Spoiler Free Review 
 It really pains me to rate one of Harper's books a 3 star but I thought long and hard on how to rate it and came to the conclusion it just wasn't for me. I hope my review helps, so that my rating makes sense to you. 
 I had a hard time finishing Beck; not because it was terrible written, no, not at all. Harper's writing was as usual flawless. My biggest problem was Dee. Yep, she annoyed the crap out of me and I'm still in awe of Beck for being so patient. I mean I'd have lost it a long time ago. I wanted to shake some sense into her, like reaaaally bad. Beck really deserves a metal. Really, he's just perfect and I envy Dee for such a great man. Does she deserve him? Um.... def nope; but I'm happy that they are FINALLY happy. 
 In book three we learn what the deal between Dee and Beck is. We finally get to know her more and learn she had a pretty messed up childhood and her father and mother are to blame that Dee grew to such a complicated woman. Especially her dad is to blame why she's messed up and can't trust men; early on, she witnessed and felt the betrayal of her own father. Mix some teenage-boy dilemma, and later on some relationship fails in the pot and you get the perfect mixture of a dysfunctional Dee in present time. Lucky for her, Beck made it his mission to crack through this facade to find the real Dee. And oh boy was he stubborn and not ones did he give up. 
 Now here to the reasons why I give this book only 3 stars: 
 I couldn't deal nor handle Dee's whining persona; it literally pissed me off. I couldn't stand how she and then Beck, too, blamed my dear Greg, Axel, and Izzy for not seeing through her show- I felt really protective over them. I mean come on, it wasn't fair blaming them. They didn't do anything wrong and how should they know? Best friends tell each other stuff but obviously Dee just lied to them and what did they do? They believed it because what else is there to do. Of course they believed her; I'd have too. So yeah this bugged me- blaming others and seeing too late that it was her own fault they couldn't see her suffering. Also, I mean we learned in book 1+2 what kind of stuff they all went through, so, sorry that they couldn't babysit Dee all the time. I just couldn't feel pity anymore for her after listen over and over about the same stuff. She definitely reached my limit. 
 Another thing that didn't sit well with me was that all this whining went on until around 80% and I've read how she told Beck, Izzy and Greg her story. This is like three times! Nope, after Izzy, I couldn't read it again. I know I know, she had to tell them, fill them in....but I just couldn't read it another time *sigh. And NO, nothing is wrong with me. I'm not cold hearted or anything...I just don't do such female character such as Dee's. 
 Don't get me wrong, the first 80% weren't only boring; Harper put some pretty steamy scenes in it but with all the drama going on they kind of fell flat. And there were certain scenes that were dramatic and I was worried about Dee's health -yeah I really was! I'm not that mean...She encountered some pretty nasty shit in between and I felt bad for her. 
 Soooo, but the last 20% were really interesting -for me. Some pretty major things happened and my only thought was: WTF 
 Did I agree with what happened or understand it? Nope. I didn't like or understand it. Now, my next few sentences sound a bit weird because I can't spoil anything, but anyways, I hope you get it somehow: 
 It didn't make sense to do something like that just to replace it with something almost identical. And nope, I'm not dysfunctional, my eyes are just fine; therefore, they stood dry. I just didn't see the need for that and I'm sad she took this turn. I'm still asking myself WHY?!? 
 Anyhow, I blame myself only for this rating because I just can't stand whiny, back and forth females. I was missing the usual alpha input in Beck, the one I came to love in Axel and Cage soo much. The plot was good but didn't hook me. Book 1+2 I've finished almost in one night and just stopped because I needed some sleep to make it through work/school; so you can tell, I'm disappointed it took me quite some time to finish this one. 
 If I'll read the next book you want to know? HELL YEAH!! I'm beyond curious what the deal with Maddox and Emmy is Harper made me again super curious. 
 Again, I'm fully aware my rating is in the minority and I know it's because I don't do such reads; so therefore, relax, I'm pretty sure you will totally enjoy Beck- it just wasn't for me. Harper is a talented author and I know she was nervous about this book, but I've no doubt you won't like it. I'm really looking forward to read book 4 and just hope it's filled with the necessary alpha attitude and less drama (for my taste). Maddox and Emmy are on my 'I-want-to-know' radar for quite some time. 
 ARC kindly provided by author in exchange for honest review 
 Ps: Pls Harper, don't hate me now *doing puppy eyes* xx