Ines is thoroughly a noble woman who is a product of her society. She believes in marriage and having children. I often see readers mistake her for some woman who doesn’t want marriage, doesn’t want a man and doesn’t want children. As unhappy as Ines was in her marriage with the crown prince, even she thought the unmarried Carcel was irresponsible for failing to do his duty to marry.
As to children, in this current timeline, after Ines decided not to get a divorce from Carcel, why then is she still focusing on trying to get pregnant if she doesn’t have to get a child right now in order to divorce him? Before the hunting trip, at the hunting lodge, and in Mendoza, we as readers saw she wants to get pregnant now despite the fact there’s no rush. In the novel, we know she reminds Carcel that her mother had Luciano at 18 years old. The fact that she mentions this further affirms the fact that she observes custom/tradition. She thinks Carcel and her at age 23/24 are far overdue for children.
The only reason Ines thought about independence in the beginning of the story was because of her two horrible past lives. She just wanted to live to die. She wanted to live her life without making any more mistakes so that she can die a natural death. If Ines truly wanted to divorce Carcel and she hated marriage, she still had the opportunity to do it. However, she chose to stay married to Carcel. No one forced her to stay married and it’s the best damn decision she will ever make in any of her lives. Since I read to the end of the story, I can say her journey of love and healing is simply amazing.
On a side note, I don’t know what it is about Ines that makes some readers think they know her better than the author who created her. When I read the novel, I was quite surprised how much Ines follows the traditions of her noble society in terms of marriage and children.
Ines is thoroughly a noble woman who is a product of her society. She believes in marriage and having children. I often see readers mistake her for some woman who doesn’t want marriage, doesn’t want a man and doesn’t want children. As unhappy as Ines was in her marriage with the crown prince, even she thought the unmarried Carcel was irresponsible for failing to do his duty to marry.
As to children, in this current timeline, after Ines decided not to get a divorce from Carcel, why then is she still focusing on trying to get pregnant if she doesn’t have to get a child right now in order to divorce him? Before the hunting trip, at the hunting lodge, and in Mendoza, we as readers saw she wants to get pregnant now despite the fact there’s no rush. In the novel, we know she reminds Carcel that her mother had Luciano at 18 years old. The fact that she mentions this further affirms the fact that she observes custom/tradition. She thinks Carcel and her at age 23/24 are far overdue for children.
The only reason Ines thought about independence in the beginning of the story was because of her two horrible past lives. She just wanted to live to die. She wanted to live her life without making any more mistakes so that she can die a natural death. If Ines truly wanted to divorce Carcel and she hated marriage, she still had the opportunity to do it. However, she chose to stay married to Carcel. No one forced her to stay married and it’s the best damn decision she will ever make in any of her lives. Since I read to the end of the story, I can say her journey of love and healing is simply amazing.
On a side note, I don’t know what it is about Ines that makes some readers think they know her better than the author who created her. When I read the novel, I was quite surprised how much Ines follows the traditions of her noble society in terms of marriage and children.