𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Philip Fracassi
𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭: The St. Vincent's Orphanage houses 30 boys and is run by a small group of priests.  There they live an impoverished and strict life under the constant supervision of Father Poole and his henchman Brother Johnson.  An already rough situation is made worse when an injured man is brought to the priests by the local sheriff in the middle of the night.  To their horror, the man, covered in occult symbols and making sounds no human should make, unleashes something terrible in the orphanage.
𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 335
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Horror
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝: Absolutely
𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭: no, but considering they're at an orphanage for boys, that makes sense
𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝: early 1900s
𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book is absolutely tremendous and one of my favorites of the year.  It is written in multiple POVs, giving an intimate glimpse in the life of many of the boys (and a few adults) before the chaos begins.  Due to this style, you really grow to love many of the characters, which is almost unfortunate as none of them are safe.

Possession and demonic novels always tend to be the scariest stories to me, but throwing it into a group of children is a dramatic and effective move.  Fracassi is excellent here, and this will be a long favorite of mine.