Why the Mountains Stand

This is a beautiful conclusion to Addisyn and Avery Miles’s journey!

When Darius’s uncle offers Addisyn a job as an assistant coach at the Bearstooth Athletic Center in the Callaghan Valley in Whistler, she eagerly accepts the opportunity. Despite leaving the protection of her sister, Addisyn knows that “the compass of her soul had always pulled her farther north” and she’s ready to soar and channel her expertise into helping others. She’s soon disappointed when she discovers that she’s been assigned to coach Darius’s troubled cousin, Kenzie Howard.

Working with Kenzie is just what Addisyn needs because it stretches her in ways she could never have imagined, allowing Addisyn to realize that “her darkest story might just be her greatest strength.”

My heart ached as these two beautiful souls, both scarred by their past, have the opportunity to help walk each other through their struggles, realize their purpose, and experience the freedom of a burden lifted. Addisyn realizes that the men in her life only prompted her to learn survival skills, not learn to love and give from the heart. She’s now in a unique position to see how Darius is influencing her in comparison to her father and Brian. Will she take what she’s been forced to learn on her own and use it as a tool to help others succeed? Even though she doesn’t have the best coaching style to rely on? Can she “be for Kenzie what Avery had unfailingly been for her? A north star?”

I loved the dueling definitions of success as it gave me pause. Addisyn believes that success is “making a life doing what you love” whereas Darius’s uncle believes that it’s “found in persistence” and in “decisions that produce results and make a lasting impact.”

This redemption and restoration story is the best of the trilogy, has all the feels, and the most touching of messages.

I was gifted this copy by Words from the Wilderness and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

A contemporary Christian fiction, Why the Mountains Stand by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm has scarred characters, healing, and redemption. Characters that grab you by the hand and take you along their journeys. I wanted to skip ahead to find how their stories resolved but wanted to relish each step along the journey. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

This was a great finale to the series. The story was very well wrapped up. I loved the themes throughout the book and the romance was so sweet.

This is a wonderful book! It's about relationships, sacrifice, failures, and accomplishments! There are some difficult issues addressed: bad memories of childhood, an eating disorder, and unrealized dreams. Then there's the amazing realization of His love, His healing!

The characters are extremely relatable and easy to become attached to. Each one touched my heart in some way. I genuinely wanted to see each one's hopes and dreams become reality!

This is the first book that I've read by this author, but it certainly won't be the last!

I was provided a copy of the book from Victory Publishing via Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

An insightful book that shows so much about family and relationships. So much to learn from how the characters interact. A real blessing to read.