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Chantal Boudreau

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Chantal Boudreau is an accountant by day and an author/illustrator during evenings and weekends, who lives by the ocean in beautiful Nova Scotia, Canada with her husband and two children. In addition to being a CMA-MBA, she has a BA with a major in English from Dalhousie University. A member of the Horror Writers Association, she writes and illustrates predominantly horror, dark fantasy and fantasy and has had several of her short stories published in anthologies and as stand alone digital shorts. Fervor, her debut novel, a dystopian science fantasy tale, was released in March of 2011 by May December Publications, followed by its sequel, Elevation, later that year. Transcendence, the third in the series, will be released in 2012. Other rele...more


Or… Why I Embrace the Dystopian Novel

I’ve had the good fortune this week of being presented with a special opportunity – I volunteered to proofread a dystopian novel by Frank Herbert, called High-Opp, from Wordfire Press: http://www.amazon.com/High-Opp-ebook/... . So far, 40+ pages into the proofread, I’m really enjoying the story. It revolves around class warfare, an attempt to standardize lif... read more »
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Published on May 26, 2012 04:00 • 6 views • Tags: darker, dystopian, grim, hope, novels, optimism, utopia, writing
Average rating: 4.51 · 175 ratings · 68 reviews · 24 distinct works
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011
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Fervor
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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The Ghost in the Mirror
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It's All About The Tourists
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Weighing Fate
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Technopathy
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Standouts are Gollem in Ozone Park- which is very colorful, and And The Dark Growls Back - wh... "
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One would expect a zombie anthology with a male focus might have significantly more action, violence and gore, and less emotional content than its all female equivalent, but it turns out this is not the case. Many of these tales are just as touching...more
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" OK, I loved the little intros, the authors little bio and the fantastic drawings of each short story...what a great idea!
These girls ROCK... and who gave men the "bad" rap for always being sexually minded, these girls are on heat, with no shame,... "
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Hell Hath No Fury by Candace Gleave
" I finally finished this novel and I know now that women hold their own in the gore world. Some of these stories shook me to the core, and a few I had to just skip through some of the pages because (honestly) I'm flat out terrified of zombies!!! Lo... "
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The story begins with an intro from various perspectives where we discover that our protagonist, Torq, is the son of a human, far from Earth, and a G’Tari woman, a smaller paler people who bear litters of young, wear facial “catfish” whiskers and hav...more
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Unlike an ordinary anthology, a book that combines four tales of this size really doesn’t have the type of presentation that merits a single review. In this instance, I think these four tales could easily stand on their own, so I’ve decided to review...more
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Chantal Boudreau Thank you for the quick response :)


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Natasha Slight Thank you for the friendship!


message 19: by Fathima

Fathima Hey Chantal , thanks for adding me up . Nice to meet you :)


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Taznim hi Chantal,
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Jillian Peery Thanks for the add, Chantal! Have a great weekend! :)


message 16: by Chantal

Chantal Boudreau My pleasure, Ivan. I love the opportunity goodreads provides to meet new people. And thank you. :)

Ivan wrote: "I am honored that you have found me and added me. Browsing through your body of work I am an instant fan of your work. I love your illustrations. Thank you for having me as a friend!"


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Ivan Torres I am honored that you have found me and added me. Browsing through your body of work I am an instant fan of your work. I love your illustrations. Thank you for having me as a friend!


Natasha (a.k.a Paranormal Goddess) Thank you for connecting with me. Please check out my blog Paranormal Goddess Book Blog, if you haven't already. I look forward to sharing my love of books with you.


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Chantal Boudreau I'm great - very busy. I'll be putting up a new blog posting tonight. How are you?


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Dylan Thanks for the friend request! How are you? :)


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