Review: For Love and Vengeance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2013
This story came quite close to blowing my socks off.  Ray kept me captivated throughout.  I was always trying to guess what was coming next.  I couldn't believe how many different twists and turns he managed to pack into the story.  The suspense had me on the edge of my seat more than once.You cannot help but love the characters that you meet in this story.  They are simply looking for a way out of the situations that they have managed to get themselves into.  They are real people who exude real emotions, albeit in some rather uncanny circumstances.This is a very well written and well developed story.  The descriptions of people and places are very clear.  There are never any long, drawn out background parts in the story, however the reader knows all that they need to know to understand what is happening throughout the story.  This does not stop you from wishing that you know more or trying to guess what would happen next.  What would a suspense story be without those moments?Ray has a great deal of technological and military ops information in this novel as well.  The information included is not overly farfetched, but rather quite close to reality.  It aids greatly in the progression of the story.There was one instance in the novel that really got to me.  After sleeping on it, it is still on my mind so I feel that I should mention it.  One of the first things that the main characters did together they went to a wine tasting.  Once reunited, the characters end up at another wine tasting, however this time one of them is pregnant.  However, even with this blip, overall you really find yourself wondering what would happen if these events really took place.