Bea Character Analysis

Bea is Henry’s good friend. She’s an art student who is in the process of writing her dissertation. Bea, like everyone besides Henry, forgets Addie each time they part ways, and so once Henry and Addie start dating, Henry has to re-introduce Addie to her every time they “meet.” During her research, Bea stumbles upon three artworks that depict the same woman—the woman is Addie, though Bea doesn’t know this—and is inspired to write her dissertation about this mystery muse. Bea only dates women, so Henry’s curse (everyone wants him—but only because they project what they want onto him rather than seeing him as he really is) affects their friendship less significantly than it affects Henry’s relationship with Robbie, whom Henry used to date. Before Henry’s deal with Luc, Bea and Robbie sympathized with Henry’s heartbreak but understood Tabitha’s reasons for not wanting to be with the uncertain, aimless, and self-doubting Henry. After the deal, though, Bea is extremely supportive of Henry and insists that he’s way out of Tabitha’s league. When, at the novel’s end, Henry publishes his first novel, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Bea jokes that Henry got the idea from her dissertation, not realizing that Henry actually knew and loved the woman depicted in the paintings she’s studying.