James St. Clair Character Analysis in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

James St. Clair is an actor whom Addie meets in New York some time before the novel’s present day. Addie stays at his New York apartment when she knows he’s out of town for a shoot. James is gay, but he and Addie have immediate chemistry as friends. They spend a whole day together and then return to James’s apartment, where they eventually fall asleep beside each other in bed. Addie leaves before James wakes the next morning, knowing she won’t be able to handle the sadness and disappointment that will hit her once James—a person she thinks she could have been friends with, had she never been cursed—wakes up and fails to remember her or the nice time they shared together.

James St. Clair Character Timeline in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

The timeline below shows where the character James St. Clair appears in The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...Baxter on Fifty-sixth and tells the man at the front desk that she’s here for James. The elevator door closes behind her before the man can stop her. Addie types in... (full context)

Later, Addie draws a bath. She settles into the tub and remembers how she and James met in a coffee shop. She noticed that lots of people were looking at him,... (full context)

...in the present, Addie gets out of the bath and wraps herself in one of James’s robes. She opens the doors leading to the bedroom balcony and steps outside. She puts... (full context)

New York City. March 11, 2014. When Addie wakes up in James’s apartment the next morning, it’s gray and rainy outside. Addie puts on records to fill... (full context)

...uptown, reading The Odyssey as she walks. She’s nearly at the Baxter when she sees James St. Clair emerge from a black sedan. She’ll have to find somewhere else to stay... (full context)