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Reviewed by Michelle Robertson for Readers' Favorite
The Wreck of the Rachel Marie, written by Reginald J. Thorne, is an exciting, adventurous, and suspenseful short story that tells the tale of pirate Simon Daggett, first mate Tom Smythe, the beautiful Rachel Marie, and the rest of the scurvy pirates of the "Brotherhood of the Skull." Born to a tavern owner's daughter in St. Lucia and abandoned by his father to live with his mother, Simon Daggett was fond of the adventurous tales of sailors, seamen, pirates, and treasure, and soon became one of the fiercest Caribbean pirates known in the 1600s. All was well for Simon until he took on a crew of scraggly cutthroat seamen and a young first mate named Tom Smythe. Tom would never forget the adventure they were to get themselves into, for it would ultimately be the reason for his demise years later. Growing up in a completely different part of the world and social status, Rachel knew nothing of the pirate-seaman life style lived by Simon Daggett until her father does some business with the pirate captain. A sense of familiarity is felt between them when they look into each other's eyes.
Reginald J. Thorne has written a most intriguing, adventurous, and suspenseful story and did so with just 50 pages. The characters are so vividly described that a reader can clearly imagine what they might have looked like. The plot of the story is very realistic, especially for the time period in which the story takes place. Treasure hunting, ruthless pirates, betrayal, grief, and murder, The Wreck of the Rachel Marie will leave readers wanting more of this amazing short page-turner!
