I would assume they are an insanely pale blue or a very pale gray. Nicholas's eye color is described as "so pale they were almost colorless". This is technically nit-picky, but it was enough that I noticed. Also, who gave the character descriptions to the artists? They're sort of right but have some key elements wrong. The magic scenes also felt lackluster, something about the way the effects were drawn just didn't look good. Characters don't really emote that much, and there's pretty much no page flow. The art style also felt a bit stale to me. I know the book is named after him, but he's not the main character. The graphic novel seems to think that Nicholas is the main character. You don't really connect with them, because you don't get to know them. Without those introspective moments and interactions between them, the twins feel a bit empty as characters. They also took out a LOT of the twin's interactions with each other. In the original, there is more introspective to what the twins are feeling and thinking during the course of the book. This graphic novel is pretty faithful to the original novel, but some things got lost in transferring mediums that hurt the story a bit.
I was very excited to read this since I remember loving The Alchemyst years ago when it first came out. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review!
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