“The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” made me feel a storm of emotions. And here you can see my thoughts about this book. Specifically, I'll give my opinion on Luc and Addy's relationship. Addie lied to herself many times and she didn’t allow herself to be happy. She also convinced herself that her feelings for Luc weren't true love. She admits that she has made unrealistic promises to herself: "She will not linger in his arms. She will not fall asleep beside him. She will not feel anything but his lips on her skin, his hands tangled in hers, the weight of him against her. Small promises, but ones she does not keep. It is only sex. And then it is not."
I think her war is a waste of time, since they are not enemies for a long time, he doesn't need her soul and their feelings are mutual.
She can't prove that he’s not able to love. But she can hurt him (and herself, too). And Luc will be hurt precisely because he loves her. The first person to say "I remember," to Addie, was Luc:
"I remember, says the darkness in her ear."
"I remember, whispers the darkness, almost kindly, as if he's not the one who cursed her."
“And one night Addie wakes in the dark to the soft pressure of his fingertips drawing patterns on her skin, and she is struck by the look in his eyes. No, not the look. The knowing. It is the first time that she has woken up in bed with someone who hasn’t already forgotten her. The first time she’s heard her name again after the pause of sleep. The first time she hasn’t felt alone. And something in her splinters. Addie does not hate him anymore. Has not for a long time.”
Luc was always on Addie's mind, even while she was having sex with Henry: "And then they are on the bed, and for an instant, only an instant, she is somewhere else, somewhen else, the darkness folding itself around her. A name whispered against bare skin. But to him she was Adeline, only Adeline. His Adeline. My Adeline."
Addie wouldn't be able to fool Luc because he's not some stupid kid: "I am stronger than your god and older than your devil. I am the darkness between stars, and the roots beneath the earth. I am promise, and potential, and when it comes to playing games, I divine the rules, I set the pieces, and I choose when to play."
Addie is afraid to admit that she loves him. This will alienate her even more from people. Even though she hasn't been human for a long time. She says that Luc looks like a human, that he has warm hugs, but then insists that he is not human at all. She hears his racing heartbeat during their first kiss, and then claims there is silence in his chest. She says she's happy with him, but immediately echoes that it won't last. She doesn't believe Luc when he says the deal can be changed, but asks him to do so when she bargains for Henry's soul. But still we can see that Addie suffered every time she pushed him away and when they were apart.
But all is not lost, because sometimes Addie is honest with herself: "Luc is the man she dreamed of when she was young, and then the one she hated most, and the one she loved, and Addie missed him every night that he was gone from her."
If you compare Luc and the image of a lover that Addie dreamed up in her youth, you will understand that with every decade, Luc is more and more like him.
I really wish Addie and Luc wouldn't try to antagonize or find each other's weaknesses, but just have a sincere conversation. Cause I think instead of playing push and pull, it’s better for them to be honest with each other. And in that case they may build a healthy relationship and live happily together.
And if there’s anybody who thinks the way that I do, I really recommend you to read "Until We Are One" by Veratrance, a fanfiction that could definitely become an amazing continuation of the book ❤ .
