Like in the movie version, Fix You Novel By Christine Bell tells stories of Olivia and Bash’s meetups. The first three chapters tell how they exchange gazes after Bash rescues Olivia from Andy.
Andy is no longer Olivia’s sweet and caring boyfriend, as he used to be in high school. Instead, he has shown his actual obsessive and deranged personalities.
- Part 1: What Does Fix You Novel By Christine Bell Narrate In The Book Series?
- Part 2: Meet Christine Bell, The Author Of The Best-Selling Fix You Novel Series
- Part 3: What Differences Do We See In Fix You Movie On ReelShort & What Are Our Predictions?
- Part 4: Conclusions
Part 1: What Does Fix You Novel By Christine Bell Narrate In The Book Series?
What Themes & Plots Do We Get From The First Book?
Book 1 of the Fix You movie novel has the McDaniels’ Brothers as the subtitle. Even so, Sebastian’s older brother, Matty McDaniels, doesn’t appear enough. Instead, the first three chapters feature Olivia’s struggles with her family life and men.
We get to know Olivia’s backstories in the first few chapters. More precisely, Olivia Beckett’s dad was originally a wealthy guy. Unfortunately, his terrible money management cost him the ability to fund his wife’s medical bills.
Such a thing is one of the reasons why Olivia isn’t particularly close to her dad. She even dropped out of her Ivy League college early to care for her mother. She also can’t spend summer times like her other colleagues, for her high school sweetheart, Andy, has grown controlling.
Olivia never gets to have her me-time, but Andy always forces her to accompany him to spectate boxing matches. One day, one of the matches features Sebastian McDaniels, the boxing champion, whom spectators call Bash.
Here, Andy shows his physically violent side when he chokes Olivia. It triggers Bash’s rage when the powerful boxer brutally hits Andy in front of Olivia.
The same book also narrates how Olivia wanders off to Bash’s training ground after Andy beats her up. She does it so that Bash would train her, and Bash eventually does it. Unfortunately, Andy smells their closeness from afar, causing him to deploy loan sharks to beat them up.
What Does The Second And Third Books Narrate About Olivia And The McDaniels’ Brothers’ Lives?
Many readers categorize Book 2 of the Fix You novel under the dark romance category. After all, we no longer expect many boxing scenes in this book. Instead, the POVs shift more to Olivia’s direction, and we also get to know Matty more.
At this point, Andy and the loan sharks have used Bash’s family’s loans to jail him. Their successes in doing so might temporarily isolate Olivia from Bash. However, their actions don’t make Olivia give up, for Olivia looks for ways to bail Bash out.
Many readers have praised Olivia’s collaboration with Matty in the first few chapters! We can even expect flashbacks on how Bash dreamed about life in Boston.
The cliff-hanger ending at the end of the book’s chapter also causes some readers to think of other characters’ sequels! At some points, we can even see Matty developing a romantic relationship with another female character, Kayla James.
Book 3 of the Fix You novel also lets us know that Bash and Matty have another brother, Reid McDaniels. Like his other brothers, Reid also has a romance story with Lola Taylor.
Overall, the book’s continuations have hooked readers, because all McDaniels’ brothers eventually get their partners. At the same time, we see how Christine has made the dark, mafia, and abuse themes consistent in all books.
Part 2: Meet Christine Bell, The Author Of The Best-Selling Fix You Novel Series
Right now, Christine Bell has written three different Fix You book series. Each book focuses on the McDaniels’ brothers’ ways of protecting their beloved partners.
Readers love Christine Bell’s writing as they describe it as sexy, intense, and entertaining. No wonder the books consistently get excellent ratings on many online reading platforms!
Christine Bell even became one of the USA Today’s Bestselling Authors, specializing in contemporary romance. Such a credit is also what we see in Fix You’s movie cover on the ReelShort platform!
Then, again, the Fix You trilogy isn’t the only writing piece belonging to Christine Bell. Instead, she also writes several other steamy romance, fantasy, and paranormal books. One of the most interesting things about her writings is that each alter ego handles different genres.
For instance, she becomes Christine Gael when she writes fiction or fantasy genres. She can also switch to Chloe Cole when she writes paranormal books. Either way, Christine’s alter egos co-exist when they manage the author’s Facebook page.
The way Christine writes her alter-egos and vividly describes the characters’ events portrays her passion for writing. When she doesn’t write, she loves eating chocolate, watching movies, and the New York Giants.
Part 3: What Differences Do We See In Fix You Movie On ReelShort & What Are Our Predictions?
What Do We See In ReelShort’s Movie Version Of Fix You Novel?
The recently released Fix You vertical drama is based on Christine Bell’s first book. That’s because Sebastian McDaniels, whom people refer to as Bash, is the main male character.
Meanwhile, we get to see his older brother, Matty McDaniels, appear later in the free-to-watch episode.
Matty is the same concerned older brother as he is in Christine Bell’s Fix You trilogy’s universe. In the movie, we can see it when he scolds Bash and reminds him of his Boston dreams. That’s what we see when Bash and Olivia are about to finish their first training session.
At the same time, he knows how Bash and Olivia have loved and cared for each other. That’s why the ending shows how he joins their happiness!
Overall, we can also say that Fix You vertical drama has some Book 2 elements in it. That’s because, in the end, Andy is about to conspire with the loan sharks to put Bash in jail. He even sends armed loan sharks to isolate Olivia from Bash.
Yet, like the book version, Olivia looks for ways to rescue Bash, who has rescued and protected her many times. However, the movie version emphasizes Olivia’s independence, for she looks for ways without consulting other characters.
How Do The Book And Movie Versions Help Us Predict The Future Sequels?
Right now, ReelShort has released one Fix You movie, and you can watch it on the website and APP. Even then, the novel-inspired movie has some Book 2 elements nearing the end of the episodes.
One of the most interesting things we witness in the movie version lies in Matty’s identity. Like the first book’s readers, we hope the next sequel will narrate Matty and Kayla’s romantic lives!
Perhaps that’s how Matty’s full name, Matthias McDaniels, gets revealed in the future sequel. Since he’s also a boxer, we can also expect some boxing matches in the future sequel. Meanwhile, the recent movie portrays him as the caring yet mysterious older brother!
We can also expect the next sequel to feature Reid McDaniels, who hasn’t celebrated his 21st birthday. At this point, we believe Reid lives his high school life, and Maple High might be the school’s name.
That way, the book and movie versions will complete each other. Meanwhile, their girls, including Olivia, will have different backstories in the future sequels.
Part 4: Conclusions
Fix You movie plots involving Olivia’s chaotic relationship and training sessions are the same as the book version. More specifically, we believe the current movie series resembles the first book with some elements from the second book.
We see Olivia and Bash’s love life with the psychopathic ex, Andy, as the villain. That’s also the first book’s core elements!
At the same time, later movie episodes also feature Bash’s older brother, Matty McDaniels. The movie might not mention his full name, because we believe that will be the future sequels’ part!
In the meantime, we can enjoy the already-released series on the ReelShort platform!
