Luis Royo has talent. You would know, or else why check out the reviews to 'double-check'? His finished pieces are amazing, as you can see on covers of his books, but is it worth getting? Hmm... Well I bought it and liked it for the first 5 minutes, but afterwards regretted owning it.

It's a thin book without much paintings. You see sketches and ideas that was flowing through him at the time, but not much to be satisfied. It's not something you would carry and impress others with.

Just be prepared to be impressed and ending up ebaying it.

The artwork that is in the book is interesting but the number of larger artworks is disappointing, most are small. The book itself is thin and small. Overall a great disappointment compared to the other Royo books I own and not worth the price when compared to what I paid for the other full size Royo books that are packed with full page artworks.

this was my first non-photo art-book, and i gave it a try because i enjoy Royo's work when i see it in various places. maybe because i'm used to big and heavy photo books, this one was such a disappointment. the book is physically small and thin. then i open it, and it's easy to count how many of the pages have been actually used to show a full page size drawing; 11. i think 11 is not much. there are several smaller sketches and drawings thrown on the pages here and there, but they are seriously small and i would enjoy seeing more detail since i'm sure the detail does look great. the layout all in all is a bit weird in places... i suppose it is harder to work with drawings than photos tho since the afore mentioned don't have clear borders always.

the 11 or so full size pages are great, Royo's work is inspiring and sexy and raw. i think i bought this one used and it was really cheap, so i guess i somewhat got my money's worth but i'm not going to risk it buying another one his books before i see it in real life.

On the plus side this is a hard cover book so that sort of makes up for the smaller size and low page count.
some reviews may rate this book low due to its explicitness, but
that's really what the prohibited series of books represents..
not just nude - seminude pinups..
In here you'll find some of the same type of art you may be used to from Royo.. and some more explicit.
With the prohibited series Royo seems to like using a sketch like technique for most of his pics.. very dull browns or stained looking pages, a few images are the full or vibrant color that Royo is famous for. It's a different style to his first books, but you can tell its by the same artist.
Even his son Romulo chimes in with a few pieces of his art, they are very tiny images. it looks like he uses real photos and manipulates them with a computer.
Prohibited is a must have series for fans of Luis Royo that want to find out some Malefic Secrets, Dreams and Visons of Luis Royo's Women

Well I enjoyed this book to some degree, but it just wasn't what I expected. The images in it are incredbly beautiful, but the text seems to be a little bit over the top, and ever silly at times. This is a nice book of illustrated erotica, but I usually find myself ignoring the words and just appreciating the artwork.