Miss Cassidy is quixotic, kind, compassionate and clever. She’s also charming, sly, and a skilled … magic user. The young women and families she meets and helps, from Sara to the twins to the charming Mr. Kay, are well written, full of personality and their own story arcs. While Miss Cassidy never seems to grow and change, that’s part of her nature, but she encourages growth and change in her charges, quietly helping them to find happiness and the ability to make the choices they need to make for their own lives.

My one and only complaint about the book is the style of writing — where the character knows things and does things without telling or showing the reader — is that I can never catch up. I can’t anticipate or enjoy Miss Cassidy’s cleverness or cunning, I can only watch the scene happen. I feel little investment into it and while I can appreciate the author’s ability to surprise me, it’s just not a style of storytelling that I personally enjoy. That said, I really enjoyed this book. The families Miss Cassidy helped, the Singaporean culture and food and spirits that I haven’t seen before. And, most of all, the very subtle and sly romance at the end.

I would love to see more of Miss Cassidy’s adventures, but given where and how the book ended, I think she’s happy enough where she is. Thank you so very much to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC!

A fun, properly British fantasy, Miss Cassidy’s Singapore adventure was full of exotic culture and atmosphere. Reminded me a bit of what would have happened if Professor McGonigal had visited India, with ghosts, vampires, and other magical creatures to outwit. All, of course, in the patented English manner.

I liked that Miss Cassidy was a large girl, not picture book beautiful
or easily cowed by social conventions. She was one of those unrestrained women that get things done that people come to admire and depend on. She was always pulling bizarre resources out of her reticule and had relatives/friends in sideways places.

It was fascinating to try to figure out her personal history, what secrets hid in her background and whether she was actually one of the human species.

Her relationship with Mr. Kay reminded me of Anne and the king of Siam, or Mrs. Muir and the Captain. It was a joy watching them develop.
This book could be read in any grades above elementary or early middle school, due to some descriptive passages about women's problems.
I enjoyed this book--it made me grateful that I don't live in India's heat wearing a corset.

Strange she didn't have any run ins with tigers...

I’m super conflicted on this one.

The book was enjoyable, and I’m shocked considering it’s not my usual genres. I found it unique and fast paced.

But, I also found something lacking. I’m unsure if it was the character development or what. (Don’t get me wrong the FMC was great, but I feel like we could have had MORE)

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