Finding My Way

Beaumont Series, Book 4

By: Heidi McLaughlin

Narrated by: Nelson Hobbs

Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Liam Westbury has the world at his feet. He's the quintessential golden boy. He's the superstar quarterback for Beaumont High. His girl, Josie, is head cheerleader. He has his choice of colleges just waiting for him. Except he's suffocating from all the pressure he's under and no one understands.

Liam Page is the heartthrob he never wanted to be. He's successful, smart and in demand by record companies and his adoring fans. Music is his passion, his love, but something's missing. His nights are lonely and he longs for the girl he left behind. Seeing her in every face in the crowd haunts him with the knowledge that she hates him. Going home has never been an option until now.

Be there when Liam Westbury becomes Liam Page and follow the highs and lows of the quarterback turned rock star as he finds a way back to Beaumont in this prequel to Forever My Girl.

©2014 Heidi McLaughlin (P)2018 Tantor

Liam’s perspective

Enjoying the series a narrators. Where to start! Liam’s life was controlled by a domineering father, no love or support from his family, and mom drank too much.
Liam has plenty of excuses and whines too much about his past/pain which was self inflicted.
MMC just graduating HS, he’s 18, has the world on his shoulders, doesn’t know how to communicate or express what he wants to the FMC,rebels, selfish and just walked away to pursue his own dreams/goals without the FMC. That’s how much he loved her. He had his first temptation senior year and then very shortly after he left. Listening to him cry about being lonely and just needing a release how quickly he becomes a manwhore. Walking STD. He even tried to have a relationship with Sam (pregnant). MMC was somewhat like his father because he felt JoJo should have called him first and chased after him when he left.
FMC was left pregnant and had his son which she raised herself - no sexual relationships for her or release.
The MMC had more flaws and he should never have a second chance with JoJo or his son.

Great Prequel idea!

I was not happy with the way Heidi had Liam leave . And to make him gone for 10 years! But after reading this prequel it all made sense.
He was a very confused and pressured teenager. Good job!

Out of order

I think this book should have been first. Enjoying the series. Narrators are very good. Bringing the story to life

Ick ick nasty

This is a prequel of a cute story. Told from Liams perspective and most of the story I was shaking my head bc this Teenager was seriously messed up. I would hope someone he loved aka Josie would have notice his struggle! Then he goes and rebels; acts out doing stupid shit. If his Grandma wouldn’t have died I think he would have learned a better way to love and move on. It took him 10 years of doing stupid shit and a death of a friend to return to his hometown. Onto the next part which I’m glad I read first, if I read/listened to this first I wouldn’t have returned to the series. Glad Liam grew the Fuck up in Forever My Girl.

Simply awful

This is a companion story to Forever My Girl and it's the same story through Liam's eyes. If I really disliked Liam in the first story, I detest him after this. I couldn't get past how quickly Liam fell into his manwhorish ways and he never redeemed himself. He couldn't walk away from Josie fast enough, but he tells himself he broke his heart along with ruining her life. Each time he had sex with another woman, it was disgustingly explicit. After having that in my head, I checked out. SPOILER...Do not read this book unless you want to hate Liam.

Not my favorite in the series

How can I say this kindly? This book puts us inside the mind of a hormone driven, narcissistic, entitled teenage boy who is positive the whole world is against him. It’s exhausting. It takes FOREVER for Liam to grow up. Truly, I couldn’t figure out why Josie loved the teenage Liam.
I actually wish I hadn’t read this book. I liked Liam a lot better before I read it... but it did fill in some gaps in his history.
And the narration is perfection.

The first three books were much better

What happened? The first books in this series were sweet and happy. Granted they were predictable, but at least there was a plot. This book has nothing but a shallow main character who wants sex constantly (which feels creepy, like listening to teen-soft porn) and then feels sorry for himself. Couldn't finish the book because the main character became sickeningly whiney. Disappointing after I enjoyed the first 3 books of the series