This was gut-wrenching and tore my fucking heart out 😭 I knew going in there would be no HEA and I thought I was ready for that kind of ending. I was not. I was an absolute MESS. Please, please take your mental health and the trigger warnings seriously because K. wasn't playing around with this one. “𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆’𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒊𝒈, 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒓. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔. 𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔.” Zechariah is a cannibal and a stalker. He hunts the ones that slip through the justice system, but when he runs into Freya at a hardware store he becomes obsessively in love. Their relationship is toxic, but the devotion and love is there. I just kept thinking "in another life" for them🥲 “𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆… 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒏𝒐𝒘.” I didn't expect the twist at the end. I reread those last lines over and over and 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓. This was such a a tragic story, but I'm completely in love with it!

I'm still lost for words to be able to describe the emotional toll this book had on me 😭 I love Rynn and Loch. They had such horrible childhoods, but loved each other so much and made such dumb decisions. 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆— 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔. Hindsight is always 20/20 and I feel that's exactly how Rynn felt. I loved her character so much, and honestly if I were in Loch's shoes, my ass would hold a grudge too😂 𝑯𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒆, 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆— 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆. 𝑰’𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆. This Haunted Heart gave Romeo & Juliet vibes but with an added HEA after all the tears and grief (because y'all already know I cried through this whole book 🥲) "𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑰’𝒎 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔." The ghost aspect was a little creepy, but only knowing what could happen if they weren't respected. I was on such an emotional ride with this book and cannot wait to reread it🥹