Shadow Unit 1 - Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Will Shetterly

Title: Shadow Unit 1 (Ep 1.01-1.04)
Author: Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, Sarah Monette, Will Shetterly
Genre: Suspense, Paranormal
Rating: 4/5
# pages: 216
Date read: April, 2018

The FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity's worst nightmares. But there are nightmares humanity doesn't dream are real.

The BAU sends those cases down the hall. There, Stephen Reyes and his team pursue criminals transformed by a mysterious force: the anomaly.

Welcome to Shadow Unit.


I love the TV series "Criminal Minds", so of course I had to read this fanfic paranormal take on it. Fortunately it lived up to my expectations. It's well written, and while I did originally try to match all Shadow Unit members to their Criminal Minds counterparts (Chaz is obviously Spencer Reid!), they quickly developed enough of a personality of their own for the links to become less obvious, so I could appreciate the characters in their own rights.

While there are overreaching arcs, each episode can more or less stand on its own. This book takes you half-way through "season 1".