I really enjoyed this read. There were twists and turns and I was thoroughly entertained. I highly recommend… if you like that sort of thing. ;)

I did not realize that this was the third book so I was very confused

Exciting conclusion to the series! The danger kicks off right at the start and remains steady throughout. Devlin added a lot of interesting spins on gadgets and armor that I really enjoyed. I really enjoyed the TWO reveals about the baddie. Very, very excellent. Devlin did such an amazing job depicting Hansel as a bad guy in book one, I would love to read something similar about Cherry!

SPOILERS below!
I kept expecting Peitro or one of the others to regain their soul like Snow did in book two and was disappointed that no one did. I thought it was weird that Zac completely dropped off the map for the last chunk of the book. I enjoyed the very end, the glimpse of what their lives were like years later.

Not too long after having read The Unseen did I start The Hummingbird and I realized this was actually the last installment. Unfortunately it doesn’t feel like this book made much improvements in the things that bothered me about the previous two.

The Hummingbird starts close to the ending of The Unseen and continues on at a similar pace. We sidetrack to Neverland to gather the Lost Boys for the cause in the first half of the book and in the second half of the book there is the end battle. I think I could have done without Neverland. It felt like it added little really. The Lost Boys played no role further in the book and their initial reluctance was so easily swept to the side by asking nicely. And that is what I mean with no depth as mentioned in previous reviews of this series. I cannot believe any of that would have made the Lost Boys said yes because we barely touch the surface on so many elements and underlying tensions between characters. Tinkerbell for instance was barely dealt with at all.

There are just too many character point of views to adequately deal and add in depth with for the amount of pages. And without depth of the character nothing ever quite reached me on an emotional level. In Neverland we could have really delved into Pietro and his relationship with The Lost Boys, Hook, Wendy and Tinkerbell, and Zach who still has to deal with his dad being Peter Pan. But we do not get any of that.

Adding on to that is that the author is trying to go for the epic battle for the end but it felt unbelievably flat. This and that is tossed in as twists. Characters you think are gone or dead are tossed back in. Everyone suddenly throws their lives on the line for each other. This person dies, that person dies. Almost everyone dies. Betrayal. The evil queen isn’t quite so evil. And then everything gets reverted at the end. One big happy ending. To say I was extremely frustrated with that ending would be an understatement.

I will say that I think The Order of the Bell trilogy is a nice quick in between read for those that like fairytale retellings in bulk like Once Upon a Time and The Tenth Kingdom if you adjust your expectations.

Overall for me, The Hummingbird was just an okay read not bad but lacking in the fairytale elements and descriptions I was hoping to find. It was however very fast paced and action filled so still a good read. For anyone who enjoys the TV series Once Upon a Time chances are you will like this book as I thought it had a similar vibe. Full disclosure I did not read the first two books in this series which may have impacted the way I felt about this book which is the conclusion to the series. I felt overwhelmed at parts by how many different sub-plots were taking place at the same time. This did make the story very fast paced and action filled but I felt like much was lost in connection and detail. My other gripe is keeping track of who’s who in the story was often difficult in many cases the characters names were changed slightly from their original fairytale names but in some cases such as that with Alice in Wonderland they were referred to by multiple names (Alice was called Alice but also Alicia) and I was forced to re-read or guess who was being referred to. I liked the idea of the main characters being children of the original fairytale characters but it left me wanting more fairytale elements and more detailed descriptions.
*I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.*

This story continues to surprise me, and recommend that you read the first two books before this one. In this series. I felt like I got more questions then answers.