London

The majority of Cassandra in Reverse is set in present-day London, England. At the outset of the narrative, when Cassandra is fired from her job walks into the busy city streets and is immediately overstimulated by the bustling city. After attempting to buy a banana muffin, she accidentally walks into an anti-fur protest and is hit with a splatter of fake blood. Throughout the narrative, the bustling city informs Cassandra’s social interactions as she dates and attempts to navigate friendship. After she and Artemis reconnect, Cassandra decides to leave London and move back to their childhood house in Cambridge in order to feel more connected to her identity.

Cambridge

At the beginning of Cassandra and Reverse, the protagonist goes to Cambridge with Will for their second date. She decides to be vulnerable and explains that she grew up in Cambridge, both of her parents worked at the...