The Trusted is a cracking, fast-paced, cross-genre read. Science Fiction and the Supernatural mixed with a classic spy thriller. A gripping, occasionally graphic read you'll be pleased to know there is more to come.

This was definitely an interesting read, with more of a sci-fi tilt and a side of thriller, despite being marked as the start of a new thriller series. I liked Sam a lot, and thought he was a great character. Advanced technology and aliens play a heavy roll in this book, and at times things got a little confusing. Overall, I enjoyed the mash-up of sci-fi and thriller elements, into what was without a doubt a unique and unforgettable story.

"The Trusted" just wasn't my cup of tea. I can't really say I enjoyed any of it so I would up DNFing it pretty early on.

A suspenseful, action-packed compelling story that keeps you entertained until the very end.

I quite enjoyed reading The Trusted and hope to read more by this author in the future.

I have tried several times but just couldn't get into this book. I even tried to read it again recently,.

The Trusted by Michelle Medhat is the first book in a five book series. A cross genre book that incorporates spy thriller with brilliant elements of sci-fi and fantasy too at times.
The story hits the ground running and we are thrown into the action from the first page. We meet MI-6 agent and doctor Sam Noor who is part of the fight against a new terror organisation that is a threat to the whole world.They are using brand new technology to threaten everything people love.
I think the world building is excellent and Michelle has created truly individual strong characters that stay with you long after you have finished the book.
A story that had my adrenaline rushing all the way through, with enough action for three books never mind just the one!
Am picking up the second book as soon as possible, I need to know what will happen in this series quick!
Thank you to Michelle and NetGalley for my copy of the book today.

apologies for late posting of this but it was a DNF for me quite early on - it was not my style of writing I enjoy and seemed very far fetched

Fast paced action novel. Felt like there was a little too much going on at times, but interesting storyline.

A female computer engineer - block chains are one of the latest concepts in supply chain management to ensure the validity and trustworthiness of the chain - has a husband in the Foreign Office who travels for work - abroad - a lot. And he has a secret that she doesn’t know - even after 10 years.
And there is a plot. And Sleeping Assassins. And quantum bombs and other elements of a good spy thriller with lots of suspense.
Unfortunately this book ends with a cliff-hanger and thus you need to start book 2 to begin to resolve it. You are given chapter 1 of book 2 and hints from the author in order to gear you to reading it.
I didn’t. The plot line and contents were too much normal genre for a spy thriller and there was not enough originality for me to continue.
I am going to give this 3 stars because although the style was good it didn’t grab me enough

This is an interesting read. It has a BBC Torchwood like feel to it with it’s mixture of espionage and science fiction. It also reminds me of Showtimes’ The Rook. It has more of an UK feel to it with the author’s use of casual language between characters. The American characters used “Mum” and “bloody” which seemed out of place. The sex wasn’t that graphic.

It’s fast paced and an easy enjoyable read. I look forward to reading other books from this author. Thank you for allowing me to review an advanced copy.

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I was in when i read the Blurb. Characters are good and entertain you throughout the story. Although it could be made shorter a little bit but overall a good read.
Highly recommended

My thanks to the Author publishers and NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review.
This book was a disappointment while obviously well researched and written, with good characterization, I found it a struggle to finish. I am an avid reader with always at least two books on the go. One in the good old fashioned format of an actual book, and one on my Amazon Fire. When duty calls and I have get back to real life, I usually can't wait to get back to my book in this case I had to force myself because I never do not finish a book once started.
My problem was the multiple genres, this has the makings of an excellent espionage global terrorism thriller with an hero with a passing reference to 'Jason Bourne and Jack Reacher' no bad thing, but then the advanced technology and weaponry introduced a Science fiction element, ok no problem, but then here come the 'Aliens' yes Aliens the President of the good old US of A became that with the help of Aliens who monitor his progress via advanced video links, if that was not enough there are a number of unnecessary sex scenes.
Spoiler alert.
Book one of three ends with our heroes wife being kidnapped, sadly I won't be reading books 2 and 3 to find out how this series unfolds.

Between the cover and the blurb about the book...I was intrigued! I mean… “He’s a husband, a killer, and the only man who can save the world…” Yeah, so a wild ride of shenanigans are about to go down!?! This was my first novel by Michelle Medhat, but it won’t be my last! I understand this is a series!?! I became invested enough in the way the characters (Sam & Ellie) were developed to read more into the series! This was just the right amount of greed and government corruption to keep me on the edge!! I rated this book a ⅘ stars and recommend reading!!!

Thank you Netgalley for giving me a chance to read and review this book.

I loved this book, I couldn't put it down.
I was drawn to this book by the cover and the blurb.
What really made me fall in love with this book was the fact that it made you question what you really know about a person.
I went through every single emotion with this book.
I highly recommend it!

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book. It was outside the normal genres I would choose however, I found the book compelling and read to the end. Think James Bond with an alien/sci-fi twist. Slightly frustrated that there was no ending as such but appreciate that this is book 1 of a series. I would recommend you give it a try, you might be surprised how much you enjoy it.

This author tries too hard to be a fast-paced writer like James Patterson. This book didn't hit the nail for me. It was far fetched and poorly written

"He's a husband, a killer, and the only man who can save the world…"
When I see this sentence at the blurb and knowing he is an agent, I thought I will read the story about a man who will try to save people from bad men. Actually, I did watch a lot of movies about this kind of heroes and enjoyed watching them. But after reading the blurb I realize I didn't read a book about this kind of stories so I wanted to give a try to read this book.
The story was almost the way I expected it to be. It was full of action/adventure. But the way it is told was different what was I expected. [author: Michelle Medhat|7394518] tells the story a different way, not just the point of view of our hero but almost every important characters' point of views. I liked the way the story was told and how things developed. Another surprising thing was how aliens involved in the story and what more surprising was I didn't find it too strange to accept and actually find it interesting. So this was one of the things make this story more original usually we don't have supernatural things in this kind of stories.
I found all the characters interesting and liked to learn more about them. But I can't say I loved any of them. I wasn't charmed by the characters so wasn't worried for them but I go on reading because I like the story and was curious what will happen next. When I read series I would like them to have ending partially for some of the characters or learn some of the things I'm curious. But for this book (the first book in the series) that didn't happen. And the ending without answering most of my questions and I feel I don't know enough characters' stories. Because of that, I think the ending come early and wasn't fulfilling. But I enjoyed reading this story and I want to learn how will thing develope so I will go on reading other books in this series when they come out.
Thanks to NetGalley and the BooksGoSocial Publishing Group providing me a copy of the book in exchange for an unbiased review and making this available!

Thanks to netgalley for the review copy of this thrilling read. This is a little out of my normal genre zone, but I really enjoyed it, and will look out for the next book in the series!
Recommended.

I received a free copy of The Trusted from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Buckle up and hold on! The Trusted grabs from the moment you start until it's thrilling end. Even better, it is the first in a series. Boy am I looking forward to the next book in this series. Michelle Medhat is a new author for me and one that I will be looking forward to reading more from. She has done an amazing job of building her characters, and pulling you into the story. There are so many twist and turns, and double backs, that you never know what will happen next. Just an amazing story. Great job!

I enjoyed this book. The pacing was good and the plot was interesting. I felt like there could be more character development, but as this is the first in the series then I expect this will happen throughout the rest of the books. will be continuing on in the series!
I'm not usually a big fan of detective thrillers but this one caught my attention.