'The Secret of Pembrooke Park' - Book Review

Synopsis:
Abigail Foster fears she will end up a spinster, especially as she has little dowry to improve her charms and the one man she thought might marry her--a longtime friend--has fallen for her younger, prettier sister.
When financial problems force her family to sell their London home, a strange solicitor arrives with an astounding offer: the use of a distant manor house abandoned for eighteen years. The Fosters journey to imposing Pembrooke Park and are startled to find it entombed as it was abruptly left: tea cups encrusted with dry tea, moth-eaten clothes in wardrobes, a doll's house left mid-play . . .

The handsome local curate welcomes them, but though he and his family seem to know something about the manor's past, the only information they offer Abigail is a warning: Beware trespassers who may be drawn by rumors that Pembrooke contains a secret room filled with treasure.

Hoping to improve her family's financial situation, Abigail surreptitiously searches for the hidden room, but the arrival of anonymous letters addressed to her, with clues about the room and the past, bring discoveries even more startling. As secrets come to light, will Abigail find the treasure and love she seeks...or very real danger? 

My Review:
The synopsis of this book was so interesting!
But, to be honest, I didn't finish the entire book.  I just wasn't motivated to.  After I'd started, I really couldn't find myself into it, devoted to the characters.  But I still feel as if it's a good book, it's just not something I really like to read.  I'm not much of a romance fan, so maybe that's why I just couldn't get into it.  But more likely it was the time of year I tried to read it, during the 'Christ'mas when everything is so busy, and I just wasn't into reading because I wanted to really enjoy the season.  So, I put it on my shelf for a while.  But after it had been on my shelf for a few weeks, I just wasn't motivated to pick it up again after 'Christ'mas.
The story sounds interesting, but I felt like it's a little too slow.  One hundred pages in, and really not much has happened, but it sort of has; maybe it's just me, but I find it a little hard to get into.
The writing is good.  I can understand the language, the way it was written, but it has some of that old-fashioned charm to it, as well.
The characters are well thought out, as well.
I'll give 'The Secret of Pembrooke Park' 4 out of 5 stars, because I know people who are fans of this type of fiction might really enjoy it, it just wasn't for me:)
I received this book free from the publishers through 'The Bethany House Blogger Review Program'.  All opinions are my own.