 However , Graham Reid from Elsewhere wrote that " it is ... a lot of very personal love being revealed and explored here and some will doubtless find that introspective nature and narrow wavelength less appealing than what has preceded it . " The Otago Daily Times ' Shane <unk> gave Love in Motion three stars , saying that Moa " ends up playing it a bit too safe . " James Thompson from the Waikato Times commended " the power of the lyrics " , but said that " regrettably , Love in Motion will not be ... a hugely successful album . " 
