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Author: Charlie Hopkins

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Charlie Hopkins

Charlie Hopkins

Charlie is an Aussie who has been reading voraciously since his obviously well spent youth. He particularly enjoys fantasy and science fiction and was raised on a steady diet of Gemmell, Feist, Heinlein and Crichton. In terms of fresher writers he highly enjoys Pierce Brown, Mark Lawrence, Sylvain Neuvel, Sebastien De Castell, Brian Staveley, John Gwynne, Josiah Bancroft, Nicholas Eames and more. He is also an actor and killed Maeve in Episode 4 of HBO's Westworld. You can follow him on twitter @areadingmachine and check out his own much-neglected blog at www.areadingmachine.com for reviews and the occasional giveaway. He can also be found in need of health in Battlefield 1 on Xbox as Sofreshns0clean.

  • AdventureBook ReviewsFantasy
    By Charlie Hopkins
    November 17, 2020
    299
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    THE SHATTERED REALM OF ARDOR BENN by Tyler Whitesides (BOOK REVIEW)

    Contains minor spoilers for Book One of the Kingdom of Grit trilogy. In a world of war-ravaged empires and dragon-fueled magic, master con artist Ardor Benn ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By Charlie Hopkins
    October 22, 2020
    454
    2

    THE THOUSAND DEATHS OF ARDOR BENN by Tyler Whitesides (BOOK REVIEW)

    Ardor Benn is no ordinary thief. Rakish, ambitious, and master of wildly complex heists, he styles himself a ruse artist extraordinaire. When he gets hired for ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By Charlie Hopkins
    October 1, 2020
    425
    1

    THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER by Andrea Stewart (BOOK REVIEW)

    In an empire ruled by bone shard magic, the former heir to the emperor will fight to reclaim her magic and her place on the throne, ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By Charlie Hopkins
    August 21, 2020
    494
    1

    HOW TO RULE AN EMPIRE AND GET AWAY WITH IT by K. J. Parker – Book Review

    This is the history of how the City was saved, by Notker the professional liar, written down because eventually the truth always seeps through. The City ...
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  • Along the Razor's Edge (War Eternal) by Rob J. Hayes
    Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdarkSelf-Publishing
    By Charlie Hopkins
    April 6, 2020
    376
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    ALONG THE RAZOR’S EDGE by Rob J. Hayes (Book Review)

    I was a big fan of Never Die, a recent standalone from Rob, and decided with the release of this new four-book series and this whole ...
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  • We Ride the Storm (Reborn Empire) by Devin Madson
    Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Charlie Hopkins
    March 16, 2020
    567
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    WE RIDE THE STORM by Devin Madson (Book Review)

    Seventeen years after rebels stormed the streets, fractions divide Kisia. Only the firm hand of the god-emperor holds the empire together. But when a shocking betrayal ...
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  • Smoke and Stone (City of Sacrifice) by Michael R. Fletcher
    Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Charlie Hopkins
    October 15, 2019
    570
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    SMOKE AND STONE by Michael R. Fletcher (Book Review)

    The Last War is something of a misnomer. Dozens of wars were fought after the birth of Bastion, as those surviving gods battled for supremacy. This ...
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  • Priest of Lies (War For The Rose Throne) by Peter McLean
    Book ReviewsFantasyGrimdark
    By Charlie Hopkins
    July 17, 2019
    484
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    PRIEST OF LIES by Peter McLean (Book Review)

    Priest of Lies by Peter McLean is a great follow up to Priest of Bones that drags our protagonist deeper into the mired politics of Ellinburg, ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyHistorical
    By Charlie Hopkins
    May 23, 2019
    705
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    The Gameshouse by Claire North (Book Review)

    Everyone has heard of the Gameshouse. But few know all its secrets…. It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost through chess, backgammon-every ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasyHistorical
    By Charlie Hopkins
    February 7, 2019
    1397
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    The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky (Book Review)

    I’ve just finished The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky and I’m a bit blown away. It starts as a very tight and intimate ...
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