ReelShort’s Bound By Honor movie is Based On The Bestselling Novel By Cora Reilly. It’s all about Luca and Aria getting together in the Vitiello mafia family.
Luca Vitiello is originally the most formidable Vitiello mafia heir in New York. Aria’s knowledge of his reputation that way makes her resist the arranged marriage setups.
- Part 1: How Does Bound By Honor Novel Narrate Luca And Aria’s Stories?
- Part 2: How Does The Storyline In ReelShort’s Bound By Honor Movie Narrate Luca And Aria?
- Part 3: How Does Bound By Honor Book By Cora Reilly Help Us Understand The Movie’s Plots?
- Part 4: Conclusions
Part 1: How Does Bound By Honor Novel Narrate Luca And Aria’s Stories?
How Does Book 0 Narrate About Luca’s Childhood?
Book 0 of Bound By Honor by Cora Reilly has Luca Vitiello as the book’s title. It means Luca’s POV dominates the book’s stories. More precisely, Luca’s bloodied childhood happened before he rose as the future Capo dei Capi.
That’s when his mother, Agnesia Vitiello, killed herself due to the thoughts of Luca’s abusive father. Luca was only 9, and his younger brother, Matteo, was 7, when the tragedy happened.
Nobody lets Matteo hold knives or fight, while Luca becomes the spoiled older brother. Still, Luca loves and protects Matteo. He even fights his father’s men when his father gets away with his wife’s suicide.
The fact is that Agnesia committed suicide because her husband would frequently rape and beat her. Agnesia’s husband, a.k.a. Luca and Matteo’s abusive father, even shows how he does it in front of the kids.
Such things lead Luca not only to beat down his father’s men. Instead, he even killed them when he was eleven. From this moment onward, Luca believes fear is equal to respect, especially when it comes to enemies.
What Stories Do We Get From The First Book About Luca And Aria?
The Bound By Honor novel starts narrating Luca and Aria’s relationship in the first book. That’s Cora Reilly’s first released book in the Born In Blood Mafia Chronicles. The prologue starts with Aria Scuderi pondering her arranged marriage with Luca Vitiello.
At this point, Luca has risen as the future Capo dei Capi to replace his father. Now and then, his father loves negotiating Luca’s marriage with the Scuderi family’s girls.
After all, they need the family’s union, so they can join forces to prevent the enemy families from seizing their territories.
Aria’s father, Rocco Scuderi, could have Gianna replace Aria as Luca’s bride. However, that’s not something he would do, especially since he has bragged about how beautiful-looking Aria is.
As for Aria, she might be 15 when she married Luca in August. However, Gianna’s suffering is the last thing she wants. It causes her to struggle in her first nights with the bloodthirsty Luca.
The Vice is Luca’s nickname, and the mafia’s world knows it. That’s because he can use his fists to crush enemies’ throats. Let’s not forget women, including the senator’s daughter, compete for his attention.
Aria’s first days with Luca might leave her struggling. However, more novel chapters and series will show how she gets used to how Luca behaves!
Part 2: How Does The Storyline In ReelShort’s Bound By Honor Movie Narrate Luca And Aria?
How Do People Around Aria Coerce Her Into Marrying Luca?
Bound By Honor vertical drama still shows Rocco Scuderi as Aria’s image-conscious father. We can even say that his self-entitlement is more pronounced in the movie version.
After all, he simply coerces Aria into marrying Luca without explaining how he needs the mafia family’s union. The same thing goes to Aria’s mother, Ludevica, who laughs alongside Layla Scuderi to watch Aria suffer.
Luca is also not alone in forcing Aria to enjoy her first bloody night with him. Instead, the crowds cheer at Luca when he forces Aria to consummate on their first night.
Unlike the book version, Aria has just celebrated her 18th birthday when Rocco betrothed her to Luca. Meanwhile, Gianna not only remains as Aria’s younger sister, but also the one who asks her not to defend her.
Yet, Aria is still the same Aria we see in the book version. Not only does she prevent Gianna from marrying the bloodthirsty Luca. Instead, the later episodes even show how she tries to survive Luca by herself.
How Does Aria End Up Falling For The Cruel And Playboy Luca?
The Bound By Honor movie shows that Luca Vitiello is more than a man who killed his men when he was 11. Instead, like the book version, the behind-the-scenes actor for Luca has an above-average height. Movie-wise, Luca is also well-known as The Playboy.
Aria knows too well that Luca is a monster, and she must survive Luca for Gianna. However, she can’t help but sweat when Luca spoils her in bed or publicly. No matter how far she tries to run away, Luca always manages to catch her.
Luca might be a highly experienced individual when it comes to pleasing women, but he doesn’t do love. He frequently forgets women whom he has bedded. One of those forgotten women should be Grace, but she also distracts Luca from Aria.
Luca should be having a quick ONS with Grace when Aria’s soon-to-be former bodyguard, Raffaele, harasses her. This part is where Luca shows his commitment to Aria and the mafia’s codes.
He shows everyone the price of messing around with Aria, who now becomes his wife. He cuts Raffaele’s pinky and makes the public remember it. Then, again, that’s not the only scene featuring Luca’s protection of Aria.
As the New York mafia heir, Luca not only protects Aria in the rain. Instead, he also teaches Aria several techniques to defend herself. In the end, they team up alongside other Vitiello family members to annihilate the Bratva.
Part 3: How Does Bound By Honor Book By Cora Reilly Help Us Understand The Movie’s Plots?
In Cora Reilly’s Bound By Honor series, Luca and Aria become the main characters in Book 0 and 1. Cora Reilly releases Book 1 before any other books within the same chronicle. Then, again, Aria’s backstories in Book 1 help us understand the movie’s plots.
For instance, the movie has Aria’s lack of dating experience as her reason to go against the arranged marriage. Reading Book 1’s first two chapters will let us know how Aria never dates anyone. That’s because her father enrolls her in an all-girls Catholic school.
Book 1 also introduces Liliana Scuderi, Aria and Gianna’s younger sister. She might not appear in the movie version, perhaps because a child actress needs to portray her. However, the movie version also has a movie-exclusive character named Layla Scuderi.
The movie also helps us to understand Ludevica’s role in arranging Aria’s marriage with Luca. Unlike in the book version, the movie version has Ludevica actively commenting on Aria’s actions towards Luca.
The movie’s endings also don’t stop in highlighting Luca and Aria’s battles against the Bratva. Instead, the Bratva’s appearances also fill the gaps that Cora Reilly hasn’t developed in Book 0 and 1.
That way, the Bound By Honor book and movie series’ stories exist to complete each other. That’s what makes this 2025 edition movie consistently rise to the Top Popular position!
Part 4: Conclusions
Bound By Honor movie is Based On The Bestselling Novel By Cora Reilly, and that’s what makes us love it! After all, we can feel how Cora Reilly loves writing mafia bad boys and adult romance stories.
The relationship between the bloodthirsty Luca and Aria is worth watching in each episode! People also love cheering about how they click together. The book series even features them having children and grandchildren!
What about Luca’s protection of Aria, and how do they fight against the Bratva? We can watch their Born In Blood stories on the ReelShort platform!
