For such a short novel, it manages to have a proper build-up and a nice evolution of the protagonist's feelings, coupled with an interesting inside view of the voice acting business. Also, its adult characters actually feel like adults. Suzune is an experienced voice actress, and she's a lesbian, a fact that she doesn't advertize, not because it's forbidden, but because her work involves a lot of "yuri bait fanservice / interactions" with other voice actresses (usually innuendo during photo shoots or radio broadcasts, for instance), and being known as an actual lesbian could make her work awkward or difficult. Suzune is also a big idol fan,and laments that her oshi left the industry a few months prior. So she's very surprised to see that very same oshi, named Karin, hired as a voice actress with the same manager as her.

The two women start to work together on a regular basis, and Suzune does her best to hide that she's a fan (she doesn't know why Karin left the industry, so she might not welcome fandom) as well as support her as a senior voice actress. Most of the novel is about Suzune's state of mind around Karin, from coming to terms with the fact that she's working with her oshi, to the birth of romantic feelings that she doesn't intend to express.

While the writing style's mostly on the cute side, Suzune is an adult, and she's written as such. She's reasonable, respectful, aware of her feelings and capable of handling them. In fact it's a breath of fresh air after too many drama-loaded teenage romances, and it's a bit frustrating to see the story end so soon!

My only regret, apart from the length, is that the novel spoils its own ending in the prologue. Why?? OK, there wasn't much suspense to begin with, but still…