Anyone who reads my own blog probably will not be surprised that the ultimate answer to what draws me to SFR is a strong heroine on a particular kind of journey, one that includes the usual adventure plus some kind of love story. Here’s why the mingling of Romance with other genres like Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror has created an atmosphere where the genre’s already female-focused attitude enables heroines to take on new, even more imaginative, roles and to engage in a broader journey than many other heroines. . . While it’s tempting to label many of these kinds of characters just as “kick-ass chicks,” because of this broader journey they are much more than that. They are a new archetype that I refer to as “Artemis Unbound.”