Finding My Way: 4 (The Beaumont Series) Paperback – 14 April 2014

You cant help but love Liam, he didnt have it easy! He was a really troubled soul, we didn't get to understand how his parents treated him, We knew that he loved Josie, that much was evident, It was good to revisit teenagers Liam and Josie, they had a great time, first loves, first everythings!The friendship of Katelyn and Mason and Josie and Liam was great, getting in on their interactions.I felt so sorry for Liam, after Mason bailed on him! leaving him to go to Texas University on his own, I guess thats where things started to go against him! The coach on the football team could have been a bit more supportive, but then we wouldn't have had the other great books in the series!When he makes the final decision about dropping out of college, albeit a harsh decision, he goes straight to Josie, we actually get to see a slightly different side to her, she seemed to be an all round good girl, but it felt that they were destined for a break up had he stayed.So he goes to LA after meeting his Grandma, makes you wonder about why his mother dropped everything to be with his dad! He gets to LA and his grandma starts having parties in his honour, although he does not realise this, he meets with a Management Agency, and its here we find about what made him really bitter towards the agency, with Samantha, even though things started well, they suddenly changed, he quickly got into the habit of sleeping around, totally unbeknown to the lives back in Beaumont!He had a lot of guilt to work through, and as he says himself, he left it too long! and we end right where Forever my girl starts...............

Heidi Mclaughlin, for me, is an insta-buy author, especially when the Beaumont Series is involved. I have loved all the previous books and this one is no exception!The prequel to Forever my Girl; Finding My Way tells the story of how Liam Westbury became mega star Liam Page. It shows us the young love of Josie and Liam and the devastation of their break up. We get introduced to the lovely Harrison; meet the good and bad influences in young Liam's life.This book draws you in and gets you involved. It brought out a range of emotions for me and that is a testament to Ms Mclaughlin's writing skill. I went from heartbreak for Liam's situation to downright anger at him (when he slept with Layla ).Which I kind of want to rant about....He professes to love Josie forever, that she's the only girl for him yet f@Cks the first woman that comes on to him soon after their break up and carries on with other women. He also states that he wants to get Josie pregnant (and does unknowingly) yet doesn't think that he might have done when he hits LA. End of Rant.I had to go back and read the other books to remind myself that there is a HEA!I loved this book and I hope the series carries on. I would like to see Josie's POV from this time and I especially would love to see Liam and Josie have another baby!Review originally posted on Goodreads.

I wish I had read this book first as it explains alot, it fills in the gaps. I love reading the heartbreak from both sides. Brilliant

I love this series, but not sure this story deserves a whole book or should have been first not fourth in the series.Don't get me wrong I love Liam and how he's the Patriarch of his family and it's great to see his story but not where it is and its way too long. would have been better as a short story.

I loved getting more insight into how Liam Westbury became Liam Page in the time he was away from Beaumont and what really happened with Sam.Definitely not a book to be missed!!

Once again, a stunningly fantastic book from heidi! I have loved this series from the start and it was great to see how liam, harrison and jimmy got to where they are today. I was screaming and shouting at the book from start to finish i was that gripped. Congratulations heidi, you did it again!

Enjoyable read

When I filled in the form to be part of the blog tour for Finding My Way I never thought I would be selected to take part in it, never mind to be one of the few to have a review stop. I got the email while waiting for a movie to start in the cinema, and I may have done a little happy dance.After reading the previous books in this series I already know what happens and have a bit of background information on some of the characters. I already know that Liam's Dad is a piece of work, but getting to see the younger Liam's life and really see what his Dad is like, just makes me detest him more. He is such a nasty, vile, judgemental person, I really wonder how other people have not seen this side of him before and also question why Liam's Mum put up with it, alcoholic stupor or not.I like how open Liam is about his feelings for Josie, it's real and new, and it makes your heart melt that little bit more. It was sad to see Liam so disheartened with college football, but without that he wouldn't become Liam page, so it was a great opportunity to see where it all stemmed from and the build up to the decision that changed Liam's life. I never knew how tough it was for Liam to do what he does, and how much he gives up to follow his dream. Part of me thinks he could have given Josie the benefit of the doubt and explained it to her instead of running off, but seeing him suffer broke my heart.Watching Liam change from Liam Westbury, to Liam Page was an emotional, eye opening journey, and I am so glad I got to take this with him. I love the inspiration behind his stage name and thought it was a very fitting way to remember his roots. Spending time with his Grandmother was a change of pace for Liam, not only in having a stable, loving home to go to, but it also enabled him to really explore his dreams and desires, and I love how supportive his Grandmother is of him, but how firm she is of making sure he sticks to the straight and narrow path. When Liam loses her I cried, I sobbed my heart out over his loss, of losing possibly the only person who really believed in him.Finding My Way was an unputdownable read, and I reluctantly had to put this down to go to work, but picked it straight back up the second I got home. I devoured every single page of Finding My Way, and reading this just made me want to re-read the entire series again. Finding My Way may be the prequel to this series, but it also showed me things that I had no idea about, and opened my eyes that little bit more to the journey that Liam takes.Heidi has once again sucked me into the world of Liam, which to be honest didn't take much as love this series so much, and if you have yet to make a start on The Beaumont Series, then you NEED to pick this book up straight away, and start from the beginning. before Liam Westbury became Liam Page, and take this journey with him.