Star Dancer is a mixture of history and fantasy, suitable for teenagers and adults, based in the late Iron Age when the Romans were just beginning to invade Britain.

In a review for The Guardian, Kate Agnew wrote that the Iron Age setting is "vivid" and "plausibly detailed", and that despite a formula that is "hackneyed at times", the tale is compelling, raising questions "about mistrust, prejudice and gender-related expectations" that "still resonate in today's world".

[3] Bookseller noted that Star Dancer seemed unusually realistic for a fantasy: "so convincingly and earthily rooted in real archaeological evidence about our prehistoric ancestors that you can almost smell the wood smoke, taste the mead and hear the chanting of druids.

[1] Screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce commended the way that Webb skilfully wove in historical details, telling The Daily Telegraph, "You're left in no doubt that Beth knows her subject, but at the same time, you don't get wedges of Wikipedia or clumps of Google suddenly appearing in the middle of the text.

"[1] The Western Daily Press in Bristol, England, wrote that Webb had set Fire Dreamer "against a firm bedrock of in-depth study into the period", resulting in "a compelling sense of credibility" that makes the reader "feel transported back in time".