Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The Lethal Book Tour - Favorite Creatura Scenes

We received an invitation to join this awesome blog tour by Nely herself! Such a great honor for us! Because of this and also because we LOVED the book (my review HERE), we'll try to make this post epic.
We will now present you:

OUR FAVORITE CREATURA SCENES
(NO SPOILERS)

1.                      The first time David Kisses Isis’s hand in Somnium
“Wait.” He placed his hand on my shoulder and stopped me. “A proper introduction is in order.”
“An introduction? You growled at me and now you want to introduce yourself properly?!”
He smugly smiled, taking several steps toward me.
“My name is David.” He extended his hand and took mine then pressed his lips to it. “It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Isis.”
“Isis . . . Isis,” I heard Andy’s voice echoing as David shimmered himself into nothing.
“He’s not real,” I mumbled as I woke up.
“No, he isn’t. Now, let’s get to class before they count our tardy.”[…]
As we took our tardy slips from the teacher, I noticed a glittery gold substance on the back of my right hand.
“Andy,” I whispered seated in the desk behind hers. “What is this?”
I pointed to my hand.
“Looks like gold eye shadow.”
“In the shape of lips?” My voice was a note higher.
“It’s probably lip gloss from when you were asleep last period.”
“Andy, I’m not wearing lip gloss.”[…]
Was this his kiss? No, it couldn’t be. He wasn’t real.

2.                    The nurse cabinet scene
If you’re not eating, I’ll have you in here every single day during lunch to observe you,” the nurse threatened.
“That’s not necessary.” A male voice came from the doorway. “I will keep an eye on her for you.”
I sprung up and sat on the gurney bed immediately. I could feel the blood draining from my face again as I saw him standing there. He was a hallucination. I had gone insane!
“That’s very thoughtful of you,” the nurse responded to David’s comment.
“You see him too?” I sat agape.
“Did she hit her head?” The nurse started to examine my scalp.
“I don’t believe so,” David answered.
I started to mildly hyperventilate. My eyes and mouth were wide open. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. It hadn’t been a dream, and I wasn’t hallucinating. Insanity, however, I was not yet ruling out.
The nurse leaned in close to my ear. “Close your mouth dear. Try to play hard to get.”

3.               Hallway scene – David-s first day at Isis’s high school
The footsteps got louder as the woman approached. I wanted to cry out for help, but the knot in my throat wouldn’t let me. I was sure David was some sort of psycho.
“Isis, stop,” he pressured. “She’ll question you.”
His telling me to stop only made me cry louder. He looked over his shoulder and turned around to view me once again. Then, with an expression of desperation, he took my face in his hands. My tears stopped streaming and I ceased breathing. I thought he was about to snap my neck. Instead, he pressed his lips against mine in a soft swaying motion.
My breathing returned, and I became aware of subtle sandalwood essence. My body was completely relaxed. My head was numb. I felt like I was anesthetized. It was a sensation I could only compare to that of morphine.
“Get to class kids,” Principal Miller’s voice ordered as she passed us by.
David caught me as my legs gave out from under me.
“Careful,” he smiled, “I’m lethal.”

4.                    Isis watching moments of her dreams
 “Look.” He pointed to the sunset.
The scarlet and lavender sky turned dark. We were sitting on nothing and surrounded by nothing. I searched for David’s arm in the emptiness.
An image of a young woman lit up the canvas.
“Hello, my precious baby . . . hello, my little princess,” the young girl whispered lovingly.
I recognized the voice and the face. It was a young Claire.
I gasped and held my hand over my mouth.
“Do you recognize this young lady?” David whispered in my ear.
“My mother,” I nodded. “She’s beautiful!”
David pressed his lips gently against my cheek. I was too overtaken by the images to protest his advance.
“This is what you dreamt of as a child.” He maintained a low whisper.
The images continued to play like a widescreen movie. I heard a baby’s cry, while my mother’s soothing voice sang a lullaby. My father’s image blew kisses in my direction. There were pictures of bright toys and trinkets that came and went. Again appeared my father. His green eyes were glazy and tired as he made silly faces. I saw my grandmother, Eva, holding her arms out and smiling.
Then the faces in the images slightly matured. There was an image of my first bicycle and then my father’s smiling face as his voice explained how to ride it:
“Keep your balance, angel. That’s it . . . you’ve got it!” his voice said, followed by a child’s unfiltered laughter—it was mine.
The scene that followed gave the impression of flying through clouds surrounded by flying monkeys. It was a scene from the Wizard of Oz. I was terrified of the flying monkeys as a child, but now the monkeys weren’t scary at all.
I cried and laughed at different intervals during the exhibit of past dreams. I was unable to control the overwhelming rollercoaster of emotions that enveloped me.
The illustrations ended in darkness with my father’s voice saying,
“I love you, angel.”
The sky took on its crimson appearance once again. Streams of tears rolled from my eyes. I reached over to David and embraced him fiercely. I cried uncontrollably, clinging onto him for several minutes. David gently removed my arms from my stern embrace when I finally managed to calm my sobbing. He fearfully scrutinized my face.
“I’ve made you unhappy,” he noted in a grim expression.
“No,” I opposed his theory. “I’m very, very happy.”

5.                    The note David passes in class to Isis
 He tore off a piece of the paper on which he was taking notes and wrote something. He then pressed his lips against it and folded the note in half. He handed it to the kid next to him to pass along until I received it.
My name was written on the outer part of the half folded note. I opened the paper making sure the teacher was not watching me. A pair of gold lip imprints slowly disintegrated into a glittery powder sliding onto my desk leaving but a hint of sparkles on the paper. The note read:
“A kiss, such as this,
would look divine on thy lips.”

6.                     David giving Bill boyfriend lessons
When we returned to the cafeteria the first bell rang. That indicated that class would be starting in seven minutes. I was surprised Jean wasn’t prancing around Eryx or David. As a matter of fact, she wasn’t anywhere in sight.
“What were you guys doing in there?” Bill sounded perturbed.
“We’ve been waiting for you forever.”
 “William,” David hung his arm over Bill’s shoulder, “A man always waits patiently for his ladylove.”
“Are you for real?” Bill’s eyes narrowed. “What black and white movie did you pop out of?”
David laughed.

7.                     Car Scene – Opening the door
I tried opening the door to the car again, forgetting the darned thing would not open.
 “You need to get this door fixed,” I nagged.
“It’s not broken, my lovely,” David grinned.
“Then why won’t it open?”
“Child locks to keep the princess from opening the door herself.” He gave me a crooked smile.
“Oh,” I blushed.”

Dear, dear, girl . . . I’m lost without you and lost with you as well. A lost cause is what I am.”
(David Chios) 
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We can’t wait to read your thoughts!
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7 comments:

♥MIM said...

Ok! I like it! Noo, noo, I love it. It is epic, you're right. The scenes you chose are really nice and some of my favorites. [I think it was a hard job, congrats for what you did]

XoXo, lot of biiiig hugs for all

Michikit said...

I loved loved loved the entire book and the smart dialogue. But my favorite scene was the one before the "The nurse cabinet scene". And of course the ending :))
Congrats on taking part at this wonderful tour and good luck to everyone who enters in the giveaway.

(^_^)

Anonymous said...

I read only the first tree chapters from the book . Nely was so sweet and send it to me . I love Creatura ! I want to read the book , it is amazing ! Nely is a genius , i love the world she created , I love Isis and David !
Congratulations for the blog tour !

Bonnie Ithil said...

I really really enjoyed the scenes you choose <3. I think the book is awesome.Congratulations for the blog tour!

Unknown said...

Great post! I loved these scenes. <3

giddusadik said...

Creatura seems like a great book. If I wasn't very sure, now I will definitely go buy the book! You convinced me with those scenes :)

Mirela said...

I will definitely go buy the book! I LOVE THOUSE SCENES

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