#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: A Finished Paperback of Boys in the Valley by Fracassi

Today I have a book that was one of the top reads of 2023 and to celebrate its paperback release I have a copy you can add to your collection immediately. Details below but first, here are the rules on how to enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American Library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Click here for the previous giveaway. Our winner was Joshua from IL. Now on to this week's giveaway.

Philip Fracassi's Boys in the Valley made quite a splash in 2023 garnering a blurb from Stephen King and being called, "The most frightening novel of the year," in Esquire. To celebrate the paperback release, Tor sent me a copy to give away to one of you. 

But before we get too far ahead of ourselves, here is the publisher description of the book:

St. Vincent's Orphanage for Boys. 

Turn of the century, in a remote valley in Pennsylvania. 

Here, under the watchful eyes of several priests, thirty boys work, learn, and worship. Peter Barlow, orphaned as a child by a gruesome murder, has made a new life here. As he approaches adulthood, he has friends, a future... a family. 

Then, late one stormy night, a group of men arrive at their door, one of whom is badly wounded, occult symbols carved into his flesh. His death releases an ancient evil that spreads like sickness, infecting St. Vincent's and the children within. Soon, boys begin acting differently, forming groups. Taking sides. 

Others turn up dead. 

Now Peter and those dear to him must choose sides of their own, each of them knowing their lives — and perhaps their eternal souls — are at risk. 

The Exorcist meets Lord of the Flies, by way of Midnight Mass, in Boys in the Valley, a brilliant coming-of-age tale from award-winning author Philip Fracassi.

I would also highly recommend this title for book clubs. Now that it is in paperback, it is easier for you to buy or borrow more copies. 

Enter today for a chance to win this copy and you can put this paperback into your collections right away. Also, after you enter, go check your collections and make sure you own it. If not, order a copy or two.

Thanks again to Tor for the copy to provide this giveaway.

And good luck to everyone.