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I read spoilers from Bato that after some time, the crown prince realized he doesn't love Ibelin either but she's already pregnant by that time. That's just her karma I guess. Oh and apparently, Arwin removed the prince's memories of Latte when he started showing interest in her. People said the mahwa excluded a lot of events about that. I never actually read the novel so I can't confirm these for sure.
If I could use one word to describe this it would be unsatisfying. Specifically peridot being taken out after only TWO schemes that had no major impact on the story after being built up to such a high degree. Then Ibelin not getting a proper epilogue beyond being revealed as a "happy" consort which directly goes against everything she was ranting and raving about to latte because shes literally sharing the princes love with other women! I would've loved to see how her way of thinking evolved or didn't and how she handled the aftermath of that major conversation/fall out with the Duke. One thing I will say that I loved is the slow burn between her and arwin as well as lattes whole "take no bs"personality. It was my main motivator to keep coming back and I'm so happy that most of the people around her ended up with happy endings!