Who This Book Is For
Readers who want an isekai farm-builder with crunchy stat panels, monster girl variety, and explicit heat woven into the progression loop
Who This Book Is NOT For
Anyone who needs a slow burn romance or dislikes visible game mechanics — this book delivers on its promises fast and keeps the System panels coming
Our Review
The Setup
Rye Everroot dies in traffic saving a child and gets reincarnated by Thornya, a cheery fertility goddess who speaks through System pop-ups and snarky dream sequences. His reward for dying heroically is a run-down farmstead in Greenreach Valley, a Level 1 Summoner class, and a 90-day contract to harvest 50 Spring-Heart Shards before his blessing fades and the Blight swallows everything.
Within pages, there is a catgirl named Miri sitting on his roof, and the loop begins: morning chores level up your physical stats, midday dungeon crawls earn XP and loot, evening hearth councils let you review your settlement dashboard, and nights are for bonding. The structure is tight, deliberate, and instantly readable. You always know what the next objective is, and that clarity makes it hard to stop turning pages.
What Works
The daily loop is the star here. Thornvale clearly understands that the best farm-core and base-building stories work because they make you feel every upgrade. When Rye’s Hearthstead ticks from Tier 0 shack to Tier 1 fortified farmhouse, complete with a wooden palisade and a functional well, the sense of progress is tangible because you watched him earn every piece of it through actual labor and dungeon runs.
Miri the catgirl is a genuine highlight. She is flirty, openly poly-positive, and has enough personality that her bond progression from playful farmhand to devoted partner feels natural rather than mechanical. Sareen, the half-succubus healer rescued from a dungeon boss, brings a completely different energy — she makes Rye earn her attention, and her “life-seed energy exchange” scenes tie directly into the magic system in a way that feels creative rather than contrived.
The Verdant Burrow dungeon crawl is satisfying. Three rooms, escalating difficulty, a Spore-Mother boss fight that actually requires tactical thinking from a Level 4 protagonist. The loot drops are visible and meaningful. When Rye hits Level 10 and unlocks the Spirit Shepherd spec, it feels like a genuine power milestone.
What Doesn’t
At 197 pages, Book 1 is on the shorter side for the price. You get the full farm-core loop and three heroines introduced, but the tsundere elf priestess Elyra only joins late and does not get much development before the cliffhanger drops. Her arc feels like setup for Book 2 rather than a complete thread within this volume.
The Baron Dorn antagonist is more of a looming threat than an active presence. His tax levy notices create tension, but he does not do anything particularly menacing on-page until the final chapter. Readers who want a clear villain to root against may find the conflict a bit soft for Book 1.
The Heat
Spice level is a solid 4 out of 5. The book delivers three explicit scenes plus a fan-service bath tease, paced roughly every 5-6k words. The catgirl mating-heat celebration after the boss fight is genuinely well-choreographed, and the threesome energy-exchange scene with Miri and Sareen is one of the better group scenes I have read in the niche recently. Every scene is consent-forward without being preachy about it, and the bond system makes each encounter feel like a progression milestone rather than a random pit stop. Tail play gets a lot of attention, and fans of that will be very happy here.
Bottom Line
Catgirl & Succubus on My Farm is a tight, satisfying opening to a series that understands the appeal of the farm-core isekai harem formula. The daily loop is addictive, the monster girls are distinct and likeable, and the LitRPG mechanics serve the story rather than drowning it. The shorter length is the main downside, but with four books already available in the series, that is less of a problem and more of an invitation to keep reading. If you have been looking for a progression fantasy that mixes settlement building with monster girl heat, this one earns its Editor’s Pick.
If You Liked This, Try
Both feature catgirl heroines in an isekai setting with LitRPG progression, though Thornvale runs significantly hotter and faster
Shared summoner-class power fantasy with multiple monster girl companions and a base-building progression
Similar commitment to settlement building and earned harem dynamics in a fantasy world with genuine stakes
The Verdict
Catgirl & Succubus on My Farm is a farm-core isekai that nails the daily gameplay loop better than most books in this niche. The morning-chores-to-dungeon-crawl-to-hearth-council rhythm is addictive, the monster girls have genuine personality, and the spice is tied directly to bond progression in a way that makes every scene feel earned. A strong opening for a series that clearly knows what it wants to be.