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Author: Charlie Hopkins

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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 ReviewsFantasyNautical
    By Charlie Hopkins
    December 7, 2021
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    THE BONE SHIP’S WAKE by RJ Barker (BOOK REVIEW)

    The Tide Child series was a pretty damn emotional ride and this final book was definitely the hardest to get through. Rest easy the writing is ...
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  • Book ReviewsFantasy
    By Charlie Hopkins
    October 25, 2021
    2589
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    THE FALL OF BABEL by Josiah Bancroft (BOOK REVIEW)

    The Fall of Babel is the stunningly imaginative end to an amazing journey. Josiah Bancroft has crafted for himself and his readers the most exceptional and ...
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  • Book ReviewsEpicFantasy
    By Charlie Hopkins
    July 3, 2021
    2798
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    MASTER ARTIFICER by Justin T. Call (BOOK REVIEW)

    This was my holiday book and boy did it not disappoint. Everything I loved about the first book plus more, in some cases way more.  We ...
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  • AdventureBook ReviewsFantasy
    By Charlie Hopkins
    November 17, 2020
    2591
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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
    3638
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    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
    3227
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    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
    3019
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    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
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    By Charlie Hopkins
    April 6, 2020
    4267
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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
    3943
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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
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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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