this for anyone that plays or is interested in Roller Derby, or who just wants to read some short stories that are as bold and brilliant as the description on the back claims.