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The official origin story of LiS fan-favourite Steph Gingrich featuring LGBTQ+ romance, inevitable heartbreak, and the punk-rock beginnings of Drugstore Makeup.
"So, what kind of lesbian are you?"
"The kind that... likes... girls?"
"Same."
Setting the stage for her appearance in Life is Strange: True Colors, this official Steph Gingrich novel sheds light on the Drugstore Makeup years and the story of how Steph crash-landed in Haven Springs, Colorado.
Steph Gingrich has finally run out of couches to surf. Now she’s back at her dad’s place in Seattle to figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life.
Steph fills her time working at the local gamer café during the day and running RPG sessions at night, that is until Izzie whirls into Steph's existence clutching a crumpled stack of band posters. Izzie is electric: a punk, a girl who likes girls, and a hella good guitarist. Turns out the punk life is exactly what Steph needs. She loves the music, the art, and the fashion, but most of all she likes the girl. Entranced, she offers to drum for Izzie, forming the band Drugstore Makeup.
A hit in more ways than one, Drugstore Makeup compete in a battle of the bands before deciding to tour the offbeat punk venues of America. But Steph and Izzie soon find themselves on different wavelengths, unable to communicate, and needing different things.
"So, what kind of lesbian are you?"
"The kind that... likes... girls?"
"Same."
Setting the stage for her appearance in Life is Strange: True Colors, this official Steph Gingrich novel sheds light on the Drugstore Makeup years and the story of how Steph crash-landed in Haven Springs, Colorado.
Steph Gingrich has finally run out of couches to surf. Now she’s back at her dad’s place in Seattle to figure out what she wants to do with the rest of her life.
Steph fills her time working at the local gamer café during the day and running RPG sessions at night, that is until Izzie whirls into Steph's existence clutching a crumpled stack of band posters. Izzie is electric: a punk, a girl who likes girls, and a hella good guitarist. Turns out the punk life is exactly what Steph needs. She loves the music, the art, and the fashion, but most of all she likes the girl. Entranced, she offers to drum for Izzie, forming the band Drugstore Makeup.
A hit in more ways than one, Drugstore Makeup compete in a battle of the bands before deciding to tour the offbeat punk venues of America. But Steph and Izzie soon find themselves on different wavelengths, unable to communicate, and needing different things.
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KatNapsAndDogEars
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“I love being back in the Life Is Strange world and seeing more from Steph, I just struggled with disliking the other MC. Love the representation of a female main character, I just wish their relationship hadn’t been so toxic (or at least if 95% of the book hadn’t just been about that). Glad I got the opportunity to understand Steph better!”
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“As an avid Steph enjoyer, I'm so glad that she got some more light shed onto her and her backstory! I honestly think that it was so awesome to include that whole traumatic experience and how it's effected her from Arcadia Bay. I also love how it's canon that Max saved Chloe as opposed to Arcadia Bay cause Chloe is bae... anyways, the pacing was to be expected of a Sapphic relationship: fast paced, moving in sooner than you'd expect, traveling, and ofc tension... no spoilers but F.U. IZZIE... smh... so glad that Alex came into the picture and understands Steph in LiS:TC”
Dan
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“I'm glad this book is out in the world for readers to get another view, of the world of life is strange from a different angle, and I loved the fact this book ran so closely with the true colors game. The book also mentioned characters from the first life is strange game, which is a definite win for anyone who loves the world of life is strange.
However I felt this book was rushed, it could of been much longer and parts of the book could of gone into more depth, ie what happens to Izzie after she left Steph, the book could of gone into more details about the tour for example. Their is loads of different parts of this book where so much more could of gone into better detail. So I left a 2.75 star on this as I feel a little disappointed because of this.”
About Rosiee Thor
Rosiee Thor began her career as a storyteller by demanding to tell her mother bedtime stories instead of the other way around. She spent her childhood reading by flashlight in the closet until she came out as queer. She lives in Oregon and is the author of Young Adult novels Tarnished Are The Stars and Fire Becomes Her, and the picture book The Meaning of Pride. Follow her online at rosieethor.com and on Twitter @rosieethor.
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