April 12, 2026

1.24 DramaWave - Marked by My Alpha Stepbrother

Show Notes
Transcript

Most stories about step-siblings falling for each other follow the same tired formula—until now. A recent binge of Marked by My Alpha Stepbrother reveals how this series flips the script with a dark, forbidden love tangled in werewolf mythology. If you've ever wondered whether classic tropes can breathe new life, this episode unlocks the secrets behind why Cameron Porras and Jenna Gilmer's chemistry makes this one stand out—and why their performances might just redefine the supernatural romance genre.

In this deep dive, we explore how Marked by My Alpha Stepbrother uses a clever cat-and-mouse game to keep the tension high, all while seamlessly blending supernatural powers with forbidden love. Discover how subtle effects make Caleb's werewolf attributes chillingly real—the perfect balance of practicality and visual storytelling. We break down the intriguing premise of rival pack alphas uniting through marriage, leading to a volatile mix of danger, family secrets, and a blood moon prophecy that could threaten everything.

You'll learn about the unique storyline twists that set this series apart from countless others—like Tessa’s desperate efforts to reject her fate and Caleb’s unwavering loyalty to her, even at the risk of exile. We also cover the impact of subtle character traits, such as Caleb’s calling Tessa "Kitten," which adds layers of sensual tension. Plus, I share my thoughts on how stellar acting, especially the actors' chemistry, elevates the whole series and hints at Cameron’s potential for more supernatural roles—think Greek gods or fierce werewolves.

Why does this series matter? Because it challenges stereotypes and offers a richer, more engaging take on the step-sibling romance wrapped in supernatural drama. Missing out might mean overlooking a fresh, exciting addition to the wolf-themed storytelling that fans crave now more than ever. Whether you're a hardcore paranormal fan or a casual viewer tired of recycled plots, this episode will give you compelling reasons to dive into this addictive series.

Perfect for lovers of dark romance, supernatural mysteries, and storylines that push boundaries, this episode unlocks why Marked by My Alpha Stepbrother is a must-watch. Get ready to see the classic trope in a whole new light—and discover what makes this series a standout in the crowded world of wolf-shifter stories. Hit play and find out why I can't stop thinking about Caleb calling Tessa "Kitten"—and why you might just do the same.

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Welcome to my vertical obsession. Today we are talking about

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Marked by my Alpha's stepbrother on Druma and this one

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stars Cameron Porus as Caleb Hawthorne and Jenna Gilmour as

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Tessa Frost. The synopsis for this is two rival pack

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alphas unite through marriage, making their children unwilling siblings. When

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he saves her from bullies, a mate bond ignites. She

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plans to break it before the next full moon. He

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bets she'll fall first, using a secret bind her under

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one roof rivalry turns into forbidden love. So now my

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overview of it is that after running away from bully,

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Tessa runs into the boy's locker room and right into Caleb.

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He agrees to help her and get rid of the bullys,

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but that leads to them finding out their faded meats.

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Before they can deal with this, Tessa gets a call

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from her mom to meet her at her new stepfather's house.

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When Tessa gets there, she runs into Caleb again and

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the two find out that their step siblings. Tessa is

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determined to stop them from being meats and even talk

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about breaking the bond, while Caleb embraces the bond and

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teases Tessa. The two make a bet that if Tessa

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doesn't fall for Caleb by the blood Moon, that Caleb

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will accept her rejection. If she does fall for him,

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which he believes she will fall first, they will have

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to accept the bond. Tessa works hard to prove she

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doesn't want Caleb and will never fall for him, while

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Caleb is doing everything in his power to make Tessa

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fall for it, all while trying not to let their

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parents or anyone else know that there's something going on

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between them. After all, they are steps blings. Even after

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they are found out, Caleb refuses to let anything happen

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to Tessa and would kill anyone in his way. Once

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their parents find out, it looks as if they are doomed.

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Tessa will be vanished and Caleb sent overseas. Only the

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blood Moon has come and a family secret is revealed. Now,

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the one thing Caleb's dad was trying to destroy is

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the only thing that can save his son. Tessa accepts

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the mate bond and tells Caleb she has been in

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love with him for so long. This saves Caleb and

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alone was their parents to see if they were wrong.

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The parents accept Tessa and Caleb and allow them to

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be to get there, so I don't have much in

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the way of talking points, and the two big things

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I had was the fact that Jenna and Cameron need

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to stop being so good together because they say, seriously,

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have such amazing chemistry. After all, this is their third

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one I've done together. I also said that I could

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continue to watch more with them, and we mentioned how

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one of the first ones that I had seen with

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Cameron was the one he did with Jenna called My

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Stepbrother's Dirty Secret, which is on Real Short. It's like

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I had seen the ads for his one on Short

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Max called Billion Dollar Baby, but I'm pretty sure I

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watched The Stepbrother's Dirty Secret first, And I had also

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said how at one point when I was watching this,

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I did question if this was just that one My

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Stepbrother's Dirty Secret, but with were wolves. But they are

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both different storylines, so it was like, so happy about

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that one. But the funny thing enough is that characters

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Cameron plays for the two different series had the last

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name Hawthorne. I was like, that's interesting on coincidence. And

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then the other thing that I had was about Caleb

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calling Tessa kitten and for some reason which I never

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found out, and I'm not sure if it's just all

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in my head or not, but I swear he had

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another character that called someone kitten in another series. I

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just can't figure out which one, or again, if it

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was all in my head and it was someone else

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that I just thought it was Cameron saying it, but

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I really feel like it was him, So it kind

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of drove me crazy a little bit. But I never

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did figure it out, So if anyone knows, please let

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me know, because it was something that I was just like,

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am I making this up? Or is this something that

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is out there? But I also did point out that

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here and Cameron say kitten was just so sexy. I

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don't know what it was, but just I loved hearing

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his character called Tessa kitten so much. I think it

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was just the way he said it, And I was

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trying to like back it up too, because I was like,

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you know, there are certain actors who have like certain

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phrases that when you say that when they say them,

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it's like, oh my god, that's so sexy. But I

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couldn't think of anyone other than in Summer Holding from

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Vampire Diters when he says hello brother, and I'm like,

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I know, there's so many others, but that was like

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the only example I could come up with. So I said,

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I didn't have many talking points because there wasn't really

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much when it came to the series that I could

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point out or say about. And I'm like, I feel

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like there should have been more good things in there

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that I could have pointed out, and I just I

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wanted to have more, but I just couldn't figure it out.

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But there was nothing really bad to say about because

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I really enjoyed it. So going into my overall thoughts

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of this, I said, you know, I really enjoyed this

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one was a nice little cat and mouse type series.

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As I had mentioned, they had done a similar one

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with my Stepbrother's Dirty Secret, so for them to do

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it again but within the Werewold Jones, it was really fun.

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And I had thought Cameron I had done a were

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wolf series before this one, but it doesn't look like it.

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I couldn't find one on his IMDb, So again I

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think I've made that up in my head. But for

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some reason, I fully remember him as a were wolf,

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just like I fully remember him using the nickname Kitten

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in a series before. So I think it's like my

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brain is just making things up. But either way, it

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was fun to see Cameron as a were wolf and

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I thought he made a good wolf and would love

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to see him do more supernatural type series for sure.

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When I had done my review of Daughter of Zeus,

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I had said that Cameron as a Greek warrior was

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one of my favorite roles, but I think I have

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to add werewolf to this as well as being one

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of my favorite roles for him, So I would love

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to see him as a were wolf more and as

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a Greek warrior or Greek god again, so please can

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we continue those. I also really loved the wolf attribute,

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buttes for this one, it's mostly just nails and teeth.

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There were some special effects in there with some powers

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and the wolves, but I liked how subtle and yet

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fearing the nails and teeth looked. When Caleb and his

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dad took out their wolf wasn't over the top or

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two cgi. It was just enough, and I love when

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series do that. You get the point of them being

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a wolf and it's not like so crazy or it

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needs to be like over the cgied, so I like

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when they can do things more practical. I also said

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that when it comes to the story it's it always

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tends to be similar no matter what the app it's on,

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So sometimes it's hard to judge because there are so

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many step siblings stories out there, which is a true thing.

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And I think one of the things that helped make

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the stand out a bit more was that there was

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more of a cat and mouse within the series. There

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was an added element of danger and ruin. It didn't

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fully take over the plot, it helped make the plot

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a bit more down to earth and not up to

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the top. I also think Cameron and Jinna played off

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each other very nicely in this one. I feel like

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they leaned to the will they only to pull the

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rug out from under you with the last in it.

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Their characters were so close and going to give into

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that bond, and then they stop, or most times it's

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Tessa who stops because no matter how much she wants

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to give into that bond and be with Kayleb, she

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knows it will not end well for either of them.

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For her, she will be kicked out of the pack

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and left to fend for herself. This is all she

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has and she can't risk losing that. And see this

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nearly come to be when their parents find out about them.

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Tessa is said to be taken away to become a

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reader because she has disgraced their family's honor. Tessa's mom

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even said Tessa was no longer her daughter, so that

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fear and idea of being kicked out wasn't for nothing.

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It was a real fear impossibility. Cayleb believed that nothing

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would happen if they were found out. You didn't understand

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the real fear Tessa faced. Because he was in Alpha

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in the air to the Hawthorn Pack, he was a

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bit more reckless, but still cared about Tessa and her

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well being. He liked the game he was playing and

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didn't get the harsh reality of it until he was

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told Tessa was being sent away. He was told he

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was being sent away too, but he cared more about

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Tessa and how she was being kicked out, like she

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didn't matter. He even tried to tell them that he

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was the one to blame and to punish him and

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not Tessa. That is when it finally hit that all

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of this was something to worry about. He wasn't going

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let Tessa go. He's going to get her back, even

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if it meant he was to be kicked out of

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the pack too. As long as Tessa was safe and

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with him, that was all that mattered. And honestly, thank

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God for the blood Moon, because if it was not

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for that, they might have been exiled. The blood Moon

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showed the curse Hawthorne men have and it nearly killed Caleb,

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but also at the same time not sure why his

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father didn't tell him about this curse to begin with,

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because his father kept telling him you need to find

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a mate, you need to find a mate, and Caleb

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just kind of thought that it was his father's way

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of being like, oh, well, if you want to be Elpha,

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you need me, not realizing there was another motive behind

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why he kept saying that. And I had said that

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Caleb might have understood why his father was so insistent

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on choosing a mate for both himself and for Caleb.

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While choosing a mate for his father was about honor,

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it was also about survival. Since Tessa was Caleb's faded meat,

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she was able to save Caleb from the curse and

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also showed their parents just how much each cared about

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each other and how they were willing to sacrifice for

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each other. So that's kind of my overall thoughts about

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the whole series, there was a lot in there, but

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I did I loved this It was great. It was

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so fun getting to see Jenna and Cameron working together again,

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especially since not long before this one came out they

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were one on Real Short Vicious had just come out,

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so they had that one and now this one, so

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it was great to see that they had like two

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new ones almost back to back on the different apps.

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Which I do have that one in my queue of

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ones to talk about and review, I just haven't finished

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writing that one up. So that's the only reason why

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this one came first, because I was just like so

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excited about this one that I just had to do it.

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Because I think I've mentioned this before, but I really

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loved the Werewolf series. Those ones are always so to

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watch and I love to see how each one comes

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out and what they do with the different storyline. So

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so I tend to kind of cater to some of

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these more supernatural ones from time to time. But yeah,

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so I love this one. What highly recommended. It was

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really good. As I've mentioned in the past, I'm not

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the biggest fan like the whole step Brother trope or

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Falling in Love with a stepbrother. But depending on who

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the actors are and what the storyline is, I will

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still watch it because sometimes they're just too fun not

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to watch, especially if it's two actors that I really

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enjoy watching together, so like Jenna and Cameron here. So

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going into the reading for this one, I gave it

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a seven point eight out of ten. I actually kind

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of forget why I gave it that because I have

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it written as when I had was for the writing,

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and I feel like there was something in there that

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I felt could have been a little bit better. I

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just can't remember what it was because I didn't actually

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write it down as to what it was. But maybe

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it's just simply the whole step brother trope. But either way,

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it was still such a good story. I loved it.

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Chemistry was great, and I enjoyed it from beginning to end,

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and so great. I think I've said that a couple

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of times, but but you get my point. So, as always,

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we'd love to hear your thoughts on the series, what

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you liked and what you didn't like. If you were

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enjoying this podcast, please be sure to give it a review.

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Love to hear your thoughts. This has been marked by

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