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This was a pleasant read, and not difficult if you exclude some light 関西弁.
The book follows the protagonist's attempts to find a job after university, and his life as a host, a job he takes up temporarily in order to support himself and his family before he can try to enter the job market again next year. The author admits in the afterword that he didn't do much research into host clubs, but mainly drew on his own experiences as a male idol, so if you're looking for an accurate account this may not be it. There are multiple likeable characters, and the way the chapters are structured will make you want to keep reading.
This is volume one of a two-volume set that is supposed to be taken as one unit, but you may want to stop reading here. The next volume follows the same protagonist a decade later, and the tone is quite different. Some events of this volume are revisited and reevaluated, but in my opinion this volume would be better off as a standalone book.