This is one of the Find Your Fate... Junior series of books. It's a choose your own adventure, Transformers style. With Dinobots. Grimlock, Sludge, Slag, and Swoop are the central characters, although Bombshell controlling them - not a spoiler since you find out within the first two pages of the adventure - is just one step in a Decepticon plan to create superfuel and take over the world. (Which if you've ever seen an episode of Transformers? Decepticons taking over the world is their thing. Every single episode. That or killing Autobots which also plays a part in this book.)


One star off because I'm anal about reviewing and have to read every single page. And I kind of like the front to back. Choose Your Own Adventures always made me twitch; how did I know I'd read the whole book? I didn't have the patience to go back over every single scenario, so I tended to read front to back at some point which isn't the best option out there.

That being said, there were enough characters in this book to give you twist and turns, even ones that didn't include the Dinobots at all. The focus was still on Grimlock, Snarl, Sludge, Slag and Swoop, though, and by leaving Swoop free of Bombshell's cerebro-shells, it gives the book an opening to get the other Autobots involved. In other words, the stories all tie together, the characters are in character - some more so than others, and it's a pretty fun ride.

Not worth taking a star off, or even half a star, but worth a mention. This book is illustrated, and I have mixed feelings about them. Some really hit me the wrong way, but most were decent to good. The front cover illustration - a painting - is the best by far. The inside illustrations are reproduced pencil drawings.

I'd only really suggest this if you have a child who's into Transformers, or are as massive a Dinobot fan as I am. It's good, but definitely aimed at younger children. If you don't need an immediate fix of Dinobots, there's simply much better Transformers fiction out there. Try the More Than Meets the Eye and Robots in Disguise series! ( )