A review by zillanovikov
Thank You For Loving Me by Nicole Bea

emotional hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"This connection, the one between our skin, is a kind of unwritten, unpainted, unphotographed something that tells me that from now on we might have moments of loneliness, but we’ll never be truly alone."

Thank You For Loving Me is a gentle book. It's a story about healing after a loss that destroyed you. It's about forgiving each other and yourself for continuing to go on, for finding happiness when all joy seemed lost. It is a book about sailing your grief ship to safe waters.

Maggie's world ended when she lost her sailor husband, Taylor. Her remaining lifeline to community is his sister, but Caitlyn has her own wounds, and Maggie is as lonely when she calls as alone. Thank You For Loving Me tells the story of Maggie allowing herself to move past her grief to find friendship and new love, without forgetting Taylor. 

The book is classic Nicole Bea; the description is lush and the east coast setting is a character in its own right. The sea took Taylor from her, but the maritime ocean is not cruel in this book-–it is the inspiration for Maggie's paintings, and the colour of the eyes of her new love. Even when she has little human company, Maggie is never truly alone on the beach. The world can be impossibly hard, but Nicole shows us that it can be kind, too.