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Catgirl Doctor #1-3
Catgirl Doctor: The Complete Omnibus
CONTAINS THE COMPLETE CATGIRL DOCTOR SERIES.
Cagirls have had a symbiotic relationship with humans since time immemorial. Many young men long to become breeders: humans who are responsible for quelling a catgirl's lust when they go into heat.
Chris Redford was just a normal college student attending San Diego University for his PhD in Catgirl Psychology and Medicine to become a catgirl doctor. When he comes across Silva, an abused catgirl. Chris finds his purpose in life and shifts to accommodate his new responsibilities. Once he learns what happened to the young catgirl now in his care, he is forced to confront the darker side of humanity.
'CATGIRL DOCTOR' CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT, THEMES, AND HAREM SITUATIONS. IT DOES NOT PANDER TO PRUDES.
RUNNING TIME => 15hrs. and 31mins.
©2020 Brandon Varnell (P)2020 Podium Audio
Cagirls have had a symbiotic relationship with humans since time immemorial. Many young men long to become breeders: humans who are responsible for quelling a catgirl's lust when they go into heat.
Chris Redford was just a normal college student attending San Diego University for his PhD in Catgirl Psychology and Medicine to become a catgirl doctor. When he comes across Silva, an abused catgirl. Chris finds his purpose in life and shifts to accommodate his new responsibilities. Once he learns what happened to the young catgirl now in his care, he is forced to confront the darker side of humanity.
'CATGIRL DOCTOR' CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT, THEMES, AND HAREM SITUATIONS. IT DOES NOT PANDER TO PRUDES.
RUNNING TIME => 15hrs. and 31mins.
©2020 Brandon Varnell (P)2020 Podium Audio
Audible Audio
First published May 12, 2020
About the author
Brandon Varnell
122 books374 followersBrandon Varnell is a writer. The end.
... Just kidding.
Brandon Varnell is the author of several book series, all of which involve anime-inspired fanservice. Having been an anime nerd for basically his whole life, his books tend to reflect that. He likes writing stories with loads of T&A, shonen-style battle scenes, and steamy romances that are both light-hearted and erotic. He is also a huge fan of harem anime, so most of his books feature harem romances. If that bothers you, you probably shouldn't read his books.
If you'd like to be constantly updated on anything that he is doing, you can sign up for his mailing list at www.varnell-brandon.com or you can follow him on Twitter (@BrandonBVarnell) or Facebook (@AmericanKitsune).
... Just kidding.
Brandon Varnell is the author of several book series, all of which involve anime-inspired fanservice. Having been an anime nerd for basically his whole life, his books tend to reflect that. He likes writing stories with loads of T&A, shonen-style battle scenes, and steamy romances that are both light-hearted and erotic. He is also a huge fan of harem anime, so most of his books feature harem romances. If that bothers you, you probably shouldn't read his books.
If you'd like to be constantly updated on anything that he is doing, you can sign up for his mailing list at www.varnell-brandon.com or you can follow him on Twitter (@BrandonBVarnell) or Facebook (@AmericanKitsune).
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January 24, 2021
Good narration, lots of sex, lots of cooking. Not very complex.
December 14, 2020
Brandon Varnell once again amazes me with a novel. This time it was the Catgirl Doctor omnibus where Christopher Boucher and Jessica Threets plays out the story of a medical student and his three cute catgirl wifes/girlfriends.
Now, let's get this out of the way first, if you didn't read the book description (like some who reads Brandon's books doesn't seem to do) this book includes sex. Lots of it. From the last few chapters of the first novel, until the end of the omnibus, there's at least 10 sex scenes (if I counted correctly). It also includes mentions of sex slavery, rape, sexual harassment, and the coping of going through all of that. None of this (other than the sex) is described graphically, but it's mentioned and a big part of two of the main girls' pasts.
It's also important to mention that, just like all other Brandon Varnell books, this series is heavily inspired by anime and manga. You can still enjoy it without liking anime, but I think you'll enjoy this more if you do.
With that put of the way, let's get on with this review.
The story of Catgirl Doctor centers around the everyday life of Chris(topher) Redford, a university student studying to become a catgirl doctor, and three catgirls who are gradually introduced throughout the books. The overall story is nice and relaxed. They overcome their minor troubles with their love and trust and it's generally very cute.
I do, however, have some troubles with the more serious plotlines; one that's about a member of a catgirl slave trading ring, and one about a loan shark that's trying to seize an orphanage (I won't go into details because spoilers).
I have no problems with them being included, but rather that they feel too detached from the main cast's actions to really be included.
In the first book, the slave trader is more or less mentioned thrice; once when Chris saves the first catgirl (and they talk to the police), once when there's an update on the situation, and once when he's caught. It's similar to the loan shark, other than him attacking the main cast twice before he's caught. The main cast isn't very included in the capture of him, so it feels kind of unnecessary to include those parts at all.
I get that the main cast is supposed to be "normal people", but a plotline where they're barely involved with feels odd to include.
The characters, however, are very nice; Chris feels a bit too… "OP" socially, despite being played off as a "normal dude", but I'll just play that off as him being a harem anime main character. It's not ruining the story or anything.
The, arguably, most important part of a book like this, the girls, are very nice. They're different enough for you to drive able to differentiate between them, and they also don't just fit into a certain character trope, like a lot of anime inspired harem authors tend to do. They're all distinct characters that you can enjoy.
It's also a manageable amount of them. Three's the magic number after all.
In general, if you've read Varnell's American Kitsune, as well as the Visual Novel Nekopara, you will most likely have a good idea of what this book will be.
And it's also a perfect way to practice your poker face. Especially if you listen to this in public. Trust me, I know.
Anyway, another great book by Brandon that won't disappoint the fans. 8/10
Now, let's get this out of the way first, if you didn't read the book description (like some who reads Brandon's books doesn't seem to do) this book includes sex. Lots of it. From the last few chapters of the first novel, until the end of the omnibus, there's at least 10 sex scenes (if I counted correctly). It also includes mentions of sex slavery, rape, sexual harassment, and the coping of going through all of that. None of this (other than the sex) is described graphically, but it's mentioned and a big part of two of the main girls' pasts.
It's also important to mention that, just like all other Brandon Varnell books, this series is heavily inspired by anime and manga. You can still enjoy it without liking anime, but I think you'll enjoy this more if you do.
With that put of the way, let's get on with this review.
The story of Catgirl Doctor centers around the everyday life of Chris(topher) Redford, a university student studying to become a catgirl doctor, and three catgirls who are gradually introduced throughout the books. The overall story is nice and relaxed. They overcome their minor troubles with their love and trust and it's generally very cute.
I do, however, have some troubles with the more serious plotlines; one that's about a member of a catgirl slave trading ring, and one about a loan shark that's trying to seize an orphanage (I won't go into details because spoilers).
I have no problems with them being included, but rather that they feel too detached from the main cast's actions to really be included.
In the first book, the slave trader is more or less mentioned thrice; once when Chris saves the first catgirl (and they talk to the police), once when there's an update on the situation, and once when he's caught. It's similar to the loan shark, other than him attacking the main cast twice before he's caught. The main cast isn't very included in the capture of him, so it feels kind of unnecessary to include those parts at all.
I get that the main cast is supposed to be "normal people", but a plotline where they're barely involved with feels odd to include.
The characters, however, are very nice; Chris feels a bit too… "OP" socially, despite being played off as a "normal dude", but I'll just play that off as him being a harem anime main character. It's not ruining the story or anything.
The, arguably, most important part of a book like this, the girls, are very nice. They're different enough for you to drive able to differentiate between them, and they also don't just fit into a certain character trope, like a lot of anime inspired harem authors tend to do. They're all distinct characters that you can enjoy.
It's also a manageable amount of them. Three's the magic number after all.
In general, if you've read Varnell's American Kitsune, as well as the Visual Novel Nekopara, you will most likely have a good idea of what this book will be.
And it's also a perfect way to practice your poker face. Especially if you listen to this in public. Trust me, I know.
Anyway, another great book by Brandon that won't disappoint the fans. 8/10
March 13, 2022
I regret, but not resent - the time I spent reading this
This series is so flawed, so cringey, so tone deaf, that I considered not writing a review cause I just don't know where to start. Well, I suffered so you don't have to. If I don't share, I will have suffered for nothing.
This is an Anime as text style book. This is harem (book 2 & 3) there are sex scenes. Rape is mentioned and threatened constantly throughout the series (never shown thank god).
There are more flaws here than I can get through. #1 is the title, Dude is NOT a catgirl doctor. Dude is catgirl pre-med. Anatomy - Statistics - Public speaking ect, first year stuff. this guy is years away from is residency. Maybe not a big flaw but a misleading title rankles me.
The biggest cringe here is the prevalence of rape. Mr Varnell will simply NOT shut up about it. No not even during otherwise romantic sex scenes between consenting partners, They discuss the horrors of rape wile getting it on. You would think that would kill the mood, but apparently not.
-So in this book,We start on page one with a class room anatomy lesson on catgirl "reproductive" organs. Do they mention the ovaries, the uterus, the Fallopian tubes? Ha ha you know they didn't. They mention the parts of the vagina. (the reproductive labia? The reproductive clitoris?) then pre-med student finds a lost, starving, and freezing catgirl passed out under a bridge. He takes her home and bandages her and contacts the police. Turns out she has escaped from from some sicko's literal sex dungeon. This subject is treated somewhat flippantly and her status as a traumatized prisoner/rape victim does not stop the book from sexualizing this girl.
-"So Whoa, dave!" you might well say "Is that where you quit in righteous disgust, thus preserving your honor and integrity?" LOL, Nope! This book is set in the town I grew up in. I know the area where this is all going down. Man I had a paper route as a kid where this guy lives, so to my shame I slogged through this mess for the sake of nostalgia. -Oh more on that soon.
Apart from the big red flags, there are a hundred little annoyances like all the name dropping. The MC never just wears a shirt unless the author tells you what anime series is on the front of the shirt. If the MC has a phone you are told the make & model, if the MC has a game system you are told the make & model. And ugh! the TV viewing you are told the series& episode. Gordon Ramsay is name dropped about 50 times.
One odd thing is when the author strays from the anime imitation, the book gets better. There are stretches in book two where he forgets to slavishly invoke the look and feel of animation, and things get better as a book with characters. Then he remembers to add floating hearts and other cliches and it's a jarring return to pastiche.
Oh there is so much more but I've got to mention the WTF tone deaf white washing. The setting of this story is the town/city of Chula Vista. That's in Southern California south of San Diego. This book has no Latino or Hispanic characters except for gang-bangers. You could say that is in keeping with the Anime style. No Hispanics in anime, no Hispanics in this story. But there are Korean restaurants, and Italian restaurants, but no taquerias? in ChulaVista? Not an Alberto's or a Roberto's? Not even a Rubio's for crying out loud? You can find those in shopping malls these days (all hail the baja fish taco!) What the hell man? I can roll my eyes at the ludicrous fantasy of living in So Cal with no car and getting around on the bus (I love sci-fi too man, but do not try this if you want to get home on the same day) But to cut out all the Mexicans in ChulaVista?
I guess someone had to go to make room for all the catgirls.
This series is so flawed, so cringey, so tone deaf, that I considered not writing a review cause I just don't know where to start. Well, I suffered so you don't have to. If I don't share, I will have suffered for nothing.
This is an Anime as text style book. This is harem (book 2 & 3) there are sex scenes. Rape is mentioned and threatened constantly throughout the series (never shown thank god).
There are more flaws here than I can get through. #1 is the title, Dude is NOT a catgirl doctor. Dude is catgirl pre-med. Anatomy - Statistics - Public speaking ect, first year stuff. this guy is years away from is residency. Maybe not a big flaw but a misleading title rankles me.
The biggest cringe here is the prevalence of rape. Mr Varnell will simply NOT shut up about it. No not even during otherwise romantic sex scenes between consenting partners, They discuss the horrors of rape wile getting it on. You would think that would kill the mood, but apparently not.
-So in this book,We start on page one with a class room anatomy lesson on catgirl "reproductive" organs. Do they mention the ovaries, the uterus, the Fallopian tubes? Ha ha you know they didn't. They mention the parts of the vagina. (the reproductive labia? The reproductive clitoris?) then pre-med student finds a lost, starving, and freezing catgirl passed out under a bridge. He takes her home and bandages her and contacts the police. Turns out she has escaped from from some sicko's literal sex dungeon. This subject is treated somewhat flippantly and her status as a traumatized prisoner/rape victim does not stop the book from sexualizing this girl.
-"So Whoa, dave!" you might well say "Is that where you quit in righteous disgust, thus preserving your honor and integrity?" LOL, Nope! This book is set in the town I grew up in. I know the area where this is all going down. Man I had a paper route as a kid where this guy lives, so to my shame I slogged through this mess for the sake of nostalgia. -Oh more on that soon.
Apart from the big red flags, there are a hundred little annoyances like all the name dropping. The MC never just wears a shirt unless the author tells you what anime series is on the front of the shirt. If the MC has a phone you are told the make & model, if the MC has a game system you are told the make & model. And ugh! the TV viewing you are told the series& episode. Gordon Ramsay is name dropped about 50 times.
One odd thing is when the author strays from the anime imitation, the book gets better. There are stretches in book two where he forgets to slavishly invoke the look and feel of animation, and things get better as a book with characters. Then he remembers to add floating hearts and other cliches and it's a jarring return to pastiche.
Oh there is so much more but I've got to mention the WTF tone deaf white washing. The setting of this story is the town/city of Chula Vista. That's in Southern California south of San Diego. This book has no Latino or Hispanic characters except for gang-bangers. You could say that is in keeping with the Anime style. No Hispanics in anime, no Hispanics in this story. But there are Korean restaurants, and Italian restaurants, but no taquerias? in ChulaVista? Not an Alberto's or a Roberto's? Not even a Rubio's for crying out loud? You can find those in shopping malls these days (all hail the baja fish taco!) What the hell man? I can roll my eyes at the ludicrous fantasy of living in So Cal with no car and getting around on the bus (I love sci-fi too man, but do not try this if you want to get home on the same day) But to cut out all the Mexicans in ChulaVista?
I guess someone had to go to make room for all the catgirls.
September 22, 2026
This was lovely.
Catgirl Doctor is a harem light novel about Chris, a university student studying to become a catgirl doctor for the most worthwhile of reasons, who finds an abused homeless catgirl on the street one night and takes her home.
There is a dramatic arc beyond the simple everyday life of the characters, and it deals with some dark and unpleasant themes around abuse, but it does it well, and doesn't get bogged down in unneccesary unpleasant details. The focus is on the good, rather than the bad, and the majority of the books feel like character-focused slice-of-life. We come to know Chris and his catgirls very well.
There are also plenty of explicit intimate scenes.
Writing quality is fairly standard for KU, with many errors including problems with tense and singular-plural mismatches, among others. The errors are noticeable, but everything flows so well that they don't seem quite as impactful as in many other books. Dialogue is really well written, with each of the main characters having individual mannerisms of speech and behaviour, and remaining consistent throughout. There are a few little problems with continuity, but nothing major.
Audiobook narration is absolutely brilliant. Christopher Boucher narrates the prose and male dialogue with Jessica Threet narrating female dialogue -- including some amazingly cute catgirl sounds. Dialogue is fantastic from both narrators, who obviously understood the characters well. The performance is simply perfect, adding even more life and personality.
Overall I really enjoyed this. A proofreading pass to fix the grammatical errors would have made it even better, but even given how many errors there are, in the audiobook version it's only a minor complaint; listening to this was a wonderful life-affirming experience.
Catgirl Doctor is a harem light novel about Chris, a university student studying to become a catgirl doctor for the most worthwhile of reasons, who finds an abused homeless catgirl on the street one night and takes her home.
There is a dramatic arc beyond the simple everyday life of the characters, and it deals with some dark and unpleasant themes around abuse, but it does it well, and doesn't get bogged down in unneccesary unpleasant details. The focus is on the good, rather than the bad, and the majority of the books feel like character-focused slice-of-life. We come to know Chris and his catgirls very well.
There are also plenty of explicit intimate scenes.
Writing quality is fairly standard for KU, with many errors including problems with tense and singular-plural mismatches, among others. The errors are noticeable, but everything flows so well that they don't seem quite as impactful as in many other books. Dialogue is really well written, with each of the main characters having individual mannerisms of speech and behaviour, and remaining consistent throughout. There are a few little problems with continuity, but nothing major.
Audiobook narration is absolutely brilliant. Christopher Boucher narrates the prose and male dialogue with Jessica Threet narrating female dialogue -- including some amazingly cute catgirl sounds. Dialogue is fantastic from both narrators, who obviously understood the characters well. The performance is simply perfect, adding even more life and personality.
Overall I really enjoyed this. A proofreading pass to fix the grammatical errors would have made it even better, but even given how many errors there are, in the audiobook version it's only a minor complaint; listening to this was a wonderful life-affirming experience.
March 30, 2026
((Audio Book Review))
VA was decent/good if it wasn't I probably couldn't have made it through this.
You've heard "don't judge a book by it's cover" well that doesn't apply here. This book reads pretty much exactly like the cover art looks.
MC/author seems to have taken sex education from hentai and probably not had sex because no girl enjoys having their cervix smash. More than once MC is a classic creep/nice guy but it's always explained away with "logic", the girl being okay with it, or look at that guy who's very much a creep. MC is also completely dismissive of trauma and falls under "oh I can fix her with some reassuring words" followed by an actual wow "kay thanks I'm cured" and all the trauma is gooone.
While I enjoyed the slice of life aspects of the series for the most part it's hard to ignore the plot holes and cliche bad anime tropes that have found their way in. He is a very knowledgeable cat doctor wannabe STUDENT but conveniently is dumb when it would be inconvenient to the "plot". There seems to be constant conflicting things like this in the book. Like that cat girls are VERY protected and everything around them is regulated yet half the book makes it sound like it's open season on them when they walk around in public like people are snatching them up from the streets. Lets not even get into cat boys.. because... who knows? Do they not exists? Where did Cat girls even come from? From the sounds of it they just poofed into existence like 20 years ago and the world is still trying to figure out what to do with them.. but that's never explained.
Anyway if you can turn your brain off and enjoy really shitty anime every now and then you might enjoy this book.
VA was decent/good if it wasn't I probably couldn't have made it through this.
You've heard "don't judge a book by it's cover" well that doesn't apply here. This book reads pretty much exactly like the cover art looks.
MC/author seems to have taken sex education from hentai and probably not had sex because no girl enjoys having their cervix smash. More than once MC is a classic creep/nice guy but it's always explained away with "logic", the girl being okay with it, or look at that guy who's very much a creep. MC is also completely dismissive of trauma and falls under "oh I can fix her with some reassuring words" followed by an actual wow "kay thanks I'm cured" and all the trauma is gooone.
While I enjoyed the slice of life aspects of the series for the most part it's hard to ignore the plot holes and cliche bad anime tropes that have found their way in. He is a very knowledgeable cat doctor wannabe STUDENT but conveniently is dumb when it would be inconvenient to the "plot". There seems to be constant conflicting things like this in the book. Like that cat girls are VERY protected and everything around them is regulated yet half the book makes it sound like it's open season on them when they walk around in public like people are snatching them up from the streets. Lets not even get into cat boys.. because... who knows? Do they not exists? Where did Cat girls even come from? From the sounds of it they just poofed into existence like 20 years ago and the world is still trying to figure out what to do with them.. but that's never explained.
Anyway if you can turn your brain off and enjoy really shitty anime every now and then you might enjoy this book.
November 16, 2021
I'm not sure what to write here. I know what I was getting into from the title, and I did finish the whole thing. It was still a lot to digest, though.
I have some pros and cons, but I think I'll just note what comes to mind. Apologies if there may be more cons, I don't mean for this to be overly negative.
I really hope the author had some sponsorship deals with Funimation, Crunchyroll, or Hell's Kitchen. The name drops were detailed.
A lot of things were detailed in this book. Which can be a good thing, but it got to the point where it was... "punishingly intricate".
I thought the Narration was good from both VAs, especially the narrator.. Until the first sex scene.. I know it's hard to take such scenes seriously, but his 'sexy voice' was reaally awkward.
Not going to get into the 'Average OP Guy' thing, as if I hit every anime trope in the book I'd be here all day. Although he'd have to be above average to get away with the sheer WEEBness he excludes... Not that I can complain about that.
I do like how they approached their relationship issues with respect, sensibility, and courteousness for all involved.
Not really sure the story needed a looming gang threat after the first sleezy badguy. The gang subplot seemed unnecessary, especially when the interesting parts were them dealing with and recovering from said sleezy dude.
All and all, it was a okay read. I think what might have put me off on this is what put me off on Gintama at first. Way too many anime references. I don't mind anime concepts as that's obviously what the book is based on, but again, it seem like it was a paid promotion for several series.
I have some pros and cons, but I think I'll just note what comes to mind. Apologies if there may be more cons, I don't mean for this to be overly negative.
I really hope the author had some sponsorship deals with Funimation, Crunchyroll, or Hell's Kitchen. The name drops were detailed.
A lot of things were detailed in this book. Which can be a good thing, but it got to the point where it was... "punishingly intricate".
I thought the Narration was good from both VAs, especially the narrator.. Until the first sex scene.. I know it's hard to take such scenes seriously, but his 'sexy voice' was reaally awkward.
Not going to get into the 'Average OP Guy' thing, as if I hit every anime trope in the book I'd be here all day. Although he'd have to be above average to get away with the sheer WEEBness he excludes... Not that I can complain about that.
I do like how they approached their relationship issues with respect, sensibility, and courteousness for all involved.
Not really sure the story needed a looming gang threat after the first sleezy badguy. The gang subplot seemed unnecessary, especially when the interesting parts were them dealing with and recovering from said sleezy dude.
All and all, it was a okay read. I think what might have put me off on this is what put me off on Gintama at first. Way too many anime references. I don't mind anime concepts as that's obviously what the book is based on, but again, it seem like it was a paid promotion for several series.
September 6, 2021
This series is so refreshing when compared to the usually action filled harem fantasy series that you usually see. The story is light and the characters are perfectly likable. My only complaint is that the world building is non-existent and their is very little insight into most of the characters beyond absolutely necessary. That said, It's a very good weekend series and the light storyline makes since when you realize how short the entire novel series is. I would absolutely love to see more stories set in this universe as long as we get more depth into the worldbuilding.
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