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Under Bethel

By: Hubert L. Mullins
Narrated by: Madeleine Norton
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In the Highlands of Scotland lies the Hole, a famed passageway under the town of Bethel where hundreds have vanished. After years of ignored recovery wishes, the Hole’s ownership has passed to Elisabeth Wingate.

A former child star and British fashion mogul, Elisabeth wants to redeem her scandalous, reckless life. She agrees to finance an expedition to retrieve the legion of bodies that have accumulated over the years, but there’s only one catch: She wants to venture alongside the caving team.

But they’re not alone down there....

Everything goes wrong in the darkness. Elisabeth is split from her group, navigating a labyrinth of caves and inexplicable rooms of carved stone. With limited supplies and a failing light, she must reunite with her group. And somehow escape the creatures in the dark before they claim another victim Under Bethel....

Mullins returns to dreadful horror in this tense, creepy, and atmospheric tale of the shadowy things that linger in the deepest chasms of the world....

©2021 Hubert L. Mullins (P)2025 Hubert L. Mullins Fantasy Fiction Horror Scary Magic
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Who isn’t scared by tight, dark caves and spiders?
This story plays on two of the most common phobias however still has a strong story line with good character development and back story.

Arachnophobia and claustrophobia all in one

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I loved the spider theme, and i absolutely love underground cave horror and the cosmic vibes.
I just didn't feel the atmosphere as a lot of the story relies on dialogue, and that made it a story told but not felt. Some parts were better and i enjoyed some of the exploration and their findings.
The audiobook narrator was fine but I'm not sure her voice was best for darker vibes.

good story

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Format: audiobook
Narrator: Madeleine Norton

Two of my biggest fears, spiders and tight dark places, these both helped create the panic inducing fear that gave this story horror vibes for me.

Narrator was excellent with her delivery and portrayal of emotions.

Under Bethel

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I love Greek mythology so had my suspicions about this book from quite early on, and not realising that it was book one of a series called ‘The Under a Shattered Olympus Saga’. I didn’t find the book particularly scary, but it was an interesting concept. My main niggle was that I would have thought far more investigation would have happened for the people who had gone missing previously. I made the mistake of listening to this on audiobook. For some reason it was read by an American when there were no American characters in the story and the Scottish accents were pretty painful. There were some strange word pronunciations too that were a little jarring. I will be reading the rest of the series, purely because of my love for Greek mythology!

Thrilling underground adventure

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Why set a book in a country and then ignore what that country is like? Suspension of disbelief took me so far but after a while I had to conclude that the author was having a laugh. I hope he found the laugh hilarious because it's lacking something... Again, what IS the pointy of picking Scotland as a setting and then ignoring everything Scottish and making it as seen through a Balmorality lens of tartan tat. Must Do Better.

And the reader... It's not Scots, it's not even UK, it's very very USA. Not even a mid atlantic drawl. I think that the strangled accent with the odd squeak, even for the butchest, deepest of the male character must be a version of scottish being attempted. That's by a process of guesswork and probability rather than the evidence of my ears. Furthermore the accent doesn't stay the same for a single character. With the possible exception of the heroine who speaks in the sort of RP that the USA thinks people use when they aren't chanelling The Artful Dodger.

There also seems to be a dearth of knowledge about both spiders and caving, as well as legislation covering freedom of the press. Which doesn't leave a lot of the book left.

Why? WHY? WHYYYYYYYYYYYY?

I wish I could leave no stars.

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